January 23, 2005
Ao Nang Beach
Bob and I have been here in Krabi Province of Thailand with Doug and Luk for three weeks now...a welcome respite after a month in smoggy noisy Bangkok where...Read this update
October 12, 2004
Reflecting on the Steppe
We are lucky...days are brisk but sunny...the sun glints off bare hills covered in golden fall grass. This feels like fall in southeast Oregon where I grew up. I...Read this update
October 05, 2004
Life in a Mongolian Ger
Terelgj National Park, an hour by car outside of Ulaan Baatar, is a spectacular valley surrounded by high eroded rock formations, pine covered mountains and steppes carpeted with sheep,...Read this update
January 08, 2003
Zhangziajie
Bob and I said goodbye to Jana who would leave later in the day on a train to Shanghai and then home from Hong Kong. The next day we...Read this update
May 25, 2002
Chobe National Park
The border crossing from Zambia into Botswana is at the border post of Kazungula. The truck ride on the Kazungula Ferry across the Zambezi River is not much of...Read this update
May 10, 2002
Ngorongora Crater
The Ngorangora Crater is a conservation area and National Heritage Site. After breaking camp in the Sarangeti, we drive another two hours up to the Crater rim where we...Read this update
May 08, 2002
Sarangeti Safari
There are about 5 people to a car besides the driver. The tops of the vehicles pop up so you can stand up and view the animals and take pictures....Read this update