Unfortunately all my travel plans are on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is excruciating, especially when I see so many great travel deals. But it’s always been a privilege to explore so I can’t complain too much as I still have my health. In the meantime, I continue to dream and scheme about Uzbekistan, India, southern Africa, Chile, Utah (yes, Utah), …
Holy Holy Land over the Holidays! I have had a recent string of travels that didn’t quite turn out as planned. The Arctic, India, Peru and the Azores—all were great runs but were aborted or shortened due to a variety of reasons, including a urinary tract infection in the Azores, how embarrassing. For an aging travel junkie, […]
Photo above of Wayne and Trish at Sete Cidades on Sao Miguel Island – ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Surrounded by the Atlantic, the Azores are a cluster of nine small, hauntingly beautiful islands far off the coast of Portugal A Bit of Heaven and Hell “The Azores are a heady mix that can overwhelm the senses. Birds, […]
Having just finished the school year and officially launched my novel, Finding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu, I desperately needed an escape and digital detox. For ten months I micro-planned and dreamed of solitude high in the Andes. This would be my Eat, Play, Trek. However, this seclusion would be compromised with an […]
“Lock your door and don’t get out of the car,” mother said when I told her I was heading to the United States? “Remember to duck,” was another response, this from a nephew starved to travel but already holding his nose when it came to the U.S. Such is the current reputation of the U.S. […]
For months I trained hard and prepared for a solo trek into the Parks’s mystical and uber wild, Akshayuk Pass, one of the most remote, demanding but also rewarding hikes in Canada. However I always believed an early death would be from drowning. I’d had a couple of water scares as a youngster which served […]