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Cross Country Motorcycle Trip: Going East – San Diego CA to Troy NY (2011)

Going on a lonely mountain road, I noticed a bunch of bikers riding staggered with a beat up old ford … More

colorado, crosscountrymotorcycle, greatplains, majeticrockies, oldfriends, OSU, RPI

Slovenia: Where Ancient meets Modern and East meets West (2012)

“The next cruise is at 1:00 please return then”, I was told this by the nice gentleman running the short … More

icewine, ljubljana, maribor, oldsetvine, slovenia

Peru the Land of Many Cultures: Lima (2013)

Had this interesting conversation at a hotel in Lima: “Manager: The room without a jacuzzi is 90 sols and the … More

callao, lima, miraflores, playa, unmsm

Peru, Land of Many Cultures: Valle Sagrado de los Incas (2013, 2017)

From Ancient archaeological sites to Pristine Nature, from literally hundreds of varieties of corn and potatoes to the fusion cuisine … More

cusco, machu picchu, ollantaytambo, pisac, sacred valley, university of san antonio in cusco

Camping across Scandinavia: Lapland & the Midnight Sun (2014)

The last leg of my journey through Scandinavia would first take me north through Lapland and then loop back south … More

gammelstad, midnightsun, rovaniemi, stckholm, vasaa

Camping across Scandinavia: Beautiful Fjords and Lappland (2014)

Oslo to Fagernes: Camping around Oslo Fjord was a good experience despite the unseasonably cold weather, the thermostat would seldom … More

bergen, fegernes, oslo, songnefjord, trondheim

Camping across Scandinavia: Copenhagen to Oslo (2014)

What does one do when there is a couple of weeks time between two talks one has to give in … More

gothenburg, malmo, oslo, ucklum

Turkey: A Journey Through History – Konya and Cappadoccia (2015)

Waking up at 4 am for any activity is  no fun, but I’ll make an exception for hot air ballooning. The … More

cappadocia, goreme, konya, rumi, urgup

Turkey: A Journey Through History – Fethiye and Antalya (2015)

“Please come in, take shelter from the rain, you don’t even have to look at the carpets, just have some … More

antalya, fethiye, kaleici, tlos

Turkey: A Journey Through History – Bursa & Izmir (2015)

Next on the itinerary was the city of Bursa. With known settlements dating back to 5000 BC, the city was … More

bursa, ephesus, izmir

Turkey: A Journey Through History – Istanbul (2015)

A & I decided to visit Turkey for our honeymoon. Exploring Turkey turned out to be  a journey back in … More

Istanbul

Get your Kicks on Route 66 (Dec 2016)

Travelling across Route 66 is the quintessential American Road trip.  Called the mother Road by Steinbeck in ‘Grapes of Wrath’ … More

Route 66!

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