Whoosh! Like most accidents, it happened in a nanosecond. Call it vanity if you like. Or just bad luck. Regardless of what inspired me to stand on a chair in a Hội An hotel room, here’s what led up to that fateful evening. In early January, about a month before
Dream or reality? Is reality nothing but a dream? A pure product of our imagination? An illusion? The line between the two is often blurred. On the eastern edge of the Musashino plains, where much of western Tokyo lies, is the Sekiguchi Plateau, a scenic spot famous for its wild Camellias, since the fourteenth
When you visit a garden at the beginning of the summer growing season, and then again in late fall—and it’s equally beautiful—you know you’re on to something special.
Like many, I’ve chosen not to fly during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. But that does not mean staying home. The great American road trip is hip again, and I’ve racked up thousands of additional miles on the odometer this year. I’ve taken road trips within the US around the eastern
For most baby boomers, the mention of Puerto Vallarta conjures up images of Captain Stubing and Julie, the Cruise Director, on “The Love Boat.” The classic TV show, of which we all have fond memories, ran from 1977 to 1987, and made the destination a household name.
Puerto Vallarta is magical and so is the restaurant El Arrayán. Owned by Carmen Porras since 2003, she named her restaurant after a species of tree that bears the small, sweet and tart fruit.
A riot of blooming wildflowers amidst the ruins of ancient civilizations, sunny skies, warm weather, and best of all, far fewer tourists competing to see the extraordinary sights that Greece has to offer, make Spring the best time to visit. Our original plan was an April trip to the Greek
In the predawn hours of my first morning in Aswan, Egypt, I woke up to the chants of a call to prayer reverberating from mosque minarets. It’s Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of observance, and the melodic cadence of these Arabic words resonated daily, beckoning the faithful to nearby mosques
OKLAHOMA After enjoying a lovely evening in the Lincoln Motel Inn in Chandler, Oklahoma, where we took advantage of the proudly advertised micro fridge and cable TV, we headed off to finish the 400 miles of Route 66 that runs through the Sooner State. First, we took a gander at
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