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On The Tiger Trail – Part 3
On The Tiger Trail – Part 3

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
On The Tiger Trail – Part 2

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…

Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People
Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People

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…

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking

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
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds

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…

Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!
Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!

Throw the Honeybadger to the Great Whites – Shark Cage Diving in Southern Australia!

I have been in the water with a variety of shark species around the world (via either scuba or snorkeling), including: harmless Whale sharks in the Philippines, Six Gill sharks in B.C. Canada, Leopard sharks in Thailand, Nurse and Caribbean…

Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia
Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia

Stupid Is as Stupid Does? – My Do-It-Yourself Monster Croc Hunt in Australia

Sunset in Karumba – the only difficult part with this shot was to concentrate on the composition, while avoiding getting any of the “Beware of Crocodile” signs that are posted all along the beach into the image, and of course…

Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling
Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling

Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling

View from nearly 15,000 feet elevation, going over the backbone of the Andes. Going “High” in South America Recently I had a five-week trip planned for South America, with the goals of getting to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, Machu…

My Travel Snake Oil Remedies
My Travel Snake Oil Remedies

My Travel Snake Oil Remedies

One person’s Travel Medicine is another person’s “Snake Oil”, so I need to preface this posting with a disclaimer upfront, do NOT construe any of the following to be medical advice you should consider, let alone follow.  Just treat this…

Thailand Survival & Travel Tips
Thailand Survival & Travel Tips

Thailand Survival & Travel Tips

Ahhh Thailand, that wonderfully exotic location full of mystery, adventure, and good times… Here is what you really need to know about going to Thailand.. Caveat, these my own opinions – based on 13 years of visiting Thailand over eighteen…