One Country at a Time
Posted in Adventure Travel, Africa, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Mar 10th, 2010
Much of my planning for my month in Africa will likely be left for the 11th hour (i.e. next Wednesday), as I have a self-imposed daily 3,500-word count I must write for my Tennessee book, on top of tending to my queries from Frommer’s and mundane production stuff (i.e. the dreaded maps!) and working on [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Middle East, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Mar 8th, 2010
Back in November, when I was trekking it across the Israeli desert, I got the chance to see one of the world’s wonders.* After driving for miles and miles through brown rocky terrain and placid, sandy desert, it truly is magnificent to see muted shades of turquoise peaking back through the haze from just over [...]
Posted in Photo Friday, The Travel Bug on Mar 5th, 2010
When SVV and I went with my family on a Holland America cruise to Alaska two years ago, we couldn’t have gotten luckier: brilliant blue skies, a shining sun and dramatic clouds (most days).
That said, my favorite days were definitely the ones spent at sea sailing through Glacier Bay, as unfortunately I found the port [...]
Posted in The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Mar 3rd, 2010
The number one question people tend to ask when they find out what I do is easy enough to guess—What’s your favorite country?—but much harder to answer. I’ve been to—well, who really knows at this point?—but likely between 70 and 80 countries, and how do you even go about picking a favorite? Well, I guess [...]
