The working day  doesn’t start too early at La Casa delle Acque, a small organic orange farm at the foot of Mount Etna in Sicily. It’s around 8 O’clock. The sun has lit [...]

“The Nile slides thick and silent beyond a grid of barbed wire. I slump in a plastic chair that’s soft from the heat and watch a cloud of tiny silver fish leap [...]

One of the highlights of my trip to Egypt was a boat trip down the Nile to a Nubian village shortly after dawn. This photo was taken on that trip of a [...]

Way out in what is now the suburbs of Shanghai is the “Qibao Ancient Town” neighborhood. It has a colorful shopping area with a few canals and shopping areas thrown in and [...]

Shereen Travels Cheap, by Shereen Rayle, is primarily written for the beginning budget traveler. The book is comprised of twelve chapters covering various topics such as cruising, eating for less, hotel deals, [...]

I could not find a reference for which saint is dying in this statue outside the St. Vitus Cathedral. But I would take a guess that it might be St. Vitus.

I reviewed the iPad (iBooks) version of Laura Schaefer’s Planet Explorers Walt Disney World 2012: A Travel Guide for Kids. It can be downloaded for $3.99 from the Planet Explorer’s website. Even [...]

Guardian: A male buffalo begins forming a ring of defense as the herd approaches our vehicle. Photo at Sandibe concession, Okavango Delta For more travel photos check out Photo Friday.

When I was offered a chance to review Michael Clinton’s book, Global Remains: Abandoned Architecture and Objects from Seven Continents, I was thrilled. As an amateur photographer, I had heard of Michael [...]

This photo shows some of the elaborate stonework at the Alhambra in Grenada, Spain. Grenada was one of the last bastions of Islamic rule in Spain and the carving around this window [...]