UNESCO World Heritage Site #85: The Wouda Steam Pumping Station
From the World Heritage inscription: The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and is still in operation. It represents the high point of the contribution made by Netherlands engineers and architects in protecting their people and land against the natural [...]
Travel Blogging vs Travel Writing
I’m in Vegas for Blog World Expo this week, so I’ll be devoting some time to talking about blogging and the travel industry. Here is my first installment. The impetus for this post came from an off hand comment made by Jen Leo before one of our podcasts a few weeks ago. I mentioned that [...]
UNESCO World Heritage Site #84: Schokland and Surroundings
From the World Heritage inscription: Schokland was a peninsula that by the 15th century had become an island. Occupied and then abandoned as the sea encroached, it had to be evacuated in 1859. But following the draining of the Zuider Zee, it has, since the 1940s, formed part of the land reclaimed from the sea. [...]
Why I Love Vegas
I don’t gamble and seldom drink, yet I love Las Vegas. I know a lot seasoned travelers who loathe visiting Vegas. I understand their apprehension, but despite all the places I’ve been I still get a rush when I drive down the strip at night. It has been two and a half years since I [...]
UNESCO World Heritage Site #83: Mill Network at Kinderdijk
From the World Heritage inscription: The outstanding contribution made by the people of the Netherlands to the technology of handling water is admirably demonstrated by the installations in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area. Construction of hydraulic works for the drainage of land for agriculture and settlement began in the Middle Ages and have continued uninterruptedly to the [...]
