Recently, I visited Australia and swam, drove, biked, and walked around some of its best-known places. Today’s video presents photographs of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. In future posts, we visit the Outback, southern coast, and Great Barrier Reef. I started my tour at the […]
There are ways to travel, and then there are ways to travel. England has them all. Wherever I go, I like to use public transportation. You may see places that you have not noticed before, you might strike up a conversation with a local with broad knowledge of the area, and you will probably pay […]
In the heart of tourism season, a video of the Tower of London, England has been requested. The Tower of London is not a cliche, but the actual place and things you read about in stories and history. On display are fine artifacts such as shiny, metal armor, horse armor, cannons, bows and arrows, and […]
In these next two posts, I will be annotating two of the more familiar travel sites in Great Britain — Stonehenge and the Tower of London. By themselves, they are architecturally and historically important. Combined with their cultural and anthropological significance, you get a national park/monument type of experience as good as any in the […]
You can spend hours, if not days, in each of London’s museums. Their collections are vast and intriguing. Although I enjoy small town museums in numerous American towns and cities, the museums in London are very special. It’s not only the beauty or history of their displays, but also how they are arranged. A good […]
York, a city in northeastern Great Britain, brings to mind ghosts of past centuries. When you travel to York, you will uncover Viking and Roman-era ruins, ruins of an Abbey, cobblestoned streets (or gates as they are called,) and remnants of palatial life by earlier English monarchs. York is a walled city, and reminds me […]
Some know Bath, a city in South West England, as the home of Jane Austen in the early 1800s. She used it as a setting in her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Others may recall the Wife of Bath, one of Chaucer’s spicier characters, in his 14th Century Middle English classic The Canterbury Tales. From […]
With all there is to see and do in London, England, I still find time to explore its neighborhoods. Some look newer, some look older, but all have unique qualities to them. London is very walkable, or you can take the Underground, taxi, or a double-decker red bus to get around. In the next few […]
Much like the places seen in the National Parks series, diving and snorkeling locations can be great areas to vacation. Wherever it may be around the world, there is usually quite a lot of both flora and fauna to observe and admire beneath the water’s surface. These places can look like gardens, mountainsides, or sandy […]
It’s time to explore two of the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific – Rangiroa and Fakarava. If you choose to visit one of these islands or others in the Tuamotu Archipelago, chances are you will find some places all to yourself. The largest, Rangiroa, has less than 3,000 residents. To your delight, marine life […]