King Shaka’s Zulu’s Defeat The British Army in 1879. Today’s Isandlwana Mountain and Village. Throughout the history of warfare there have been spectacular and devastating defeats: Hannibal and his elephants slaughtered Varro’s 70,000 man Roman Legion … Continue reading →
bicycling, cycling, bikes, biking, Paris, Easy Paree , tours, Paris, tours Easy Pass Tours + Fat Tire Bike Tours Skip-The-Lines in Paris. Paris is an infamous city. Home to the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, and Le Tour … Continue reading →
Owls, Oryx, and Ostriches. For hours we drove into the broiled heart of the Namib Desert; the highway undulated; we left the cold weather front behind and pushed through a barrier of rising heat like a string bead … Continue reading →
Don’t Confuse England’s Avons. To travel the “heart” of England — its geographical and spiritual core — I opt to visit three cities and their environs. First Oxford, fabled center of learning in the Thames River Valley, with … Continue reading →
A Four Story series Sailing Turkey and Greece. Click The Photo to Sail With Star Clippers. https://www.starclippers.com/ Cyclades Tall Ship Odyssey — Our seahorse — the Star Clipper — flew on 17 winged sails, with Zephyrus commanding which … Continue reading →
The volcano is still active on Santorini. Click Photo to Sail With Star Clippers. https://www.starclippers.com/ There is only one caldera in the world that boats can sail into – the volcanic lagoon of Santorini, Greece. The penultimate way to … Continue reading →
There are many types of Greek zephyrs. Click Photo to Sail With Star Clippers. The southern high winds of the Greek god Notos were blowing favorable for The Star Clipper, following the ancient trade routes from Rhodes to … Continue reading →
Rhodes – the Island of Roses. The Star Clipper wind-jammed past the southern Cyclades Islands like an ancient Greek trireme and with the power and benevolence of the west winds of the god Zephyrus. Homer mentioned the island … Continue reading →
“Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain Click Photo to Sail With Star Clippers. https://www.starclippers.com/ The Star Clipper’s Fore Deck. In Greek mythology the Gods of the Winds were the … Continue reading →
Hike and Ski The Remarkable Remarkables. The Main Lodge is nestled in pristine wilderness. Be forewarned. When you drive up to the luxurious Matakauri Lodge south of Queenstown, New Zealand, drive a car with a low-roof. … Continue reading →
Dune Buggies, Sky Diving, and Oryx Steaks. Swakopmund is Namibia’s second largest city and the adventure capital of the country, located on the Atlantic coast. Namibia was once a German colony and then later a South African protectorate … Continue reading →
Hike The Barrier Of Spears. The twisting but paved two lane road leading into the World Heritage Site of the 243,000 hectare uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park is one of the most dramatic, majestic, and stunning byways anywhere in the … Continue reading →
Your Own Private Island Camp. We bounced along the Botswana Pan Handle paralleling the Okavango River to our launch site into the heart of the expansive Delta. All valuables such as passports, money, keys, and wallets were placed … Continue reading →
Home on the range in the Western Cape. South Africa is well known for its bushveld landscapes and the country boasts grassveld, lowveld, highveld, thornveld, and if there was a classification for sandveld or duneveld it would be … Continue reading →
Boma Braai, Zambezi Sunset Cocktail Cruise, Rhino Tracking, and San Rock Art. The hippos in the Okavango Delta lagoon gave us a send-off with grunts and bellows. Our fleet of Mekoros rustled the grasses with a sweeping gesture, … Continue reading →
England Walks, Strolls, and Saunders. England means walking. Memories of country tramps and urban saunters. London, Oxford, and a hundred towns encrusted with time and beauty never lose their appeal to a wanderer on foot. Likewise the rural … Continue reading →
Cruise the Med of Ancient Mariners. Although my wife and I have travelled a good deal over the years, the “cruise experience” had eluded us. No particular reason — we’d heard plenty, good and bad, about luxury ship … Continue reading →
Epidauros, Home of Hippocrates. The Corinth Canal. The Peloponnese peninsula is literally chopped off from mainland Greece by the isthmus bisection of the Corinth Canal that connects the Ionian and Myleon Seaslike a pencil transit on a blueprint. In the 19th … Continue reading →
The First Olympics Were in 779 B.C. Oak and wild olive were sacred in the ancient Altis sanctuary of Olympia. The ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece were a spectacle of sports, sacrifice, statuary, and suffering in a station sanctuary … Continue reading →
Venezia – Venice, capital of the Veneto region. Venice is known as ‘The City of Bridges” with over 100 of them crossing the famous canals. The main transport is by boat or by foot because cars are banned … Continue reading →
