…ieve that if you want to do something, you should go out and do it. So the term bucket list bugs me a bit. However, I totally understand it but I have some questions of others and myself with regards to the bucket list. Like I said, people tell me all the time that this and that are on their bucket lists. People also always ask me what’s on my bucket list. First things first; many people have bucket lists these days but when do they come to fruiti…
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In Search of Idi Amin
December 28, 2009 by 5 Comments
…ntries which sets Uganda apart in the volatile region. There isn’t much in terms of sightseeing in Kampala. The best viewing part of Kampala is actually flying into Entebbe about 40km away and landing over Lake Victoria and its assortment of patchwork islands. It introduces Uganda as the pearl of Africa. The most famous site in town is the Kasubi Tombs. These are the huge traditional reed and bark cloth buildings of the kabakas of the Buganda peop…
In Search of Captain Morgan
July 25, 2012 by 25 Comments
…oric find. Frederick “Fritz” H. Hanselmann, underwater archaeologist and Research Faculty with the River Systems Institute and the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University, has been leading the team working to locate, excavate and preserve the remains of Morgan’s lost fleet. Fritz and his team do an amazing job in finding, preserving and explaining what they’ve done and found. They made it easy to understand and see what we were…
Mt. Kilimanjaro Journal
April 12, 2007 by 2 Comments
…art day two. Day 2 After breakfast we packed up our gear and headed out in search of Shira Camp at nearly 12,000 feet. This day was only supposed to be about a four hour hike because the day three hike was supposed to be brutal. We set out through the unique landscape that appears only on Kilimanjaro and appears to always be like it’s another planet. Day two’s hike is still kind of a blur to me. I remember that is was a fun hike and seemed to go p…
Mt Kilimanjaro Journal
April 12, 2007 by 1 Comment
…art day two. Day 2 After breakfast we packed up our gear and headed out in search of Shira Camp at nearly 12,000 feet. This day was only supposed to be about a four hour hike because the day three hike was supposed to be brutal. We set out through the unique landscape that appears only on Kilimanjaro and appears to always be like it’s another planet. Day two’s hike is still kind of a blur to me. I remember that is was a fun hike and seemed to go p…
Sarah Palin Please Shut Up!
February 18, 2011 by 11 Comments
…to Wasilla. Believe me, it is not much to brag about. Then she was a half term Governor where she quit! She quit midway through her term and really gave no viable reason. So how does she know how to lead anything let alone the United States! Also, she has never run a business, not even close. Her only current business is extorting money from naïve people who appear to be star struck because she is famous and go watch her speak. Palin then critici…
Penjikent and the Marguzor Lakes
July 20, 2008 by 1 Comment
…d it didn’t quite make for what I should’ve been wearing. However, I was determined to hike the last 2km to the seventh lake called Azor Chashma. You have to hike because there is no more dirt road, you have arrived where the Tajik “mountain people”-for lack of a better term-live. We parked and they all came and offered us food. We were starving and gladly accepted their sweet melon and awesome bread that they made right on the fire on the floor….
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The Belarus Ordeal
April 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment
…ssports. I gladly obliged him and he started flipping through the pages in search of my visa. He finally found it and started barking something in Russian and I just kept saying visa and giving him the thumbs up sign as if to say that it was in order and legal. I don’t think that he cared very much and he just took our two passports and headed off the train. Needless to say, this made me very nervous. As a seasoned traveler, my passport is my most…
