DLD 168: Pandas, Hot Pots and a Giant Buddha in Chengdu
This week's episode is all about Chengdu recorded on location with a special guest. Some…
UNESCO 2014 World Heritage Inscriptions
There are 26 more places which the group at UNESCO thinks are worth protecting for…
Getting ready for an amazing August travel schedule
I didn’t get on a plane in July. That was hard for me. The good…
The new UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2013
A couple weeks ago UNESCO announced that 19 new sites were being added to the…
Planning a rather atypical spring break adventure
For the first time in more than a decade I get to celebrate Spring Break.…
Sunny Suisse: Walking the Lavaux wine trail
Every now and then a travel moment just "clicks" and everything seems right. They aren’t…
Sunny Suisse: Seeing the bears of Bern
I chose Bern (a/k/a Berne) as my first stop on a whirl through Switzerland based…
Exploring Kiev’s Pechersk Lavra: On the grounds and underground
The Pechersk Lavra, a monastic site on the southern edge of Kiev’s city center, has…
How did a cemetery make the tour list??
I actually generally enjoy touring cemeteries. They offer a great view of history and also…
On top of Sri Lanka: climbing Sigiriya
The top of Sigiriya is not the high point of Sri Lanka, far from it,…
