My travels have taken me to many interesting and beautiful places.  I didn't always have a camera, but I have the memories.  These are the places and moments I remember most.

  • Visited 133 Countries and counting ...

  • Traveled to all 50 states

  • Visited all US territories - American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

  • Circumnavigated the globe in two weeks - LA - London - Delhi - Dubai - Singapore - LA

  • Been to 226 of Lonely Planet's top 500 Places to Visit (45%)

  • Been to 255 of the 422 U.S. National Park Units (60%)

North America

  • Been to the southernmost point of the USA in Key West

  • Been to the northern most point of the USA at Point Barrow

  • Watched the Northern Lights explode in colors for hours above the Arctic Circle

  • Had the crab buffet at the Grand Aleutian in Unalaska

  • Went dogsledding on the Arctic Ocean with native Inuit

  • Watched the sunrise at Lake Louise in Banff

  • Went fishing with Alaska Natives on the Kuskokwim

  • Hiked into the Grand Canyon to the Havasupai Reservation

  • Photographed a wildflower super-bloom in Death Valley

  • Savored dinner at Paul Prudhomme’s eatery in New Orleans

  • Watched grizzlies catching salmon on Kodiak Island

  • Built homes with President Carter on the Cheyenne River Reservation

  • Attended a native Nalakatuq in Barrow Alaska complete with an Inupiat blanket toss

  • Attended a sun dance on the Rosebud Sioux reservation

  • Observed the mountains of pure jade in the Kobuk Valley in Alaska

  • Flew in a twin-engine Otter over the Aleutian Islands

  • Saw the caribou in migration at Anaktuvuk Pass in Alaska 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle

  • Saw the oldest homes in North America at Acoma and Taos Pueblos

  • Visited Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

  • Went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans

  • Went to baseball games at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium, etc.

  • Went to the Rose Garden in the White House as a Point of Light

  • Observed polar bears in Churchill Manitoba as they waited for the ice to freeze on Hudson Bay

  • Sailed through fjords of Greenland

  • Visited the Mayan pyramids in Mexico and Belize

Africa

  • Went on a safari in the Krueger National Park in South Africa

  • Hiked to the first basecamp on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

  • Explored South Luangwa National Park in Zambia

  • Saw Quiver Trees in the Namibian Desert

  • Traveled across the Atlas Mountains in Morocco

  • Went to the tip of Africa - Cape of Good Hope

  • Watched elephants playing in the water on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe

  • Went on a water safari on the Chobe River in Botswana

  • Explored the temples of Luxor in Egypt

  • Explored the massive sand dunes in the Namibian desert at Sossusvlei

  • Strolled on the white sand beaches of Zanzibar (the Spice Island)

  • Enjoyed a tribal dance at a Maasai Village in Tanzania

  • Looked down from Table Mountain in the city of Cape Town

  • Crossed through the Sahara Desert in Morocco

  • Walked into King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings

  • Saw a shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia

  • Cruised the Nile River for seven days

  • Went to the old night bazaar in Marrakech

  • Fell asleep in a Maasai hut listening to the wind whistling through Acacia trees on the savanna at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro

  • Visited a Himba Village in Namibia

  • Stayed in the Victoria Falls Hotel, built by the British in 1902 and it still maintains the elegance of the colonial period

  • Witnessed the migration of 2 million wildebeests and 1 million zebras from the Serengeti into the Maasai Mara

  • Ate in a replica of Rick's Cafe in Casablanca

  • Traversed the African Great Rift Valley where it is believed humankind began

  • Looked for black Rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

  • Watched a pride of lions hunting in the Okavango Delta in Botswana

  • Went on a game safari in Etosha National Park in Namibia

  • Traveled from one end of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the other end

  • Visited the ancient fortified village of Ait Ben  Haddou in Morocco

  • Visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in the Cote d'Ivoire

  • Visited the Great Pyramids of Giza 

Asia

  • Walked on the Great Wall of China

  • Explored the temples of Angkor Wat

  • Visited the 3000 Buddhist Temples in Old Bagan Myanmar

  • Camped in a ger in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia

  • Trekked with the Hmong to a village in North Vietnam

  • Saw the Terra Cotta Warriors in the ancient city of Xi’an China

  • Visited the ancient temples in Kyoto

  • Marveled at the Taj Mahal at sunrise

  • Visited the ancient Balinese Hindi temples of Bali

  • Ate traditional dumplings in Shanghai

  • Toured the "Pink City" of Jaipur

  • Meandered the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul looking for bargains

