High Museum, Atlanta Georgia... Louvre and the Ancient World OK! So you are not in to museums. I understand but this is also history with masterpieces from the beginning of our civilization. The museum itself is a unique structure and worth seeing even with out the art. So pass up the contemporary paintings of white canvas with vertical lines ( who made the decision that this is art?) and head directly to the "Louvre and the Ancient World" exhibit. As described by the High: "The Louvre... Read Full Story
East Berlin 1991.... Difficult to believe it is 17 years, this May, since we were there. What a historical time as we stayed in East Berlin. Most the Wall had been torn down by mobs of West Germans and East Berliners buy hand, by heavy equipment and by sheer will. Unification of East and West Germany had just been completed in October of 1990 with only the beginning of true integration of the two societies. Russian soldiers still patrolled some streets as misguided Marxist... Read Full Story
African Safari in Botswana... As we traveled through the Okavango Delta and north to Chobe the shear abundance of life was staggering. It is difficult to remember that we were in the Kalahari Desert with such areas of lush greenery and tropical jungle. But in the Delta there is a blessing of water that reaches into the desert like fingers. A healthy ecosystem is very evident by the huge number of young wildlife. From baboons to zebra new life was stretching its young legs around the delta... Read Full Story
African Safari in Botswana... As we traveled through the Okavango Delta and north to Chobe the shear abundance of life was staggering. It is difficult to remember that we were in the Kalahari Desert with such areas of lush greenery and tropical jungle. But in the Delta there is a blessing of water that reaches into the desert like fingers. A healthy ecosystem is very evident by the huge number of young wildlife. From baboons to zebra new life was stretching its young legs around the delta... Read Full Story
Atlanta, Georgia... I had to travel back to Atlanta for the second time in two weeks. The drive was made more difficult by large stretches of construction on the interstate. It is always amazing to me that so many drivers ignore the construction signs and blast past the road crews just feet from melding chrome bumpers and tire tread with soft tissue and human skulls. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60898-Activities-Atlanta_Georgia.html Trying to stay awake , I popped in a... Read Full Story
Atlanta, Georgia... I had several hours to between meetings and it was a beautiful cool spring day. Although I am in Atlanta quite often I had never been to the zoo. ( http://www.zooatlanta.org/home.htmme.htm ) So I used this opportunity to do the zoo. Most of the zoos around the world that I have been to, U.S., Canada, Germany even India each gave me one special memory. In Berlin it was baby lions that my kids were able to hold in their excited young hands, in New Delhi it was... Read Full Story
Pigeon forge, Tennessee..... If you are planing a vacation to the Smoky Mountains this summer you my want to allow a little time to visit Dollywood Theme Park located in Pigeon Forge. It seems that every year Dollywood opens new and more exciting rides and adventures. This year it is RIVER BATTLE. ( http://www.dollywood.com/rides-attractions/ride-detail.aspx?AttractionID=1071 ). This ride pits passengers from different rafts against each other as they use water guns to soak the... Read Full Story
Pigeon forge, Tennessee..... If you are planing a vacation to the Smoky Mountains this summer you my want to allow a little time to visit Dollywood Theme Park located in Pigeon Forge. It seems that every year Dollywood opens new and more exciting rides and adventures. This year it is RIVER BATTLE. ( http://www.dollywood.com/rides-attractions/ride-detail.aspx?AttractionID=1071 ). This ride pits passengers from different rafts against each other as they use water guns to soak the... Read Full Story
Orlando, Florida.... Word from airline industry insiders is that the air travel is about to take a stand up position. At a time when the FAA is under fire for not adequately managing airline maintenance and Air Traffic controllers claim it is only a matter of time before a major accident happens, the large air carriers are attempting a major overhaul to increase passenger density on planes. They are hoping to boost profits that have been dwindling due to high fuel cost. Stand up and be... Read Full Story
Yukon Territory, Canada...............As we traveled over White Pass crossing from Alaska to the Yukon Territory there was a change. The wind howled, the snow was heavy on the ground and there was little else in the open tundra. Low growing vegetation stunted from the permafrost dotted the forbidding landscape. But in a very short 30 minutes the sun began to shine and there was a change in the season. No snow at the small rugged frontier town of Carcross... Read Full Story
