There was a great segment on 60 minutes tonight about the recent murder of a Congo mountain gorilla family earlier this year. Anderson Cooper reported about the mass murder as well as got video of his trek into the Rwandan side of the Virunga mountain range. The video brought back amazing memories of spending time…
One of my friends just got back from travelling from New York to Singapore. I have had the priviledge of flying Singapore Air a few times and each time have been amazed by the quality of the airplanes as well as the services. However, my friend flew first class on Singapore and said that the…
A Colombian friend of mine sent me this compilation of various tourism commercials for Colombia. Many of the places that we are visiting (Bogota, Cartagena, Tayrona, Barranquilla) are shown. I particularly love the tagline: Colombia – el riesgo es que te quieres quedar Hoping that I can either buy a shirt with the phrase or…
Sometimes when you are sitting in traffic on 520 wondering why you see people that have 1 or 2 people in their car but are still using the 3 person HOV lane, wonder no more…. The reason: the fine is only $86 if you are caught for the offense. Im sure a few people…
I just confirmed the first leg of my trip – Rwanda – to see the Gorillas. Because I have gotten so many worried looks and comments about the danger of the country, I have decided to put everyone at ease and for the first time book a tour from the US. It…
I just read this story in the news about a Thai budget airline called One-Two-Go which crashed on its way to Phuket, a Thai resort island. Having traveled all over Southeast Asia on budget airlines like this, I definitely had some scary experiences but this is just horrible. 88 people died in the crash. Sad…