The first time I went to Venice, Italy, I didn’t take a gondola ride. It seemed like a rip-off, and we took a private water taxi on the...

Wild animals are such characters. In their own environment, they are at home, and we are the visitors. On safari, most animals don’t even...

Sometimes, we see things so often in our everyday lives that we don’t even stop to think about them. Take a traffic light. It’s something...

I had just gotten to another fabulous safari lodge in Botswana. I walked to the room (my bags had already been brought there by the...

Have you ever signed up for something you weren't quite sure you could handle? Sometimes, we just need to believe in ourselves and trust...

When you’re on safari, most of the animals (even the lions) don’t really care much that you are there. They go about their business,...

It’s quite possibly one of the most famous “things” in all of the world. It’s not just definitively THE most famous painting in the...

Costa Rica has 6% of the world's biodiversity. Because of that, you're likely to see all sorts of wildlife both big and small...

Spotting a leopard in the wild in Africa can be a rare occurrence, but when you do come across one of them it often makes for an...

Sometimes, we find travel treasures in the least likely of places. While this photo looks like it was taken in some grand palace or...

I must admit, the one day I visited Lake Como was the only day it rained during a three-week vacation in Italy. It only rained in the...

When we think of the Sydney Opera House, we feel that we know exactly what it looks like because we’ve seen photos of it for so many...

From head on, it looks like a giant Snoopy. But it's a Space Shuttle, and it lives right in the heart of New York City. The Intrepid Sea,...

Washington, DC, has some incredible sights. The White House, the Capitol, and all of the monuments to past Presidents and historical...

On my first safari, once we had our first leopard sighting we saw leopards often. After some days of seeing a carcass in a tree we knew...

I'm not a coffee drinker. I just don't like the taste of it. But I understand the global phenomenon that coffee drinking is, and how...

When you ask people to list the not-to-be-missed experiences in Sydney, Australia, second to seeing the Opera House is always the Sydney...

To many, the Colosseum in Rome is probably the most famous landmark in the world. It is truly amazing and incredible that it was built in...

Sometimes when you travel, you realize how similar we all are. And most times, you also realize that we have a lot to learn from other...

Most people want to travel to New Zealand because of their love for Lord of the Rings and all the scenery that movie franchise shows off...