In early 2020 when the COVID-19 cases were being discovered in China at a high rate, my wife and I decided to continue with our plans for a Southeast Asia trip. You see, we had planned for this trip a couple of months ahead of time, so no one had ever heard of COVID-19. As …
Those of you who know my politics know that I am a China hawk. It is one country that has aspirations to dominate the world for the foreseeable future and has the resources to pull it off. So, when I got an unexpected opportunity to visit China for the first time, I was excited. What …
In the last blog, post I briefly mentioned that we went to St. Petersburg, Russia while cruising the Baltic Nations in 2015. I wanted to make sure I gave enough space and time to share our journey in Russia, so, as promised, here is an entire blog post dedicated to St. Petersburg! Before we talk …
If you are like me, you enjoyed school trips growing up. This is how I caught the travel bug in the first place. In the summer of 1982, I took a school trip to Kashmir. I must give a disclaimer to this story before I go on. I was 14 years old at the time. …