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Colorful Colombia
No South American country has captured the attention of North Americans for the last thirty years or so as strongly as Colombia. It is the third largest exporter of coffee in the world, and even today the leading manufacturer and exporter of cocaine. It has a nearly endless [...]
Portugal’s Spectacular Atlantic Coast
Leaving Lisbon and Sintra behind, we jumped on the motorway and headed back down south as fast as Romy could take us. Our intention was to follow the Atlantic coast from Cabo de Sao Vicente--the most western point on the European continent--as far north as we could manage [...]
A Winter in Portugal
We were so long enamored of Spain that moving on to Portugal was difficult, and it didn’t start well. We crossed the border on a cold rainy day and went on in the gathering darkness to a campground close by the border. It was the worst we encountered [...]
At Last–To Tibet!
Our little band of twelve was warned more than once by our Mountain Travel guide, Sanjay, that before departing for Tibet, we had to give up any guidebooks we might have on Tibet as well as any books or images of the Dalai Lama we might be carrying. We [...]
Color Saturated Nepal
Nepal has always been primarily a Hindu culture rather than what most Westerners think of as a Buddhist one. In many ways it resembles and reminded me more of India than what I would next encounter in Buddhist Tibet. When the Chinese invaded and occupied Tibet, many [...]
South to Andalucia and Moorish Spain
The most southern part of Spain--Andalucia--is so rich in history that it can be spellbinding, and that was certainly our reaction to much of what we experienced there. This is largely the result of Moorish influence that is still prevalent and felt nearly everywhere. After all, the Moors, [...]
A Visit To Spain’s Basque Country
While not exclusively searching for sunshine prior to arriving in Spain, it was certainly something which seemed to make all the difference in our general attitude and mood. In Spain we began to find it consistently. What sets Northern Spain apart most emphatically from the rest of the [...]
Bonnie Does Bhutan
The photo above is of Paro Dzong in Bhutan, a country I’ve dreamed of going to since it opened to tourism in 1974. It is geographically isolated, squeezed between India to the south and China to the north, and has long maintained a policy of strict isolationism [...]
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