It’s that time of year again for my favorite major tennis tournament and the first of 2008, the Australian Open. There are a lot of great story lines coming into the grand slam of Asia and the Pacific. Can the great Roger Federer win his third straight Aussie Open and fourth in five years and […]
Top 5-Canadian Cities
January 14, 2008 by 1 Comment
1. Calgary 2. Montreal 3. Vancouver 4. Toronto 5. Ottawa
Sir Edmund Hillary
January 11, 2008 by 4 Comments
Sir Edmund Hillary was the last of a dying breed. He was a legend, a hero, a global symbol of a country and was actually the only living non royalty person that I can think of who was actually on his country’s money-the New Zealand $5 bill. Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. […]
Reflecting on Past Trips
January 9, 2008 by 2 Comments
A lot of times when we are stressed out we just focus on what we are stressed out about and in fact make it worse. We are all guilty of this as it is human nature. However, I have a lot going on right now in my life and have been really stressed the past […]
Top 5-Islands
January 9, 2008 by 4 Comments
1. Easter Island (Chile) 2. Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) 3. Boracay Island (Philippines) 4. Fraser Island (Australia) 5. Roatan (Honduras) Honorable Mention: Bermuda (UK); Beachcomber (Fiji); Zanzibar (Tanzania)
The Sands of Time
January 8, 2008 by 2 Comments
The Sahara Desert occupies the vast majority of North Africa stretching from the Red Sea and Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean. The Sahara, “The Great Desert”, is the world’s largest hot desert, and second largest desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers, it is almost as large as the United States, and is larger […]
Where Are These Spices?
January 8, 2008 by 3 Comments
