I like travel videos where people are talking about what’s going on or doing something stupid. Michèle seems to prefer THE SCENERY, mountains, beaches, and icebergs, blah, blah, blah. BORING! Now to be fair, the video posted here of Michèle snapping …
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I HAVE BEEN TO PERU!
Ah Peru! Home of the ancient hilltop archeological Unesco World Heritage site, Machu Picchu. And let’s not forget Cuzco, the pre-conquistador capital of the Inca Empire. No trip to Peru would be complete without a visit to either one …
An Un-Leisurely Drive From Beijing to The Great Wall.
If you should find yourself in Beijing for any reason and for any length of time, and you don’t go visit the Great Wall of China, you’re a jerk. Most people can take a very quick car ride from …
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Nice, France Beach – Bring Flip Flops!
There seems to be a conscious effort by the French to keep Americans off their beaches. If it’s not a bunch of German soldiers shooting at us along their northern coasts, then it’s pebbles and rocks digging into our …
Going Out For Authentic Chinese!
Finally, after a week in crazy Beijing, we got out of the city to visit a remote part of the GREAT WALL and to meet some authentic Chinese people. Our driver honked the horn for the entire 180-minute trip …
Take Photos In Xian and the The Red Guard Will Kick Your Ass!
Michèle and I took a flight from Shanghai to Xian mid-December 1994. Everything inside the hotel was beautifully decorated for Christmas, almost as an apology for the ever-present, dreary-gray overcast that haunted the city. We hired a local tour …
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Qin Warriors Come To The US and their horses have buttholes!
NI HAO Old Friends, Sorry only 5 of you could make it. In 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced that there would be a show called Age of Empires, featuring terracotta soldiers from Xian. The …
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New Zealand – Business Trip Of Terror!
New Zealand was my first eastern hemisphere country and my first country south of the equator. As soon as I arrived at my hotel, I checked to see if toilet flushed in the opposite direction. It did not. WTF! …
Deadly Bed Lizards of Belize!
Or – Excerpts From Our Honeymoon From Hell! When we went to Belize for our honeymoon in 1990, Michele was probably expecting 2 weeks of relaxing snorkeling, beautiful flora and fauna excursions and a a lot of downtime. But …
Standing Too Long Under The Pantheon.
Her name is Michèle. She is not a supermodel. And a pigeon pooped on her head! Michèle is beautiful! Her willingness to let me post this not-so-complimentary video of the aftermath of an Italian pigeon pooping on her head and …
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