If There Is No Ithaca

There is nowhere in the world like Ithaca, an island lost in time and myth in the Ionian sea. Home to a population of only 3000, the island has been a long lost home to the countless souls who have traveled the wine dark seas with Odysseus over the past 3000 years in the many . . . .

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Electric Town and America Land

I might have chosen a remote island off of Borneo or maybe an adventure with the dragons on Komodo, but for my kids there is nowhere they would rather go than Japan. Is it because of an interest in Samurai and Ninja, the likes of which fascinated kids around the world when I was a…

July 3, 2024

Sardines and Whale Sharks

To swim in shark infested waters isn’t always a bad thing. The magnificent whale shark can grow to the size of a school bus and weigh ten times the weight of a Great White, but the experience of being in the water circled by these giants of the sea is magical rather than frightening. The…

June 11, 2024

Philippines

For someone who doesn’t travel without a mask and snorkel, the Philippines is a place where boredom doesn’t exist. It’s a country of islands, reefs and coral gardens. There are also volcanoes, waterfalls, cities and historical sites, but with such an abundance of spectacular places to explore in the water I found it difficult to…

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Beaches of Bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country of forests and cold mountain rivers. Unless one looks at a map with a fine eye for detail, it might escape notice that the country has any beaches at all. The coastline of neighboring Croatia stretches an amazing 1777 kilometers along the Adriatic Sea and is broken only by…

October 6, 2023

Seven Years on Mljet

Imagine an undeveloped island in the Adriatic, one covered in hilly forests and surrounded by clear turquoise waters. Throw in a few idyllic fishing villages, maybe a medieval monastery and a couple of lakes hidden in the hills and you have the island of Mljet, Croatia’s greenest island. Stretching 37 kilometers from one end to…

September 28, 2023

Monument to the Sun

Aimless wandering can be nice, but I’m trying to cut back. I’ve fallen in love with too many places and the problem is wherever I am, there is somewhere else that I’m not. I could see myself settling in a number of different places around the world, but it’s not really settling if I’m moving…

September 23, 2023