I have been furiously going through the images I took on my recent trip to Turkey and Greece to put on and I wanted to get a few more on the blog. I can’t begin to describe how amazing Athens was. I was such an interesting mix of ancient and modern. You would...
Do you have a fear of traveling abroad? This actually happened to us. It is 9:20 PM, and we are standing on the platform in the one track train station in Pyay, Myanmar. To get here Sarah and I have walked, with our luggage, almost an hour, down gravel roads, in the...
Turkish Cooking Class I admit it — I am a foodie. I think well-prepared food is a high art as worthy as painting, music, and sculpture. But, I am not an elitist. I think, with proper attention and care, street food, barbecue and home cooking can be as...
Besides staying in a cave hotel, another thing I wanted to go hot air ballooning in Turkey and photograph the amazing landscapes of Cappadocia from the sky. I had been hot air ballooning in Houston once and loved it, but I always wanted to try it again somewhere,...
Living Room in one of the Suites at the Taskonaklar Cave Hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey When the management of the Taskonaklar Hotel, a boutique cave hotel in Cappadocia in the Anatolian region of central Turkey, asked me to stay with them in one of the best hotels in...
What is it Like to Stay at a Capsule Hotel? On a recent trip to the United States, I had a 12 ½ hour, overnight, layover at Tokyo Narita Airport. Not enough time, and too late at night, to go into town. Too long and too late to have a nice hangout in the lounge or in...
Istanbul Photography Tips I recently had the opportunity to travel to Istanbul, the world’s fifth largest city, take photos and explore. Photography in Istanbul is really quite easy. With its many layers of rich culture and history proudly on display, a relaxed,...
I have a friend that recently told me, “I have seen the third world. One time; our driver; in Mexico; took us through it on the way to the resort in Cancun. I didn’t like it.” My friend is a person that many would consider “well-traveled” and she has many stamps in...
