Well, I think it starts by going back to the very beginning of white settlement. In America, we see that as the pilgrims and such. Upstanding proper serious people coming on the Mayflower or whatever for religious issues. Puritans. In Australia, they were convicts, pretty much dumped off here to fend for themselves. Petty thieves, …
America is the land of being indirect in what we say and being politically correct in how we say it. Very different over here. I love the signs all over Australia. Let’s just get to the point. My favorite is not here. When you go to buy cigarettes, three is no “Warning, the surgeon …
This famous mining town was my base for 2 days. Although in the same state, it is 715 miles from Sydney and definitely in a different world. Many minerals were mined here, but the chief was lead. The tailings pile from the main mine is in view from nearly everywhere in town. But, Broken Hill …
Is it: A. A Sasquatch like creature that the Shoshone believed could capture and eat people? B. The most remote town in the lower 48? C. A law breaking Nevada town, openly defying Nevada law as a PST zone state and operating totally on Mountain time? D. The place to be for 4th of …
On the previous post, I left us all at the crater rim looking down into it. Now we will work our way back into town for the end of a great day.
Yes, you can see all of this in one easy day on La Palma. Actually a half day. Too much to put into this one blog. We are going to visit a pristine village, see bananas up close, the rain forest of Los Tilos, dragon trees and the summit of Roque de los Muchachos. …
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The Blue train is a famous 27 hour excursion linking Pretoria with Cape Town, a distance of about 1,000 miles. This was to have been a key part of my original trip as planned with my brother and sister. The train highlight was to be the evening dinner, men in coat and tie, ladies in …
After the great Friday morning drive, we rested to get ready to go out again that evening. This is one amazing area for wildlife! Within the first 30 minutes the guides found a very recent leopard kill. An aardvark! Very rare to see one, as they are only out late at night. Melvin, our guide …
Valid direction to be given on a game safari as we wander about the unmarked gravel roads that crisscross the reserve. But, which vulture nest? Today, we drove about 15 miles into the remote far eastern edge of the reserve, looking for those elusive lions. It was a hot day, 4:45 in the afternoon, …
Well, that got your attention, huh? Like how stupid can he be? Ok, don’t answer that one, please. Not that stupid. It is the middle east. To “get high,” I went to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. And, surprisingly, quite a beautiful building, even for its immense size. The observation …