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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…

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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…

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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…

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Turkey Images are Online

Available at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/turkey-image/gallery Share This:FacebookTwitterGoogle+TumblrDiggRedditLinkedinPrintemail

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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…

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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…

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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 Share This:FacebookTwitterGoogle+TumblrDiggRedditLinkedinPrintemail

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Kenya Photos

The initial batch of Kenya photos are now on available on the Kenya Image Gallery page. Share This:FacebookTwitterGoogle+TumblrDiggRedditLinkedinPrintemail

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Photos are up for my Voyage to the Bottom of the World!

Seventeen Days, Twenty Seven Hundred Nautical Miles just completed… visiting the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, and the Falklands via a converted Russian acoustic research vessel, this “adventure cruise” is one of the most expensive that one can do. Most certainly…

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Cuba Part 6 – Last Conga in Cuba

I was sitting in business class, sipping champagne, as I jetted away from Havana.. certainly a higher class finish than my low budget entry to Cuba! What got me to this seat was the fact that they had oversold economy…

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Cuba Photos are Up!

New photographs just shot over a 17 day trip around Cuba, including Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, and Cienfuegos, are now up on the Cuba Images page linked off the main portfolio page. These are an initial cut, subject to…

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Cuba Part 5 – Cienfuegos The Magnificent

Well not “magnificent” in totality, but it certainly had a few moments, and areas! Cienfuegos is dubbed La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South), but the name actually means “100 fires”. Supposedly it has a French flavour to it,…

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Cuba Part 4 – Bailing on Camagüey, But Onwards to Trinidad

Escape from Camagüey I had decided to stop in Camagüey, mostly to break up the long bus ride from Santiago de Cuba to Trinidad, and so I had arranged with my guide acquaintance Fernando to stay at a Casa for…

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Cuba Part 3 – Sweating it Out in Santiago de Cuba

The Best Laid Plans of Honeybadgers…. So I had figured I was being smart by booking a flight to Santiago rather than slugging it out on a 15 hour bus ride. Well not quite. It turns out the only flight…

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Cuba Part 2 – Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana As I mentioned in my first post, I had booked accommodation online for the start and end of my visit to Cuba, but not the middle, as one always has to have some flexibility when things…

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Cuba Part 1 – Head-Banging in Habana

Learning “The Ropes”, or in effect “how things work” in a new country is not always easy, and I definitely have some forehead bruises from the process, hence the Head-Banging reference in the title, but Cuba is a visual treat…

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Creepy, Crawlies, Things that Bite & Things that Fright – Happy Halloween 2017!

My annual list of things that bite and things that fright that I have seen over the last year on my travels around the world! Diving with Great Whites in Australia My what big teeth it has! Thankful to be…

Australia, Philippines, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Red Ants as a Salad Garnish?

I fell in love with real Thai cuisine very easily because of the fantastic flavours, and its sophistication in terms of combining flavours compared to western cuisine. Just so we are clear, I am talking about the Thai food that…

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My SCUBA Resume

The Wandering Honeybadger, Red Sea, Egypt, 2018 I was certified back in 1976 over here in Victoria, BC, Canada. I have been diving continuously since 1976, and in addition to putting more than 5000 hours underwater in a wide variety…

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Up Close and Personal With Whale Sharks

The possibility of seeing and photographing whale sharks, was one of the things in the Philippines that I was interested in checking out. In the past, while on diving adventures in other exotic locations around the world such as Thailand,…

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