Nestled in the upper north east corner of Spain and Catalonia, sandwiched between Barcelona and the French border, is the city and region of Girona. I spent the winter of 2014-15 living in Girona for three months. I had the pleasure to see much of the province as well as experience Christmas, Three Kings Day, …
This week Jen Leo, Chris Christensen and I are joined by this week’s guest Bhaskar Krishnamurthy, photographer and documentary filmmaker of “Elephants in the Coffee” Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: Chinese tourists arrested for Hitler salutes in Germany Disney World is building a restaurant that will make you feel like you’re dining in …
Overview Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in southern Nevada and western Arizona along the Colorado River and Lake Mead, which is the reservoir created along the Colorado River by the Hoover Dam. It also included the smaller Lake Mojave which is created by the Davis Dam. It was the first National Recreation Area …
Overview Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Nevada is one of the newest additions to the National Park Service, having been established in 2014 as a national monument. Given its recent addition to the park service, the site is still underdeveloped and there is little in the way of interpretative or visitor services. It …
Every month over at the Travel Photography Academy, we do a travel photography webinar with a professional photographer, interviewing them with an eye on their type of photography, what they would share with beginning photographers no matter their focus, and talking about how they get some of their best shots. Usually, the webinars are only …
The national parks of the United States and Canada are some of the greatest natural spaces in the world. The system of parks in North America rank as the some of the best preserved and most biodiverse locations possible, however, most of the attention is taken up by the superstar parks, like Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand …
From the World Heritage inscription: Historic settlement mounds, known as tels, are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 such mounds in Israel, the three sites of Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba are representative of those that contain substantial remains of …
After a year away, I’m bringing back the Global Travel Conspiracy! I had some issues with the podcast network which was producing the show so I walked away from it. I didn’t get screwed over or anything, it just wasn’t a good fit. Recently, I got access to the show and we decided to relaunch …
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