Enjoying a morning bath Honestly, seeing these monkeys has long been the single biggest reason I have wanted to visit Japan. I really thought they were up on Hokkaido –…
Dotted among the modern, functional architecture of Sapporo are the tired, wooden structures endemic to northern communities Japan’s Northern Island of Hokkaido is colder and much snowier than on parts…
It has been a long time since I have visited a place I have never before been. The Land of the Rising Sun is a place I have wanted to…
Chavez offered Cuba a petroleum lifeline, but now Venezuela is on the verge of utter collpase Cuba The Caribbean’s defiant, communist island is returning to precarious times. Venezuela’s significant economic…
These iconic Moai were toppled and then further destroyed by a Tsunami triggered by the 1960 earthquake in southern Chile (rebuilt with Japanese money) Two mysterious Moai statues on the…
Hello. Magellan penguins Chile – Southern Patagonia The mighty west winds sweep across southern Chile. There is no other land mass that far south, until Antarctica itself. The flat lands…
Cruising back from Peulla through freshwater fjords Chile – Lake District & Chiloe Romantic images of Patagonian gauchos and vast, dry plains replete with sheep are distinctly Argentine (and well…
A perfect desert sunset? The whole gang in the Moon Valley (salt, not snow) Chile’s North – San Pedro & Atacama Volcanoes, desert, sunsets, altitude & wildlife. Oh, miners too…
The southern sun is always a treat when I come from winter in the Rockies Chile (part 1 – Santiago) Perhaps even less probable than Canada, Chile is an extremely…
