BHUTAN | Thursday, 27 Oct 2022 | Views [270]
Bhutan Impressions
I had wanted to get to Bhutan for a very long time, but the daily government fee of US$250 was always too expensive. I had decided that I was going to nonetheless do a 10-day trip once the country reopened after ... Read more >
Tags: buddhism, museums, sacred sites
SOUTH KOREA | Monday, 11 Nov 2019 | Views [586]
My first introduction to South Korea came on the Peach Airline flight that showed a video of Yeongdo Island that had been illegally annexed by the Japanese and after recovery was now a symbol of independent Korea. The advertisements and videos ... Read more >
Tags: city visit, museums, sacred sites
JAPAN | Monday, 11 Nov 2019 | Views [396]
Ok. Now I am really confused. Both American and European plugs work, they drive on the British side, the trains go at lightning speed and there is a 16 hour time differential from here to my U.S. family and students. Welcome to cosmopolitan Tokyo, where ... Read more >
Tags: city visit, museums, sacred sites
ETHIOPIA | Monday, 12 Jun 2017 | Views [1229]
Impressions of Ethiopian Religious Sites and Traditions
Arrived at night from Victoria Falls via Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, in the south of the country. The drive from the airport to the hotel in downtown Addis Ababa was pleasantly short.... Read more >
Tags: sacred sites