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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Vassa, The Buddhist Lent by Antonio Graceffo
Most of us have some aspect of our personality or our life that we wish to change. We want to lose weight, quit smoking, save money, or develop the discipline to meditate daily and heal our minds. Some people wish …
The Best City in the USA for Food and Wine by Ron Kapon
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles may be the finalists, but the winner is Las Vegas! There are 120 Master Sommeliers in the world (wine knowledge and blind tastings are part of the rigorous exam). Seventy-four of …
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Whale Watching Along Côte Nord, Québec by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Our long awaited highlight of our trip along the St. Lawrence in Quebec was an exciting whale watching excursion. We stopped first to get some information about whales at the Meriscope Research Center where Danny Zbinden opened a biological research …
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Hex Marks the Spot by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
The two witches from California weren’t all that impressed. ‘It’s not as good as Stonehenge,’ said one of the two women frowning at the cell phone picture she had just taken of the ancient Neolithic stone circle at Avebury, England. …
Quebec’s Côte Nord… Sept Îles and Historic Lighthouse
We spent a delightful time last summer traveling through Quebec in order to write many features for this year’s spectacular 400th year anniversary of the founding of Quebec City. Among our favorite places was Côte Nord, the Whale Route along …
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Yemen, A Most Uncommon Trip For Americans Today by Leslie R. Adams
Last year when I was in Thailand, I met a Yemeni man named Hussein. I had only heard a little about Yemen because a friend of mine here in the States had always wanted to go and raved about the …
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Palm Springs- Paradise in the Desert by Ron Kapon
It had been five years since I last visited Palm Springs (43,000 people) and boy how it has changed! Located about 110 miles east of Los Angeles and 140 miles northeast of San Diego, it is one of nine adjacent …
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Tau’t Bato and Palawan Tribe
The life of tribal people outside of Puerto Princesa City is more difficult than inside the city, where Mayor Hagedorn”s tribal initiatives can help them. In 2005, Reyster Langit, the son of a famous Philippine broadcaster set out with his …
Amazing Petroglyphs of Parowan Gap, Utah by Bonnie and Bill Neely
The Solstice is when the sun is directly over the equator, changing the seasons from spring to summer and from fall to winter. Each year it is around June 21 and December 21, the longest and shortest days of the …
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