TRAVEL

There are other approaches to communing with Nature than by the Xtreme Sportsman’s bravado of showing it “who’s the boss.”   Dominating Nature, if it is ever achievable, is a…

It’s a Jungle out there, Part 2 Sooner or later, in a world whose popular tastes are arbitrated by media and fashion designers, everything gets a chance to be chic .  …

This piece begins what will be a short series of articles on Nature and Travel.   Nature-based travel, such as “eco-travel” or trips based on rafting over raging rapids, of…

Part 5 in a series of travelling among former enemies I have a special affection for rivers.   No natural earthly feature is more responsible for the emergence of urban…

Part 4 in a series of travelling among former enemies It’s a little like walking into a shop in East Jerusalem where you don’t quite know whether to say Shalom…

On the approach to Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport I scanned the verdant landscape to see if there were any signs of the craters that must have been made by the…

Traveling among former enemies, Part II “ Enschuldigen Sie, Enschuldigen Sie ! Bitte ” the lady is calling to me.   She’s clearly asking for help.   Unlike most German forms of address this…

Traveling in the countries of former enemies raises memories and different emotions.   This entry in an occasional series on the subject is from travel journal notes in 1997. There…

Travelers planning their local itineraries for many foreign cities might at first take the suggestion that they include a visit to a cemetery as the raving of a fool or…

An encounter with the Chinese English teach in Wuhan, China in Part I inspires a recollection of childhood days:   My favorite playmate when I was a little boy was…