Tag: adventure
group name: travel
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August 25, 2009 06:20 AM EDT --
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My home is in Texas but I travel a lot and restaurants are always a part of my travels. During one of my many trips this summer, I stopped at the Oak Barrel restaurant . . .
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October 08, 2007 03:53 PM EDT --
Many of us daydream about taking that brave step out of our daily work to sail around the world, or drive around the world, or who knows, maybe even compete in a cross-country classic car race. Pat & . . .
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January 27, 2008 02:33 AM EST --
No, I'm not wealthy. But I am a citizen of Oregon where the public owns EVERY beach. This article was inspired when I posted a picture of the beach at Cape Lookout (left), and Elaine M. asked . . .
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September 07, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The last hurdle has been hurdled. Our passsports now have valid visas for the Islamic Republic of Iran in them. All I need to do now is buy the airline tickets, pack and wait. I am actually going to see . . .
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . .
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October 02, 2009 01:00 PM EDT --
My Grandkids Go Wild on our
Family's Day Trip Adventure to The
Franklin Institute
Our family day trip to the Franklin Institute was a . . .
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November 12, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
We left Yazd early in the morning for our date with the Dasht-i-Kavir. We made good time; stopping only once for a picnic in the middle of some salt flats 300 kilometers outside Yazd. Bread, feta cheese, . . .
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September 07, 2009 08:50 PM EDT --
FREE Smithsonian Museum
Pass at Participating
Museums on September 26
The Smithsonian does this annually. This year, the free museum pass is . . .
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October 28, 2006 08:23 AM EDT --
I was winding my way across Ireland, having started the morning just outside of Dublin. I had reservations for that night at a B & B on the west coast. Soaking in the sights of the Irish . . .
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May 15, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Tehran's Mehrabad Airport is a cheerless backwater, especially at four in the morning, after enduring a 10-hour flight to Amsterdam, a nine-hour delay, followed by the six-hour flight to Tehran. . . .
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April 27, 2006 07:38 PM EDT --
I used to smoke. I used to climb mountains. I used to climb mountains and smoke.
Now I don't smoke, but I will climb mountains when I get to China next week.
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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . .
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January 04, 2008 10:51 AM EST --
Welcome to Maine, The way life should be. This is the sign you read as you entered one of the largest New England states, and anxiously await your opportunity to experience a wonderful adventure. Maine, . . .
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August 12, 2005 04:12 PM EDT --
A Dream Come True – Adventures in the Galapagos
Twenty five years ago, I was 19 years old and a sophomore at Boston College with big plans for the future. My plan including graduating with honors, . . .
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November 01, 2006 06:14 AM EST --
Before Father and I left for Iran I told myself I would not post about politics. I'm still very hesitant to do so, mostly because people will think I have 'gone native' if I do. But sometimes . . .
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June 17, 2009 03:41 PM EDT --
If you are anything like me you are looking for some really fun things to do this summer with your family; but have limited funding to accomplish this.
For many years now . . .
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July 31, 2007 02:31 PM EDT --
The extraordinary experience of spending more than 80 days in Antarctica left me with a unique and inspirational insight that will stay with me for the rest of my life. It all started when I . . .
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June 16, 2006 08:38 PM EDT --
I had come to Hong Kong by ferry from Macau, one hour to the west. By the time I was checked for SARS, got my passport stamped, and found my way from the international terminal (on Hong Kong Island) . . .
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April 05, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
from a June 2003 trip
As a general rule I do not change money at airports, unless there is an ATM machine and I can pull out enough local currency to get me where I need to go. I usually do it later, . . .
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February 24, 2009 11:42 AM EST --
It has been suggested many times that President Obama may lift the ban on travel to Cuba during his administration. All politics aside, things could get interesting. Cuba is the United States’ next . . .
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