HOSTELS. Here is my list of ten myths, but there are most certainly more. You have to be under age 30 to stay at a hostel. Hostels are open to all ages. You have to be traveling solo to stay…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Sarajevo-still moments
♠I was walking through the market and admiring the metal objects made at local workshops. As I was considering a coffee grinder, the vendor came over and demonstrated how it worked. He told me that you can always tell the…
Posted in World Glimpses
Hippopotamos
When I think of a hippo, my mind goes to Henrietta Hippo from the New Zoo Revue, a children’s TV show that was playing in the mid 1970s. I liked Henrietta. She wore dresses and skipped, and lived in an suburban…
Posted in Wildlife
Luche Libre
In Mexico City, I picked out an evening tour that included Luche Libre. The guide described it as Olympics wrestling with chili sauce. At a Luche Libre match, there are the good guys (the technocrats who mostly wear masks and respect…
Posted in World Glimpses
Maverick in Madagascar
Madagascar is an adventurous destination even before attempting to scale the Grand Tsingy. But Mark Eveleigh shares an even grander adventure in his 2001 book, Maverick in Madagascar. Well written, it is a wonderful sideways glimpse into the culture that is…
Posted in Thinking Travel
