I entered Israel with high expectations. I am happy to say that I left more impressed, more confused, and more interested than I thought I would be. If you try to figure everything out here, this place will blow your mind. It would definitely take a lifetime. Everything you see can be viewed from so many different perspectives (religious, political, economic, sociology, etc.), and depending on who is doing the viewing, an infinite number of opinions and conclusio...

If you ever have two to three weeks of vacation available, then you should definitely put Jordan on your short list of places to visit. I promise that you will be very impressed. From checking out Moses' final resting place, to Jesus' Baptism Site, to Nubian civilizations (Petra), Crusader Castles, Lawrence of Arabia stuff, cool hiking, beaches, and finally the Dead Sea; the options of "things to see" are limitless, but as always, the people...

Congrats to the Brahmas for their first undefeated season that I can remember since I was a little pain in the ass kid playing snot football behind the field house instead of sitting in the stands like I was supposed to! xzxzxzxzxxwx wxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you are a random traveler reading this page and you are already in India, then be sure to go to Amritsar. The Sikh Golden Temple as well as the Sikhs themselves are absolutely amazing. The b...

If you could transport a Toyota Landcruiser back in time to the days of Old West, and then on the “road” conditions of that time drive it across the desert, prairies, and finally across the Rocky Mountains; then that is how I would describe my trip from Lhasa to the Nepalese border.  The scenery on the five day trip was both mind numbingly boring and jaw dropping beautiful.  The one constant was absolutely disgustingly poor excuses for hotel...

I am alive and very well.  I am in Lhasa, Tibet at the moment and should be heading to Nepal on 5-6 day jeep tour in the morning.  With stops for lakes and monasteries along the way the trip as well as the countryside in general should be amazing.  While I am on the road, I will probably not have any email access for about a week or so.  We¡¯ll see.  The traditional Tibetan part of Lhasa is amazingly beautiful.  This is in...