Jon, you need to stop following me around, and vice versa! I just spent a week in Panama peddling my new book, Modern Panama, in its Spanish version. Obviously saw lots of the city but also Colon also Fort San Lorenzo. nd Fort San Lorenzo. A factual note, three locks at either end of the canal (6 total) move the ships up and down.
Hope you can take a look at my new book and call to have a glass of wine one of these days. Felicidades!
echoes of Yerevan! Jon, what a coincidence--Rotary colleague Tim Hegstrom and I just returned from 5 days in Armenia, where we delivered laptops and projectors for Wired Int'l, an NGO that makes available basic health and hygiene instruction on the Internet. We didn't see all the places you did, since we attended Wired sessions every day. Did travel to Gyumri one day and enjoyed country views. Enjoy your blogs a lot and would like to share a glass of wine with you some day to get caught up. Anne and I are enjoying retirement and stay busy with lots of stuff. Cheers and thanks for the Yerevan blog.
I could read your travel blogs all day Always good to read of your travel exploits John. I still look forward to the day when we execute one of these excursions together. Tangiers?
Dodging Hurricane Lane After a truly ZEN week of tropical sunsets, raucous wedding antics and endless swimming and snorkeling, sadly, my last day in Kapalua was cut short at my kind of 'adventure' at the quiet, under-stated Napali Kai where the sunsets are stunning, the rooms comfortable with verandas that are designed to accentuate the amazing tropical views and invite charming furry friends (birds) who invite themselves to show up an hour or so before your morning coffee, with their sweet chirping chatter, looking for someone to share the stunning sunrise. While disappointing to leave a day ahead of schedule, expending my time there facing endless downpour, high winds and no chance of swimming or hiking - opted to take the saf3e road and, as advised by the experts, arrived some 5 hours before my outbound flight was scheduled to take off, narrowly escaping the first wave of hurricane winds and endless delays. It had been years since I traveled to Paradise, where I once traveled often for many events I managed for high tech companies, as well as trips with my family in my former life, so the trip was replete with happy memories and visits to former Aloha favorite haunts and many new adventures. Tango has been on the back burner and I always find it sweeter after a long hiatus, so I look forward to returning to 418 at Sharon's Milonga this coming Saturday night and then, unfortunately, missing Nancy and John's annual Tango extravaganza, as I booked the Tango on the Rocks Tango Festival for a marked change of pace in Boulder, that same weekend. Look forward to Tango'ing with you and your apparently renewed sense of Garden of Bears adventures in the Fall. SAFE travels and fun adventures to our Tango Hemingway. Abrasos, Sandi
Order I am so impressed with the sense of order and peace, despite the mission of the camp and the tight quarters. Bravissimo! AND bring on the Omega 3 amazing Salmon!
travel as addiction The addict needs ever-increasing doses to produce the original high.
(What you could once get in the art museums of Europe must now be sought in Alaskan black-bear country!)
You too must have a travel angel protecting you. I know I do. I wander into places I shouldn't...and somehow walk out unscathed. What an experience! I think Rio would be fascinating even if you end up with a gun in your face. That guy guarding the Favala must have a story to tell.
Palaces & Castles Great collection that evokes the imagination of may have been. I have posted some of your pics in the Palaces & Castles thread in the Photography Forum. Check 'em out.
Good job! Enjoyed your post, Jon, and compare some of your wanderings to my wife's and my trip to Madrid and Salamanca in June. The medieval feel of things (the latter's university dates to 1218), good wine, and winding streets took over my imagination. You haven't lost the wry sense of humor and Twain's "Yankee in Europe" tone. Hope all is well with you.
River of Doubt Have you read this book about Teddy Roosevelt's exploration of the Amazon that left him in such poor health it was likely the cause of his early death? Take care of yourself.
High School friend I graduated with Mike in Milan, Tennessee in 1967. Our 50 year reunion is next year. We have been trying to reach Mike for each of our reunions but have not been able to. I am really sorry about how things happened with Mike. He came to Milan late in high school, he always seemed so "cool", much more sophisticated than us country mice. But he never made me feel that way. Always fun, sweet and quite the gentleman. We would sit in study hall and just enjoy the day. Just wanted you to know how much I thought of Mike!
Mike It took me a while to connect that Mike had been in Tennesee. For what it's worth, he seemed like he enjoyed life until a few years before he died. Thanks for reaching out.
I officially started my travel addiction during a Fulbright year in Zimbabwe back in 1991. Since then I've had a number of visiting professor gigs in interesting places. In a good year I'm able to squeeze in two or three trips. Sometimes I feel like I could simply not return and spend the rest of my life living out of my suitcase.
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Jon, you need to stop following me around, and vice versa! I just spent a week in Panama peddling my new book, Modern Panama, in its Spanish version. Obviously saw lots of the city but also Colon also Fort San Lorenzo. nd Fort San Lorenzo.
A factual note, three locks at either end of the canal (6 total) move the ships up and down. Hope you can take a look at my new book and call to have a glass of wine one of these days. Felicidades!