Many travelers talk about wanting have more local experiences – but how far will you go to get access to those experiences? One of the main things locals do in Saigon is ride motorbikes – so would you get on the back of one to ride around as the locals do? Most people think that…
I stood staring at the wide expanse of Omaha Beach, squinting my eyes and trying to imagine what that historic day was like. D-Day seems so far away now – ancient. My mind was swimming in thoughts amplified by the fact that I was here visiting this WWII Normandy invasion sight with my European friends…
Yes – I know the obvious choice for a Halloween post is cemeteries – but I don’t actually find cemeteries creepy or scary. Instead, I find them intriguing, and they are one of my favorite things to photograph. I think a cemetery can tell you about the culture and history of an area. For this…
My parents recently did a European trip which included Germany and Italy. They had a great time and enjoyed all of the cities and sites…except Rome. This was really surprising since I found Rome to be one of the coolest cities in Europe. How could anyone think that Rome – a city with so much…
“You have to go to the islands! You have to go to the islands!” everyone kept telling me. Clearly they didn’t fully appreciate my neurosis regarding how stubborn I am. I can’t help it, if everyone keeps telling me to do something, then I really am skeptical about it and the less and less I…
Locals bustle around the market, picking out fresh vegetables and carrying on conversations in Italian with the shop stall owners; the ease in the conversations lets you know that they’ve known each other for a lifetime. A breeze blows through the open-air market, leaving the scent of fresh flowers in the air of the covered…
I remember the streets crowded with people for Pilger Days, a weekend celebration which happened once a summer. There was cotton candy, music, families walking hand and hand, a cake walk (my personal favorite), a dime toss and a myriad of other carnival games. However, now I walk through the streets of Pilger looking at…
Since I only had 4 days in Tokyo and little money left for traveling, I had a challenge – how do you stay in Tokyo on a budget? After months of living a simple life, I think I was up to the challenge. The first big accomplishment was finding a reasonably priced hotel amongst the…
Out of the train and into Hue’s sauna. We traveled by train through the night into what is considered South Vietnam. Hue is a small town of about 300,000 people (I’m not being sarcastic), and it holds a very prominent place in Vietnam’s history. The first and most important thing to know is that Hue…
View ‘Food of Thailand’ Photography Throughout my adult life I have strived for change and trying different things. I hate doing the same thing twice or going to the same place twice – I’d rather have a bikini wax than do something that I’ve already done…been there…done that. However – I have a few weird…