Images of Hawaii
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A collection of images, mostly from the Big Island, from some of my trips there. After going the usual tourist route, starting with Waikiki and then Maui, we fell in love with the Big Island (the one named “Hawaii”). It felt more like we thought Hawaii should feel like. The people were wonderful and lot of them were actually born there.
Iceland: What I didn’t Learn from the Travel Guides
With all due respect to Rick Steves, et al, I found some glaring omissions that would greatly help a tourist get along on their first visit to Iceland. These were picked up on a one-week visit, so there are probably more.
Continue readingJourney to Japan
Inauspicious beginnings
At the gate
For reasons I can’t quite explain (and not being willing to admit to simple procrastination), we put of actually booking our trip to Japan to less than six weeks before we were planning to leave in mid-June. Simply put: big mistake. The number of flights that were available were limited, the ticket prices where sky-high and the remaining seats were in that center row purgatory created by twin aisle jets. The thought of flying across the Pacific without a window was maddening.
To Make a Long Story short
As I wrote about my travels in the past, brevity was never one of the first things on my mind. In fact, being free of the usual 300, 800, 1200, and 1600 word targets of my magazine articles, I rejoiced in the freedom of writing without out boundaries.