I was taken to a village high up on the mountain, along the narrow road to the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Nicholas Roerich was a Russian Renaissance man who lived from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. He was an …
Trading Home Comforts For Dreamy Mountains in Nepal by Julie Thompson
The comforts of the west are definitely lacking in Nepal says Britta Schroeder, a volunteer from Colorado, U.S. But despite living on rice and sleeping in a straw bed for 4 months, she would not have traded her experiences as …
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ZEN AND THE ART OF ICE-FISHING WINTER ON THE FROZEN LAKES OF TRAVERSE CITY by Michael A. Norton
A russet winter sunset illuminates a fishing shanty “village” on the ice of Green Lake, just south of Traverse City, Mich. near the Interlochen Center for the Arts. How good is the fishing around Traverse City? So good that in …
CALIFORNIA DREAMING LOS ANGELES-SAN DIEGO by Ron Kapon
People often ask me what I do on my trips. The answer for a travel writer, “I work!” Maybe I get in a few minutes in the fitness center or pool, but mostly I am reviewing all the press material …
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Try Dublin – It’s a Riot!
We were to go to Dublin in February 2006. My eldest son (`BJ’) and his wife, Jo, are rugby football fanatics and wanted to see the international game between Wales and Ireland. We have not had many times together, so …
HOMAGE TO BIG BUDDHA by Hendson Quan
I turned my head to face the window and immediately sensed something overhead. My eyes instinctively glanced out and slightly upward. There it was, the Big Buddha towering over me as the #2 bus I was riding in swirled around …
The Rickshaws of New York by Antonio Graceffo
There was a loud hollow thud, as I was violently thrown out of the saddle. Tomer expertly rode his bicycle out of the huge freight elevator. “Remember,” he said, in his comical accent. “The pedi cab is much wider than …
KOA Kamping At Mt. Shasta by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Mt. Shasta City, California, is an inviting little town at the base of beautiful snow-covered Mt. Shasta, just off the I-5 highway. The town has served tourists for nearly a century and has wonderful shops, restaurants and places to stay. …
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Enjoying Beautiful Saskatchewan by Bonnie and Bill Neely
We enteed Saskatchewan from Manitoba along Highway 16 where we enjoyed one of the most scenic drives, with the panorama of rolling grasslands, farms, low mountains on each side of Lake Qu’Appelle in the Qu’Appelle Valley. We wished for several …
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Arts and Crafts Abound in Vermont by Bonnie and Bill Neely
In the 1960’s the Arts and Crafts Council of America began an annual National Craft Fair and held it in Vermont, during a period when arts and crafts flourished. The Council continues to sponsor juried art festivals each year, and …
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