Remember, Remember, the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, Treason, and PlotI know of no reason why gun powder treasonShould ever be forgot. In November of 1605, a long planned plot to overthrow the king of England and replace him with a new leader was finally coming to fruition. The conspirators had planned an explosion at Parliament that would … [Read more...]
Category: Travel
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Rideau Canal
Built in 1826 for military defense purposes, the Rideau Canal is a historical and cultural artifact of a past world and past wars. The interesting part is that the canal was built in relation to prevent an invasion of Canada by the United States. Back in the War of 1812 when the US was at war with Britain there were reports that the US had planned … [Read more...]
Swimming with Dolphins in Akaroa
I unfortunately missed my chance while in Kaikoura to swim with the Dolphins and I thought I would have no other chance to do it. But I arrived in Christchurch I had found at my hostel that there was an opportunity to swim with the Dolphins in Akaroa I knew I didn't want to miss the opportunity. So I booked a tour with Black Cat cruises … [Read more...]
Jumping over Abel Tasman
I have wanted to go skydiving for years now. I have no idea why I didn’t do it yet, maybe I just like the idea of going more so than the action of doing it. But oddly there was just something about New Zealand that makes you want to jump out of airplanes, or bungee jump off bridges, or any other sort of random extreme sport. I wasn’t … [Read more...]
Very far from home in Namadgi National Park
Back in January while in Canberra we had a bit of time to kill and wanted to go out and explore the area while had the chance. I had been looking up things to do in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) and we decided to check out Namadgi National Park. We had no idea there was a national park even in the ACT…it’s quite amazing how big … [Read more...]
A tour through the Ghibli Museum
I've been to Tokyo more than a dozen times and never once seemed to find the time or the opportunity to make it to the Ghibli museum. That is one of the general issues of business travel specifically is that you can never really know your schedule ahead of time and getting tickets for the museum requires advanced time and date reservation as well … [Read more...]
A Night in Golden Gai – Tokyo
I have been to Tokyo many times in the past, and I have always wanted to go to Golden Gai but never got the opportunity to. But when I was talking with my coworker about it this time, he had mentioned he might be interested in going too and being that this may be one of my last trips (although I always say that), I really knew that I needed to try … [Read more...]
Bound for Kosovo
We finished dinner and arrived late at the bus station to await our evening bus to Kosovo. We both were just mulling around the station. I had finished up the last few of my postcards and realized there was no easy way to get them mailed back to the states since the post-office was closed. I had convinced the people working the bus station to … [Read more...]
Whirling Dervishes in Istanbul Turkey
One of the main sights I had hoped to see while I was in Turkey was the famous Whirling Dervishes. Sadly most of the Semas put on in Istanbul are little more than tourist or dinner shows, and I didn’t care to see a tourist show if at all possible. To see a real one would be much more difficult and I did not have the time to travel to more … [Read more...]
Fugu-me – Adventures in Dangerous Foods
"If they ask us to prepay....I'm out", I said to Patrick with a smirk. Patrick and I were slowly approaching one of many fugu specific restaurants here in Tokyo. I looked up at the building, a big blowfish head adorned the upper part of the building's front face and a large tank full of fish was prominently placed near the … [Read more...]
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