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…
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…
Tips on Car Rentals and Driving in Australia
Australia is big, after all its a continent unto itself. One of the ways to get around that visitors consider is renting a car. That’s what I did, and I drove about 12,000 km in the space of nearly two…
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
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…
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Paying to Ride Elephants
Which do “you” think is the more natural environment to see an elephant? Decorated Elephant in Chains being used in Temple Ceremony, Varkala, Kerala, India Herd (extended family) of Elephants Grazing Freely, Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka Do…
A Very Honeybadger-like Experience
The parent to this post is one called Go Ahead, Bite Me, or at Least Try Too!, which outlines all the things that have bit me.. I had hoped that by being a little more careful, I could reduce the…
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
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…
Seven Way to Travel For Less $ – Credit/Debit Card and Points Tips and Hacks
If you travel to any degree, there are a number of ways to reduce your costs, and save money that are not difficult to pull off. Here is a list of my favorites: 1) Get a good travel rewards credit…
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…
Go Ahead, Bite Me or at Least Try To!
I am most certainly have never hoped or planned to “go out” in a glory of false bravado with wildlife, but I think perhaps I have had more than my fair share of interactions with them. I consider myself lucky…