Thanks Indonesia!

August 31st, 2010 | By Lee | No Comments »

Over the past three days, I have seen my viewership jump ridiculously drastically because of a huge number of Indonesian visitors. Apparently an article was published about me or mentioning me with a link to my site in Indonesia. My inbox and facebook requests have been inundated and I am currently in Paris so I just wanted to say thanks for visiting and I will try to answer as many emails as I can when I get a chance. I look forward to my next visit to Indonesia which may be as soon as November or December!

A Quick Update

August 17th, 2010 | By Lee | 3 Comments »

Ya I know it has been a while but rest assured I have been very busy. I have been back and forth across the US from LA, Orange County, Las Vegas and Denver back to New York and down the Atlantic beaches of Delaware and Maryland. I am in the process of planning several upcoming trips as I try to get closer to the record. I will be heading to the Mediterranean at the end of August and early September for Corsica and Sardinia. After much deliberation and extreme pains in the butt, I am not going to Libya in September but hopefully it may work out in October. Instead I will be heading up to the Faroe Islands, Iceland and perhaps Greenland, if I can find a reasonable deal. November 4th, I embark on a very rare expedition to the British Indian Ocean Territory via the Maldives and will make several stops along the way. My hopeful and/or probable stops include romantic destinations such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Eritrea, Pakistan and Afghanistan. I have yet to decide if I am going to do an around the world ticket or not. I am working on a lot of things so we will see as it gets closer. I also have Wake Island looming in December which I have not yet committed to. Anyway, just a quick update before I head back on the road August 29th. As always, thanks for all the emails and I hope everyone’s summers are going very well!

South Pacific Trip Begins Tomorrow

May 18th, 2010 | By Lee | 6 Comments »

So I leave tomorrow and I am pretty excited…less of course the 20 hours or so flying to Guam but that will kick off a 6 week 17 (hopefully) new country trip that will take me to some of the most exotic and secluded islands on Earth such as Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna and the Solomon Islands. I will be blogging most, if not all of my trip, hopefully with pictures, assuming I can find wireless connections and I will be trying to answer as many emails etc as I can. I will also be filming for a TV show and trying to have a great time as well. Should be pretty awesome so stay tuned and thanks as always for reading and your emails.

Calm Before the Storm

April 27th, 2010 | By Lee | 3 Comments »

So it’s been a month or so since I updated the site but in the interim I have been doing a lot. I graduate from Business School on Friday and have been planning a big South Pacific adventure for the past month or so and finally seem to have all the pieces in order. Those flights and mapping it out are a real pain but in the end it will be worth it for sure. I also completed a spring training tour of all 11 Cactus League stadiums here in Arizona and I can’t wait to get back to New York to go to some Yankees games although it will be tough to give up playing golf in the desert sun every day. I also just got back a cool trailer that I am sharing here from my recent Africa trip for a potential TV show. Anyway, there will be much to come from me in the near future as I will be in the Pacific covering some 17 new countries or so including a revamped website. Stay tuned!

Appearance on Phoenix Morning Show

March 11th, 2010 | By Lee | 5 Comments »

My appearance on the Phoenix morning news show…It was a 4am wake up call, so yes, I was as tired as I look! A special thanks to Fay Fredricks and my friend Brian Forte for making this happen.

Africa/Indian Ocean Slideshow

March 8th, 2010 | By Lee | 4 Comments »

Here is a slideshow set to music of my last trip covering some 20 countries of Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.

Gorilla Tracking in Rwanda

February 24th, 2010 | By Lee | 2 Comments »

Some friends of mine from business school are currently in Rwanda for 6 weeks and just did the Susa group gorilla trek in Parc National Des Volcans that I did New Years Day. Apparently, they had much better weather than I did and my friend Rob wrote a great article about their adventure. Nearly two months removed from this amazing experience I can fondly recall the amazing hike and the incredible sight of the gorillas in their natural habitat. Rob’s article is very well written and captures the experience very well. I appreciate the mention in the article and hope they enjoy the rest of their trip. Here is a link to what I posted immediately after my very wet and memorable climb if you want to relive both adventures. The experience is one that will stay with me forever.

Final Preparation for Africa

December 11th, 2009 | By Lee | 7 Comments »

I wanted to write a quick post and remind everyone that I leave for Chad on Sunday on a 6+ week trip that will cover at least 18 new countries including some of the most (Seychelles, Mauritius) and least (Chad, Equatorial Guinea, the Congo’s) desirable places on Earth. I am virtually all prepared except for a bunch of errands before Sunday morning and many of you have asked me about Angola. As of now I will not be going to Angola after a long and drawn out process in which I did everything I could’ve done but they, because of a combination of apathy, bureaucracy, stupidity and laziness did not grant me a visa in time even though they said they would. So I will not be visiting Angola or Cabinda this trip unless a miracle happens while on the road. Also, I want to thank my friend Carlos for trying his hardest to get me that visa and I only wish I called you earlier as it would’ve made life easier but certainly next time.

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The Royal Geographical Society

December 2nd, 2009 | By Lee | 4 Comments »

I am often asked about the Royal Geographical Society. It is an old British Royal Society based in London that I am a very proud “Fellow” of and attend meetings in the UK whenever I can. I have the priviledge of being granted the use of the post nominal letters FRGS after my name if I choose. FRGS stands for Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The following is a brief history of the Society and some of its more famous members and explorers.
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I Know, I Know

November 30th, 2009 | By Lee | 1 Comment »

I know that I haven’t updated in a few weeks but I have been pretty busy on the weekends and have been criss-crossing the United States for several different reasons and commitments. In the past two months or so, I have been all over Arizona; in Florida for a wedding; New York and Connecticut for Thanksgiving; Eugene, Oregon for a football game; Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona for other games and Las Vegas. It has been tiring and exhausting but very fun and rewarding at the same time. All the while, I have been planning and detailing my upcoming 6 week trip to Africa that I leave for next weekend. So needless to say it’s been busy. I also wanted to say thanks for all the tons of emails from all my readers and I haven’t stopped writing, I just haven’t been anywhere out of the country lately and have been super busy. I will probably post a few times before next Sunday when I fly to Chad but rest assured I will be blogging my whole Africa trip and hopefully will be putting up some streaming video along the way. So keep posted and keep checking back with me. Happy Thanksgiving!