Category: Travel Stories
Our Man in Doha
Lufthansa’s route to Doha stops in Riyadh, and if you are not continuing on to Qatar you are warned sternly that the Kingdom has strict rules about bringing alcohol or magazines with ‘graphics’ into the country. The flight attendant’s speech was a wink-wink-nudge-nudge-say-no-more in German, then in English about those graphic magazines, the actual content […]
Read MoreÀ bientôt Bosnia and Herzegovina
The final guest post from Sarajevo… Saturday morning is here, our last day in town. The snow is falling in thick flakes, blanketing Sarajevo with puffs of white. It is cold and dry and the city is coming to life. We had planned a day trip to Mostar, but one of our companions has fallen […]
Read MoreGuest Post–Bosnian Hospitality
More on my wife’s amazing trip to Bosnia to assist Women for Women… Avid followers might be seeing a theme from this trip. The people are entirely gracious and helpful in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have volunteered places before, but never like this. I really didn’t know what to expect. We could not be having […]
Read MoreGuest Post–More Inspiration From Bosnia
The third of my wife’s posts from her trip to Bosnia. Enjoy! Cause for Celebration We had no idea to what to expect walking into a packed room in the community center in Kakanj, a village about an hour away from Sarajevo. The room was overflowing with excitement, standing room only, as Alexa and I […]
Read MoreGuest Post–More Big Ideas
Another guest post from my wife, reporting from Sarajevo, Bosnia. The Start of the Big Idea Everything is an adventure when one is discovering a place for the first time – the morning breakfast selection, how to turn the shower on, what to do when a phone charger blows out, the right pronunciation of the […]
Read MoreGuest Blog–Sarajevo Philanthropy
Here’s a special treat, friends. My wife is in Bosnia this week doing… Well, I’ll let her explain: The Golden Hands This week I am in Bosnia on a volunteer assignment with Women for Women International. I first learned about the organization about a year ago on Oprah. The organization helps women who are victims […]
Read MoreHanging Loose
Even paradise has its ups and downs when you’re there with four kids, 5, 2, and five and six months, all of whom are off their usual schedules for sleep and meals but who don’t want to slow down to take a nap. Still, Oahu’s North Shore has a lot to offer the vacationer who […]
Read MoreHalf Dome Conquered
On my recent photo trip to Yosemite with friends Tyler, John and Suad, I got the idea to hike to the top of Half Dome, as more or less a Because It’s There thing. My wife, L and I had recently watched a Discover TV series about an expedition on Everest, and while that multi-month […]
Read MoreGoing for the Silver
It’s quite an odd experience to go to Yosemite for the purpose of making photographs. Everywhere you go, whether in direct sunlight or in the shade of an iconic granite structure, you are under the shadow of Ansel Adams. I know of no photographer who has staked such a claim on a place as Mr. […]
Read MoreEast Meets West For Fries and a Shake
This post was written Monday, April 12th, in Doha, Qatar. As I sit in the Doha airport waiting for my flight, an old man in a white dress is playing a harmonica softly in the corner of the waiting area. Every now and then he changes to a song I know, but most of the […]
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