Quiz: How big is Kazakhstan?

When I arrived at London airport for my flight to Nairobi today, they told me that the flight was oversold.  I was angry at the time and I made the importance of getting on that flight know to them since there are not that many Kenya Airways flights that connect to Kigali, Rwanda from Nairobi….

    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…

For the second day in a row, I woke up, opened my eyes, and was able to see Mt. Rainier.  What a refreshing site after the last 5 weeks of rain/snow.   In order to take advantage of the nice weather, I am going to go skiing on Saturday at Crystal Mountain (90 minutes from…

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…

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…

As a frequent traveler to Las Vegas for work as well as pleasure, these time lapse photos taken by a friend, JP Wollersheim, that I work with really hit home for me.   In particular the sunrise theme…..  8^) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPXhCM_qSRs&rel=1] You can see other time lapse photos at: http://www.youtube.com/jpwoller   Technorati Tags: Las Vegas,time lapse photos