Giant Condors in the Colca Canyon Peru 2017 An amazing country, with fabulous people at the perfect time of the year (well November is at least the best month to…

Spain is (again) at an important crossroads in its tumultuous history as Europe is faced with the creation (or emergence) of a new/rogue state within its union. It would seem…

Take a break from the winter and discover Cuba. A safe, friendly and extremely interesting tour experience. I will be helping with two arts-oriented trips to the island in late…

“In opening Cuba to travel (something enjoyed by Canadians and Europeans for years), gradually the final trenches of the cold war are being dismantled. Cuban Americans can visit friends and…

Waiting… waiting! After three interesting weeks of visiting Japan, I honestly wish we had taken a tour. Travelling with my family, we enjoyed every place we visited, but factoring in…

Now in 2017, there are upwards of 100,000 people on the verge of immediate starvation in South Sudan. Millions more from northern Nigeria to Yemen are surviving in such precarity…

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 –…

A replica of the bomb dropped over Hiroshima At 8:15 AM, August 6, 1945, the militarized southern Japanese city of Hiroshima was utterly destroyed by the first ever atomic bomb…

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…