Some things in life are just meant to happen. Paddle Japan was one such thing. From an idle comment over a cup of tea with `Hadas’ came a whole Japanese Odyssey. It all started at a kayak Dealers Meet in …
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Traveling Through Bhutan with Thunderbolt and Good Luck by Nancy S. Tardy
After carefully avoiding high mountain walls and nosing the plane down into s-curves paralleling the sinuous river below, the Druk Air pilot gave his passengers an unforgettable landing on the lone runway at the airport in Paro, Bhutan, the only …
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Sunday with President Carter by Michele Hawkins
Working through my plate filled with fried chicken, collard greens, real mashed potatoes and corn bread on a Sunday in Plains, Georgia (Population 614), I glance up to see a man dressed like one of the Blues Brothers, outfitted in …
Bankok, The City I Remember?? by Duncan Davies
I left the USA from Fort Myers,Florida at an unearthly time of day-9.30 in tthe morning-ok maybe its not an unearthly time for all of you out there, but what I had to face was a daunting., 23 hours of …
Adventure Writer Looks at Forty Part II by Antonio Graceffo
Out of desperation, I took a teaching job in Korea. In exchange for me signing a one year contract, they flew me to Asia, and gave me an apartment and a good salary. I was miserable in Korea. To keep …
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Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka by Jacintha Vroom
African and Asian elephants have become an endangered species in the world. Of course, most of us can watch elephants in the zoo. Nevertheless, these animals, in general two to five years at the most, usually live in a small …
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To Scenic Dominica and Beyond On Holland America’s Maasdam
Guidebooks said it would be like being immersed in a glass of champagne but the sensation for us was more other-worldly. We dove down a few feet and then let ourselves go, soaring up in the midst of the swirling …
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Adventure Writer Looks at Forty, Part 1 by Antonio Graceffo
Until someone asked me I had no idea that it had been seven years since I had quit my job on Wall Street and come to Asia to be a full time adventure writer. “What have you been up to?” …
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On Learning the Difficult Korean Language by Antonio Graceffo
When I called home, my brother asked me how hard it was to learn Korean, and after a lengthy explanation, “But Chinese is easier than Korean.” I concluded. The average person, normal people who haven’t dedicated their lives to being …
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A Brave Visit To Yemen, Part 2 by Leslie R. Adams
After visiting the capital, Sana’a, we headed North. The trip to the city of Sada had been cancelled due to tribal conflicts, and so we were only going as far as Shahara. On the way we stopped at a few …
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