• Namobuddha Beer Hike

    My notion of a Namobuddha beer hike started with a vision of a scenic hike passing through an area of ancient terraced fields. There are many options for that kind…

    Spanish Bites

    A screaming man shakes his wild, curly hair slinging beads of sweat in every direction. He gives another man an…

    A Multi-day Trek in the Serra Tramuntana

    I love the idea of long-range hiking routes. Typically arranged to support multi-day itineraries, these kinds of routes let you…

    C(be)erveza – beer culture in Spain

    Although I like to combine my hiking trips with exploration of local beer culture, I didn’t expect to be doing…

    Urban Walking in Asturias

    Oviedo has the feel, history, and all of the trappings of the graceful European city that it is. Plentiful pedestrian…

    Cafe Hands

    “Your eyes may be the window to your soul, but it is your hands that really define you!” … Prasanna Ellanti…

    More Cow Bell

    I have to say that I was caught off-guard by the dramatic landscapes and rugged mountain valleys I encountered in…

    Hiking Around Segovia

    Segovia and the surrounding area turned out to be great for walking and hiking.  In addition to the walking in…

    Spain Legs in Segovia

    Segovia … I had never been there and I hadn’t studied up on the place. The first thing that came…

    Imagine the stories playing out in this photo!

    Village in Iran by Mohammadreza Momeni via onebigphoto…

    VWMacroMacroBus

    Imagine if Arlo Guthrie had this VW at the time of the Alice’s Restaurant Massacree …  it would have taken…

    Want to put things in perspective?

    This short YouTube clip takes a tour of the largest photograph ever taken … a multi-gigapixel image of Andromeda from…