See images from my most recent trip around the North East side of India here, with safaris for tigers and rhinos, and being amoung tens of millions of pilgrims in one crowded location… (Kumb Mela 2019), plus interesting stops along…
My Carbon Offset for this Year
Time to do more than talk the talk, its time to walk the walk. Since I retired in 2014 and started traveling the world (taking photos and sharing them on social media etc. etc.), I reckon my air travel generates…
Tired of Tracking Tigers? Try Rambling for Rhinos in Kaziranga!
Perhaps a silly premise, who could ever possibly get tired of tigers? Ha ha, but it is worthwhile to note that India has more than just tigers in terms of exotic animals. While my winter safaris in India were most…
On The Tiger Trail – The Video
How I spent my winter on Safaris in India, a short video to accompany my three part post on the subject.
On The Tiger Trail – Part 3
This is Part 3 of “On The Tiger Trail” “How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” “Pussycat, Pussycat, Where are You” To paraphrase part of the 1960’s song called What’s New Pussycat, the challenge of actually finding…
On The Tiger Trail – Part 2
This is Part 2 of “On The Tiger Trail – How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” Where to Go India has the largest population of tigers (two thirds of the global total), and the most accessible…
On The Tiger Trail – Part 1
This is Part 1 of “On The Tiger Trail – How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” It wasn’t my first time on a tiger safari, nor my first trip to India, but this time it was…
Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People
It’s called “Kumbh Mela“, and it happens over the course of 2 1/2 months in one of the four different holy locations in India that periodically host this festival on a rotational basis. During that time, more than 130 million…
Bangladesh Images are Now Online
See the Bangladesh Image Gallery
Indonesia Photos are Online
The photo gallery from my recent trip to Indonesia (Island of Java, scuba diving Komodo National Park) is now online at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/indonesia-image-gallery/.
Angkor Wat Complex Image Gallery is Online
Images from a few days touring around the temples within the Angkor Wat Complex, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Its a completely amazing place, built from the 8th to 12th centuries, and is in fact the largest religious complex in the…
Benevolent Paparazzi Photographer to the Monkhood?
The Wandering Honeybadger – Benevolent Paparazzi Photographer to the Monkhood? Maybe a new title for my resume? So I recently spent a number of days in Cambodia in Siem Reap in order to tour the Angkor Wat complex of temples. …
Same Same, But Different
Same Same But Different… A phrase you sometimes hear in Thailand, usually when someone is trying to sell you something close to what you asked for, but not exactly the same. After a few years away from the Land of…
Tout of the Ages… Would you buy a used flying carpet from this man?
Tout, Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt The backstory about the photo above…. I was wandering around the Temple of Karnak, minding my own business, taking photos and this man approached me: Tout: Sir take my photo Me: No thank…
Red Sea Diving Tips – Don’t Feed the Toucan, Don’t Tickle the Morays, and Don’t Laugh at the Dolphins
Just completed a week long scuba diving trip to the Red Sea, something that has taken me about 40 years to get around to, so I thought I would pass on some Wandering Honeybadger Tips… So my target location to…
Turkey Images are Online
Available at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/turkey-image/gallery
Turkish Delights and the Spices of Life
Out for a Saturday morning stroll in Selcuk, Turkey, I scoped out the local farmers market that was being held today for any possible photo ops… while these two presented themselves… … the real reason I was in Selcuk was…
My Turkish Fire Shave in Istanbul
Since I tend to travel two to three months at a time, the issue of getting a haircut in a foreign country comes up usually at least once on each trip. In this case, I had an inkling that I…
Tanzania Images are Now Available
Images from my Tanzania Safari are now online at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/portfolio/tanzania-image-gallery/ with Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Elephants, Hippos etc. plus a few landscapes
Kenya Photos
The initial batch of Kenya photos are now on available on the Kenya Image Gallery page.
Running Away from Home to Join the Masai
I saw a Gary Larson Farside cartoon online over coffee on my last full day in Masai Mara, and almost snorted out my coffee from laughing so hard… it was so perfect for the situation! So my two Masai Guides…
Pragmatically Passive in Prague Due to Pathological Perturbations
Disclaimer – This post is as much about staying healthy while on the road traveling (or to be precise when getting ready to travel), as it is about visiting Prague. My travel target was actually Africa (the last continent for…
The Wandering Honeybadger’s Indian Mojito Recipe
I was in Santiago, Chile, in the middle of an extended tour of parts southern, and I was hankering for something a bit different that was available with the local “Peruvian” Cuisine.. yes I know what I said, I was…
Starting Soon – Into Africa (and parts nearby)…
I am just days from starting yet another adventure. This time to the last continent on my list, namely Africa. As usual, and as my friends kid me about, this trip is yet again more like a “military assault” rather…
Brazil – Carnival in Rio, The Greatest Show on Earth
Its not that I have a bucket list, simply because the bucket would have to be bigger than anything in order to encompass “everything”.. but Carnival in Rio has long been on my mind as something I definitely wanted…
The Art of Ceviche & Pisco
The saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do… and I say, when in Santiago, eat Peruvian! Someone from Chile will have to explain to me why there are so many Peruvian restaurants in Santiago, either Chile has…
Images from Argentina
Argentina was a strategic jump off and routing point for getting down to Antarctica, and of course on its own is a very worthwhile destination. A few images from the various places I stopped so far in Argentina are posted…
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking
My decision about hiking in Patagonia, was very simple – “Not To”. Yet I didn’t escape hiking totally as I wound up doing some hiking on my own in the area around the Fitz Roy range in Argentina out of…
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds
If you want to understand my thoughts (and trepidations) about Patagonia before I got there, read my pre-trip post A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond.. Logistics My arrival in Patagonia was preceded…
A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond..
As I am sure you can imagine, as the temperature starts to drop in the fall, a Honeybadger’s mind turns to thinking about warmer climates and new opportunities for adventure.. In this case however, my winter getaway has been in…