Luxe or Budget: How a Great Boutique Hotel Improves Your Vacation
I recently spent a few days in Paris, at the height of the summer. It was beastly hot, and the downside of Paris being voted the #1 tourist destination is,… Read more…
Bhutan Part II: Gross National Happiness by Joshua Liberman
The simplicity of a cup of tea, or the sincere hospitality of having dinner in a family home reveals the depth of care the of the Bhutanese heart. "When my guests are happy... Read more…
After lunch, I wanted to smoke a hookah. Mohamed, our other guide, laughed. “You mean a shisha, my sister. What kind of flavor do you want?” Shisha (called a hookah in places like Turkey),… Read more…
Tutankhamun – The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
The Colossus of King Tut is a statue I have never seen before. Rising ten feet above me and looming over the first section of the Pacific Science Center’s new exhibit, it evokes Read more…
Sea Turtle Rescue at the Casa Magna
His window is very narrow, just three hours, so the first thing he does is sweep the beach looking for signs of the wavy flat tracks the turtle flippers make as they move away from the surf and towards their urgent business. Once the turtles dig their pits and lay, which can take an hour or more, they sweep sand across the hole until their eggs are buried in a foot of fine blond sand, then lumber back towards to ocean to hope their progeny survives. The biologist, clock ticking, is just Read more…