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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…
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…
Further Thoughts on The End of the World
I hadn’t thought the world would end, not really, but the recent school massacre in Newtown back home made me wonder if it might have gone mad. Now I suddenly felt so lucky to be alive, so happy to be in this crazy, wonderful city where I had drunk tea in Tahrir Square not two weeks earlier, so glad to be graced with this intrepid band of fearless travelers who saw what the news said and came to Egypt anyway. Read more…
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…Visiting the Sakkhara Pyramid & Lake Moeris
Following is an excerpt from my travel memoir, "Travels Through Egypt," which I am currently working on. Comments are welcome... Our first day in Egypt, we all got on a… Read more…