This Week in Travel – Episode 3

The latest version of the new podcast I’m a part of This Week In Travel. You can now subscribe on Apple Podcasts as well. The show is an hour-long conversation with myself, Jen Leo of the Los Angles Times, Chris Christensen of the Amateur Traveler Podcast, and Chris Elliott of MSNBC.com and Elliott.org. This week’s …

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This Week in Travel – Episode 4

Episode 4 of my latest travel podcast. Topics Discussed Poorly performing hospitals found near travel hot spots Airlines & Recycling: The Not-So-Green Skies London police ‘steal’ from unlocked cars Airlines take precautions to protect fliers from swine flu Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese FAA gives Southwest until Dec. 24 to repair planes Picks of …

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This Week In Travel – Episode 37

This week’s guest is Amy Widdowson from Nile Guide. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Amy Widdowson got her first taste of travel while chasing geese in Vancouver’s Stanley Park at the age of two, and hasn’t stopped running around the world since. As Marketing Manager at NileGuide, Amy interacts with and expands the company’s user network …

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For those who are interested…

I’m playing around with Google Earth. I’ve manually created a .kmz file for Google Earth that shows the locations I’m going to be visiting in the Pacific Island part of my trip. You can download it here. I eventually want to automate the .kmz file from the posts on the website, but I’m not sure …

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Back in Bagiuo

I’m back in Bagiuo for the night. I spent most of the day on the bus coming back from Banaue. It turns out that I picked the rainy season to visit. Tomorrow I’m off to Vigan north of here, then to Puerta Princessa. I may have to say here a few days longer than expected. …

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Off to Osaka

I’m off to Osaka with a stop at Himeji Castle on the way. I haven’t been posting that much, but if you take a look at the loads of photos I’ve put on Flickr, you can get an idea of what I’ll be writing about shortly. I have a lot of things in the works, …

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Vegas Part Deux

Just a quick update. Took tons of photo/video yesterday, but haven’t been able to move it to my laptop. Saw a great Blue Man Group show at the Venetian and had a probably one of the best seafood meals of my life too. Today I’ll be seeing Penn & Teller and having dinner at Picasso …

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South Island

I did the ferry crossing to the South Island today. WOW I must have shot almost an entire memory card of photos just in the Queen Charolette Sound on the way in. It must be what an Alaskan cruise is like. Once again, I’m at a computer terminal at a campsite. I can’t get my …

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I am not dead

I haven’t posted in a few days, but I’ve been pretty busy. I have lots of photos I uploaded to Flickr. Sunday I went to South Point and the Green Sand Beach. Today I visited Akaka Falls and tomorrow I’m off to Volcanoes National Park. I’ll try to put a post up about my adventures …

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