  • Traveled to the ancient cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent along the Silk Road

  • Experienced the Forbidden City in Beijing

  • Sailed through the magnificent Ha Long Bay in Viet Nam

  • Been to the Virgin Mary’s last home on Mt. Koressos in Turkey

  • Hiked in Seoraksan National Park in South Korea

  • Had lunch at the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore

  • Had dinner with an Uzbeki family in a traditional family compound

  • Roam through the tangled banyan roots covering the ancient ruins of Ta Prohm in Cambosia

  • Visited the old Dutch colonies around Jakarta in West Java

  • Toured the ancient capital of Silla, Gyeongju-si, in South Korea

  • Visited the “Five Stans” of Central Asia

  • Spent the afternoon at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei

  • Toured the “Golden Triangle” of India to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

  • Wandered down Takeshita Street in Harajuku in Tokyo on a Saturday night

  • Went to the observation deck in the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

  • Visited Wat Phra and That Doi Suthep near Chang Mai Thailand

  • Stayed at the Hanoi Hilton in Hanoi

  • Spent an afternoon in Tiananmen Square in Beijing

  • Toured the Tegalalang Rice Terrace in Bali

  • Boated through the hundreds of towering limestone escarpments in beautiful Ha Long Bay in Viet Nam

  • Went to the DMZ between South and North Korea

  • Traveled across the Mekong River from Thailand into Laos through the Golden Triangle

  • Watched Mount Fuji disappear into the night in Japan

  • Camped in the "Singing Sands" Khongoryn Els of Mongolia

  • Drove across the Karakum "Black Sands" Desert in Tajikistan

Middle East

  • Ate dates with camel ranchers in the desert outside of Riyadh

  • Looked at the "Promised Land" from Mount Nebo where Moses viewed it

  • Went four-wheeling in the Arabian desert outside of Dubai

  • Explored the ruins of Petra

  • Bought an oud in the old souq in Doha Qatar

  • Spent a week at the 7 Star Burj Al Arab in Dubai

  • Sailed through the "fjords" of Oman at the Musandam Peninsula

  • Went to the top of the Burj Kalifa Tower in Dubai

  • Camped in the Wadi Rum desert of Jordan

  • Watched the sunset over the Dead Sea

  • Toured the baptismal site of Jesus

Australia and New Zealand

  • Snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef

  • Hiked the base of Uluru in Australia

  • Drove the length of the Great Ocean Road in Australia

  • Drove into the Australian Outback for an afternoon

  • Went to a Māori festival in Auckland Harbor

  • Hiked across the Sydney Harbor Bridge

  • Visited the Sydney Opera House

  • Watched the surfers at Gold Coast

  • Watched the Australian National Rugby Team play the South African team in the Olympic Stadium in Sydney

  • Hiked through the vineyards of Waiheke Island New Zealand

Europe

  • Went to the top of the Eiffel Tower

  • Rode a boat on the Amsterdam Canals

  • Ate Belgian waffles, fries and chocolates - in the same day in Brussels

  • Seen the lavender fields in bloom in Provence France

  • Looked for "Nessie" at Loch Ness in Scotland

  • Explored the island of Santorini

  • Gambled at the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco

  • Cruised beautiful Lake Como in Italy

  • Visited the Miro and Picasso museums in Barcelona and the Dali Museum in Figueres

  • Sat on the Spanish Steps in Rome

  • Visited all of the micro-states of Europe - Malta, Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein

  • Enjoyed Beatle music in the Cavern Club in Liverpool

  • Bought copperware from gypsies in Romania

  • Spent a night in a 16th century castle in France

  • Attended a play in the West End of London

  • Walked through Red Square in Moscow

  • Stood on the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast of Ireland as the sun set over the Atlantic

