I travel a bit. Along the way, I have experienced more than my fair share of dubious transportation options: rickety planes held together with tape and glue; decidedly unseaworthy ferries; smoke belching taxis and horribly…
I passed through Singapore last week. I lived there from 2004 to 2012, so I always get a kick out of a stopover, however brief. It’s an opportunity to revisit old haunts, catch up with…
I recently visited Cuba, my fifth time there in four years (read about previous trips here and here). Although my frequent trips to Cuba are not because of any Hemingway-style love affair with the place….
One of my greatest ever encounters with nature happened in Cape Town, South Africa, about six years ago. There, my brother and I had joined a cage-diving expedition, where we were lowered into the waters…
I travel a lot, and so I often get asked to nominate “winners” in a variety of travel-related categories. As in: “What is the nicest beach you’ve ever been to?” “Which is your favorite city?”…
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One of the great perks of being able to travel as much as I do is getting the chance to compare and contrast similar things, only in very different places. Things like synagogues in locations…
I was just in Hawaii, and I have a couple of blog posts to follow over the next two weeks. But as a precursor, and while on the subject of Hawaii, here’s a quickie. Long-standing…
In the blink of an eye, another year has gone by, marking my seventh full year of writing this blog. Another year of being able to indulge my love of writing, whether about travel, food,…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I like to seek out places of Jewish interest, wherever I may travel. Be it a synagogue in the wild west of Boise Idaho, or an ancient…
