Articles (3549)
Northern Laos by “Bus”
Five hours on a small bench in the back of a truck
Moments of Magick at the Stones – Stonehenge, England
Alternative celebrations at Stonehenge during the
Maine, New England – October 2000
Leaf Looking It is now that time of year in New England, the time when the leaves become the big attraction. Not the lobster, nor the bass, nor the ocean, the canoe, the sailboat, but the colorful leaf. Before I moved to Maine, I found the whole “leaf-peeper” thing to be a little strange. In […]
Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day Two
Day Two – The Adventure Continues 1:15pm: Lunch at Atrium Pancakes and On To Mountain Mall We slept in Friday morning and then had a breakfast of Pop Tarts, orange juice, and coffee. I then spent the next four hours creating my Day One travelogue, while Anna alternately read, watched TV, and napped, never once […]
Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day One
Day One – The Adventure Begins A Little Background on Gatlinburg Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a veritable Mecca for tourist attraction aficionados like me; I’ve been dying to come here for a couple of years now. How could I resist the pull of a place that can boast such disparate sites as the Ripley’s Believe It […]
Our Gundogan Blue Voyage #2
Day Three We left Dalyan and the Captain found a beautiful cove with clear, turquoise blue water. We woke up and took a swim. By that time breakfast of white and kasar cheese, fresh Turkish bread, assorted green and kalamata olives, perfectly ripened peaches, and honey and jams, eggs with socuk (Turkish spicy sausage), and […]
Uzbekistan 2000 – Visas
Visas I applied for the visas myself which turned out, in the case of the Russian visa, to be a mistake. The Uzbekistan Embassy in Washington is now offering a multi-entry visa to US citizens without a letter of support. Mine cost $45 and took a little better than one week to process. For the
Uzbekistan 2000 – Hotels
Hotels The Moskva ($48 per night) in Moscow was an aging soviet giant, slightly run down, but very well located. It was just off Red Square and near the metro and shopping. It’s easy to get lost in it – it was a long walk from the entrance to the elevators. I received about 6-8
Uzbekistan 2000 – Travel Agents
Travel Agents I used a number of travel agents and can recommend them all. I used Academservice of Moscow (E-mail: acs@acase.ru) for my Moscow hotels – the Moskva and Novotel. They supplied the support letter for the Russian visa application after I faxed them my credit card number. I also asked them to send a […]
Uzbekistan 2000 – Visa Problems
A Small Visa Problem – Wednesday, September 13 I was on my way home from Uzbekistan via Moscow. At the airport the immigration official asked to see my Russian visa. When I showed it to him he frowned. “I think,” he said slowly, “your Russian visa has expired.” I wasn’t exactly sure how that could
Uzbekistan 2000 – Turkestan
The Road to Turkestan – Monday, September 11 I was on my way to Turkestan, in Kazakhstan, to visit the Yasawi Mausoleum. It’s one of the best preserved of the many monuments built by Timur – the national hero of Uzbekistan. It was the last trip of my vacation and something I had been looking […]
St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Style – Ireland
There’s something special about being in Dublin du