  • Ate a traditional Croatian meal in Dubrovnik

  • Walked under the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Sky

  • Walked through fairy tale Bruges Belgium at night

  • Went to the Christmas Markets in Berlin and Nuremberg

  • Toured Paul McCartney's and John Lennon’s boyhood homes

  • Paid homage to WWII GIs at Normandy Beach France

  • Walked the Old Bridge in Mostar Bosnia

  • Had High Tea at the Langham Hotel in London

  • Strolled through the canals in Venice

  • Hoisted a pint at the Temple Bar in Dublin

  • Had dinner at the base of the Acropolis in Athens

  • Stood on the bridge on the 18th hole at St Andrews Scotland

  • Partied in Pamplona during the Running of the Bulls festival of San Fermín  

  • Drove the Circle Road in Iceland

  • Watched the sunset at Stonehenge

  • Explored the Westfjords in Iceland

  • Hiked in the Swiss Alps to photograph crystal-clear lakes

  • Visited the grand palaces in St Petersburg Russia

  • Went to Frankenstein’s castle and Count Dracula’s birthplace

  • Stayed in one of the hotels Stalin built in Moscow called the "Seven Sisters"

  • Saw the windmills depicted in Don Quixote

  • Watched pilgrims finish the Camino de Santiago

  • Tour the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania

  • Saw the tulips bloom in Holland in the spring

  • Stayed in the Presidential suite at the Amsterdam Hilton and visited the John-Yoko suite on the 50th anniversary of the "Bed-in for Peace"

  • Enjoyed Oktoberfest in Munich in the city’s largest beer garden

  • Spent a day in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris looking at my favorite period of art

  • Wandered through the Uffizi in Florence, the Prado in Madrid, the Hermitage in St Petersburg, and the Louvre in Paris.

  • Visited the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland

  • Hiked the Faerie Pools in Scotland

  • Went to the Pueblos Blancas in Southern Spain

  • Visited the beautiful and picturesque Lake Bled in Slovenia

  • Hiked through Plitvice National Park in Croatia

  • Drove through the awe-inspiring Dolomites of Italy

South America

  • Climbed through the ruins of Machu Picchu

  • Sailed on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru

  • Drove through the Pampas of Argentina

  • Walked the Inca Trail in Peru

  • Visited Puerto Williams in Chile, the southernmost inhabited town on the planet

  • Crossed the Beagle Channel from Ushuaia Argentina into Chile's Isla Navarino - close to Cape Horn

  • Hiked on the cone of Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador

  • Hiked below Mount Fitz Roy in Argentina Patagonia

  • Visited the 19th century colonial Portuguese barrio in the Colonia del Sacramento

  • Boated under the Iguazu Falls in Argentina

  • Walked down Ipanema and Copacabana Beaches in Rio

  • Went to the summit of Corcovado Mountain to stand at the foot of Christ the Redeemer in Rio

  • Hiked in Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonian Chile

  • Seen the Atacama Desert in Chile - the driest place in the world

  • Flew over the Amazon Jungle in Suriname and Guyana

  • Traversed the Pampas in Argentina

  • Visited the Las Lajas Sanctuary in Ipiales Columbia 

  • Stood with one foot in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere at Mitad del Mundo in Ecuador

The Islands

  • Observed a tribal sing-sing at Mount Hagan in central Papua New Guinea

  • Watched the sunrise from the Haleakala volcano in Maui

  • Swam with stingrays in the Cayman Islands

  • Visited Peleliu in the north Pacific, the site of a ferocious WWII battle

  • Snorkeled the crystal blue waters off the Fijian Island of Kuata

  • Visited the War in the Pacific Memorial in Saipan

  • Hiked up WWII’s infamous “Bloody Ridge” on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands

  • Visited the Kalaupapa leper colony on the island of Molokai

  • Hiked to the highest mountain in Samoa to visit Robert Louis Stevenson’s home

  • Snorkeled in Bora Bora and Moorea in French Polynesia

  • Walked in the volcano crater that created the Island of Tahiti

  • Hiked to the ancient stone monoliths called Badrulchau on the island of Babeldaob in the Pacific Ocean

  • Visited the island of Borneo

  • Drove the "Road to Hana" in Maui

  • Went stargazing at the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii

  • Watched Kilauea in Hawaii erupt

  • Snorkeled in the crystal-clear waters around the island of Palau

  • Drove in Queen Elizabeth’s motorcade (by accident) in Grand Cayman

  • Watch the sunrise behind the Moai on Easter Island

  • Snorkeled off the coast of Guam

  • Quarantined in American Samoa during COVID