World Winder

    An experienced tour guide is crucial for certain destinations.  In 2009 we toured Cambodia with a guide named Mono.  He picked us up early, helped us choose sites…

    On a hike through the countryside north of Otavalo, our friend Lisa joined us for a day.  We trekked up roads paved with broken rocks, crossed paths with…

    Buenos Aires must be the music capital of South America and maybe the world.  During our 32 days living in three neighborhoods in Argentina’s largest city we’ve heard…

    Many people know that I am a big biking fan.  Neil and I have bicycled around Himeji Castle in Japan, Luang Prabang in Laos, and Ayutthaya in Thailand. …

    Jokes start early on a Death Road Tour outside of La Paz, Bolivia.  Neon-clad guides with spandex under swim trunks lean into tourists, taking pictures so they can…

    Overview of UNESCO and World Heritage Sites UNESCO is an international organization dedicated to promoting peace throughout the world.  Some of the organizational goals and activities of UNESCO…

    Ecuador is a small country with lots to brag about.  In the east, the jungle burgeons with animal-filled canopy.  Down its spine, the Andes Mountains scrape the sky…

    I’m no photographer.  I’ve only owned my Canon 60D for a year and I’m still learning all of its functions and capabilites.  During a great class at Rockland…

    I nearly killed my wife one morning on our honeymoon in Costa Rica.  I realized this fact as we ate dinner later that night while sharing hilarious video…

    Machu Picchu is virtually synonymous with Peru travel.  People think of the Incas and then images of the cloud city sprout up like weeds in one’s consciousness, ensnaring…