I’m A “Tsundoku” – How About You? Book lovers will know what I mean – but I didn’t know what that meant until recently! The Japanese word for book collecting is tsundoku (積ん読), which specifically refers to the act of acquiring… Read More ›
travel adventures
The Lions Get Close! We Watch A Feeding Frenzy In The Kalahari Desert!
Got Your Attention? When I say we got “up close and personal” with some Lions on our safari, I’m not kidding! I’ve got the story of an incredible, VERYCLOSE encounter with a pride of Lions as they were finishing devouring… Read More ›
A Stunning China Bridge Collapse! The Hongqi Bridge Crashes Down…Here’s Video!
One Of China’s Newest Bridges Collapses! China is known for their incredible bridges, but one of the most majestic of them all just collapsed! The Hongqi Bridge is a bridge in Maerkang City, Sichuan Province, China, part of the National Highway 317 linking Sichuan… Read More ›
SEVENTEEN Lions Take On One Annoying Baboon! Here Are The “Sky High” Highlights Of An Epic Battle!
Never Mess With An Angry Baboon! This Baboon yelled at us on our safari for daring to sit out on our terrace…but this was just the beginning of our Baboon interaction. This Baboon turned out to be a nemesis to… Read More ›
Stunning Safari Sunsets! Incredible Scenery + Fighting Lions And More Wild Animals Too!
Some of you know that my wife and I went on a Safari for the first time last summer: beginning in South Africa, followed by 3 separate lodges in Botswana and two days at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe! Every single… Read More ›
Know What An “Elephant In Musth” Means? It Means No Boat Ride Today – Here’s Our Wild Safari Encounter!
Welcome To The Elephant Superhighway! See these two Elephants? See the tire tracks in the sand? Guess whose road it is? Theirs! The Elephants control all the travel here – in Botswana’s Okavango Delta they call it the “Elephant Superhighway!”… Read More ›
Have You Seen SEVENTEEN Lions Closeup? Wild Dogs! Spotted Hyenas! Here’s Our “Perfect Storm” Of “Safari Stories!”
Well, have these two guys got a safari story for you – oh wait, make that 17 Lions with a story to tell! It was all part of a “perfect storm” of wildlife sightings this last summer when my wife… Read More ›
Hear These Musical Bowls Of Paris! I’ve Got Musical Porcelain Bowl Art Videos…
When Alex and I were in Paris before our safari, we did what we always do when there: wander and see what we find – and on this occasion we found this! Musical Floating Bowls! Yes, that is a crowd… Read More ›
A Yosemite Climbing Tragedy! Balin Miller’s El Capitan Accident…
A Yosemite Tragedy… One of America’s most popular and beautiful national parks was also the site of a great tragedy, and it involved a popular young hiker climbing the stunning granite monolith on the left of the photo. Yosemite’s El… Read More ›
Flying High Over Victoria Falls! One Of The World’s Seven Natural Wonders And Here’s Why!
Welcome To Victoria Falls! It’s one of the greatest sights on earth: the majestic Victoria Falls, with the mighty Zambezi river stretching into Zimbabwe and Zambia…stunning to experience in person, which we did two ways: from the ground and yes,… Read More ›
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