My travels have taken me to many interesting and beautiful places. I didn't always have a camera, but I have the memories. These are the places and moments I remember most.
- Visited 121 Countries and counting ...
- Traveled to all 50 states
- Visited all US territories - American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
- Circumnavigated the globe in two weeks - LA - London - Delhi - Dubai - Singapore - LA
- Been to 206 of Lonely Planet's top 500 Places to Visit (41%)
- Been to 250 of the 422 U.S. National Park Units (59%)
North America
- Been to the southernmost point of the USA in Key West
- Been to the northern most point of the USA at Point Barrow
- Had the crab buffet at the Grand Aleutian in Unalaska
- Went dogsledding on the Arctic Ocean with native Inuits
- Watched the sunrise at Lake Louise in Banff
- Went fishing with Alaska Natives on the Kuskokwim
- Hiked into the Grand Canyon to the Havasupai Reservation
- Photographed a wildflower super-bloom in Death Valley
- Savored dinner at Paul Prudhomme’s eatery in New Orleans
- Watched grizzlies catching salmon on Kodiak Island
- Built homes with President Carter on the Cheyenne River Reservation
- Attended a native Nalakatuq in Barrow Alaska complete with an Inupiat blanket toss
- Attended a sun dance on the Rosebud Sioux reservation
- Observed the mountains of pure jade in the Kobuk Valley in Alaska
- Flew in a twin-engine Otter over the Aleutian Islands
- Saw the caribou in migration at Anaktuvuk Pass in Alaska 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle
- Saw the oldest homes in North America at Acoma and Taos Pueblos
- Visited Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas
- Went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Went to baseball games at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium, etc.
- Went to the Rose Garden in the White House as a Point of Light
- Observed polar bears in Churchill Manitoba as they waited for the ice to freeze on Hudson Bay
Africa
- Went on a safari in the Krueger National Park in South Africa
- Hiked to the first basecamp on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
- Explored South Luangwa National Park in Zambia
- Saw Quiver Trees in the Namibian Desert
- Traveled across the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
- Went to the tip of Africa - Cape of Good Hope
- Watched elephants playing in the water on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe
- Went on a water safari on the Chobe River in Botswana
- Explored the massive sand dunes in the Namibian desert at Sossusvlei
- Strolled on the white sand beaches of Zanzibar (the Spice Island)
- Enjoyed a tribal dance at a Maasai Village in Tanzania
- Looked down from Table Mountain in the city of Cape Town
- Crossed through the Sahara Desert in Morocco
- Saw a shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia
- Went to the old night bazaar in Marrakech
- Fell asleep in a Maasai hut (modernized) listening to the wind whistling through Acacia trees on the savanna at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro
- Visited a Himba Village in Namibia
- Stayed in the Victoria Falls Hotel, built by the British in 1902 and it still maintains the elegance of the colonial period
- Witnessed the migration of 2 million wildebeests and 1 million zebras from the Serengeti into the Maasai Mara
- Traversed the African Great Rift Valley where it is believed humankind began
- Looked for black Rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania
- Watched a pride of lions hunting in the Okavango Delta in Botswana
- Went on a game safari in Etosha National Park in Namibia
- Traveled from one end of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the other end
- Visited the ancient fortified village of Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco
- Visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in the Cote d'Ivoire
Asia
- Walked on the Great Wall of China
- Explored the temples of Angkor Wat
- Visited the 3000 Buddhist Temples in Bagan Myanmar
- Camped in a ger in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
- Trekked with the Hmong to a village in North Vietnam
- Saw the Terra Cotta Warriors in the ancient city of Xi’an China
- Visited the ancient temples in Kyoto
- Marveled at the Taj Mahal at sunrise
- Visited the ancient Balinese Hindi temples of Bali
- Ate traditional dumplings in Shanghai
- Toured the "Pink City" of Jaipur
- Meandered the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul looking for bargains
- Traveled to the ancient cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent along the Silk Road
- Experienced the Forbidden City in Beijing
- Sailed through the magnificent Ha Long Bay in Viet Nam
- Been to the Virgin Mary’s last home on Mt. Koressos in Turkey
- Hiked in Seoraksan National Park in South Korea
- Had lunch at the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore
- Had dinner with an Uzbeki family in a traditional family compound
- Roam through the tangled banyan roots covering the ancient ruins of Ta Prohm in Cambosia
- Visited the old Dutch colonies around Jakarta in West Java
- Toured the ancient capital of Silla, Gyeongju-si, in South Korea
- Visited the “Five Stans” of Central Asia
- Spent the afternoon at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei
- Toured the “Golden Triangle” of India to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
- Wandered down Takeshita Street in Harajuku in Tokyo at night
- Went to the observation deck in the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
- Visited Wat Phra and That Doi Suthep near Chang Mai Thailand
- Stayed at the Hanoi Hilton in Hanoi
- Spent an afternoon in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
- Toured the Tegalalang Rice Terrace in Bali
- Boated through the hundreds of towering limestone escarpments in beautiful Ha Long Bay in Viet Nam
- Went to the DMZ between South and North Korea
- Traveled across the Mekong River from Thailand into Laos through the Golden Triangle
