The shores of Split, Croatia
Top 5-Travel Books
1. The Alchemist (Paolo Coelho) 2. On the Road (Jack Kerouac) 3. The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway) 4. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway) 5. The Motorcycle Diaries (Che Guevara)
Ciudad del Este
If you visit Iguassu Falls and you just happen to be chasing a record to become the youngest person to visit everywhere in the world you will probably make the effort to visit Ciudad del Este (CDE). CDE is the duty free shopping heaven (or hell as I saw it) right over the Paraguay border […]
Top 5-Airports
1. Singapore 2. Hong Kong 3. Kuala Lumpur 4. Seoul 5. Oslo
Top 5-Passport Stamps
1. Gibraltar 2. Machu Picchu (Asked for at Entry Gate) 3. New Zealand (Exit) 4. Panama 5. Chile
Fight Against Breast Cancer
I am posting this on behalf of a friend of mine who brightens up my workday and many others as well with sports trivia and who is active in a fight against this awful disease. For more information or to make a donation please click here.
My Favorite Picture I’ve Ever Taken
The Taj Mahal from the entrance to the site
Moscow
With the recent death of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, I was reflecting on my trip to Moscow. Yeltsin basically led the second Russian Revolution and was the first popularly elected President of the Russian Federation which was along with the fall of the Berlin Wall one of the most stirring memories of my childhood. […]