- Watched Mount Fuji disappear into the night in Japan
- Camped in the "Singing Sands" Khongoryn Els of Mongolia
- Drove across the Karakum "Black Sands" Desert in Tajikistan
Middle East
- Ate dates with camel ranchers in the desert outside of Riyadh
- Looked at the "Promised Land" from Mount Nebo where Moses viewed it
- Went four-wheeling in the Arabian desert outside of Dubai
- Explored the ruins of Petra
- Bought an oud in the old souq in Doha Qatar
- Spent a week at the 7 Star Burj Al Arab in Dubai
- Sailed through the "fjords" of Oman at the Musandam Peninsula
- Went to the top of the Burj Kalifa Tower in Dubai
- Camped in the Wadi Rum desert of Jordan
- Watched the sunset over the Dead Sea
- Toured the baptismal site of Jesus
Australia and New Zealand
- Snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef
- Hiked the base of Uluru in Australia
- Drove the length of the Great Ocean Road in Australia
- Drove into the Australian Outback for an afternoon
- Went to a Māori festival in Auckland Harbor
- Hiked across the Sydney Harbor Bridge
- Visited the Sydney Opera House
- Watched the surfers at Gold Coast
- Watched the Australian National Rugby Team play the South African team in the Olympic Stadium in Sydney
- Hiked through the vineyards of Waiheke Island New Zealand
Europe
- Went to the top of the Eiffel Tower
- Rode a boat on the Amsterdam Canals
- Ate Belgian waffles, fries and chocolates - in the same day in Brussels
- Seen the lavender fields in bloom in Provence France
- Explored the island of Santorini
- Gambled at the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco
- Cruised beautiful Lake Como in Italy
- Visited the Miro and Picasso museums in Barcelona and the Dali Museum in Figueres
- Sat on the Spanish Steps in Rome
- Visited all of the micro-states of Europe - Malta, Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein
- Enjoyed Beatle music in the Cavern Club in Liverpool
- Bought copperware from gypsies in Romania
- Spent a night in a 16th century castle in France
- Attended a play in the West End of London
- Walked through Red Square in Moscow
- Stood on the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast of Ireland as the sun set over the Atlantic
- Ate a traditional Croatian meal in Dubrovnik
- Walked through fairy tale Bruges Belgium at night
- Went to the Christmas Markets in Berlin and Nuremberg
- Toured Paul McCartney's and John Lennon’s boyhood homes
- Paid homage to WWII GIs at Normandy Beach France
- Walked the Old Bridge in Mostar Bosnia
- Had High Tea at the Langham Hotel in London
- Strolled through the canals in Venice
- Hoisted a pint at the Temple Bar in Dublin
- Had dinner at the base of the Acropolis in Athens
- Stood on the bridge on the 18th hole at St Andrews Scotland
- Partied in Pamplona during the Running of the Bulls festival of San Fermín
- Drove the Circle Road in Iceland
- Watched the sunset at Stonehenge
- Explored the Westfjords in Iceland
- Visited the grand palaces in St Petersburg Russia
- Went to Frankenstein’s castle and Count Dracula’s birthplace
- Stayed in one of the hotels Stalin built in Moscow called the "Seven Sisters"
- Saw the windmills depicted in Don Quixote
- Watched pilgrims finish the Camino de Santiago
- Tour the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania
- Saw the tulips bloom in Holland in the spring
- Stayed in the Presidential suite at the Amsterdam Hilton and visited the John-Yoko suite on the 50th anniversary of the "Bed-in for Peace"
- Enjoyed Oktoberfest in Munich in the city’s largest beer garden
- Spent a day in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris looking at my favorite period of art
- Wandered through the Uffizi in Florence, the Prado in Madrid, the Hermitage in St Petersburg, and the Louvre in Paris.
- Visited the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland
- Went to the Pueblos Blancas in Southern Spain
- Visited the beautiful and picturesque Lake Bled in Slovenia
- Hiked through Plitvice National Park in Croatia
- Drove through the awe-inspiring Dolomites of Italy
South America
- Climbed through the ruins of Machu Picchu
- Sailed on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru
- Drove through the Pampas of Argentina
- Walked the Inca Trail in Peru
- Visited Puerto Williams in Chile, the southernmost inhabited town on the planet
- Crossed the Beagle Channel from Ushuaia Argentina into Chile's Isla Navarino - close to Cape Horn
- Hiked on the cone of Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador
- Hiked below Mount Fitz Roy in Argentina Patagonia
- Visited the 19th century colonial Portuguese barrio in the Colonia del Sacramento
- Boated under the Iguazu Falls in Argentina
- Walked down Ipanema and Copacabana Beaches in Rio
- Went to the summit of Corcovado Mountain to stand at the foot of Christ the Redeemer in Rio
- Hiked in Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonian Chile
- Seen the Atacama Desert in Chile - the driest place in the world
- Flew over the Amazon Jungle in Suriname and Guyana
- Traversed the Pampas in Argentina
The Islands
- Observed a tribal sing-sing at Mount Hagan in central Papua New Guinea
- Watched the sunrise from the Haleakala volcano in Maui
- Swam with stingrays in the Cayman Islands
- Snorkeled the crystal blue waters off the Fijian Island of Kuata
- Visited the War in the Pacific Memorial in Saipan
- Hiked up WWII’s infamous “Bloody Ridge” on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
- Visited the Kalaupapa leper colony on the island of Molokai
- Visited Rober Louis Stevenson’s home in Samoa
- Snorkeled in Bora Bora and Moorea in French Polynesia
- Walked in the volcano crater that created the Island of Tahiti
- Visited the island of Borneo
- Drove the "Road to Hana" in Maui
- Went stargazing at the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii
- Watched Kilauea in Hawaii erupt
- Drove in Queen Elizabeth’s motorcade (by accident) in Grand Cayman
- Watch the sunrise behind the Moai on Easter Island
- Snorkeled off the coast of Guam
- Quarantined in American Samoa during COVID