Gibraltar. I took the cable car up to the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar. It was a bit chilly at the top so I took my windbreaker out of my backpack and put it on. No sooner had I…
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Karni Mata Temple
Rajasthan, India. In Bikaner, I signed on for a van ride to the nearby Deshnoke to see the Karni Mata Temple. It was a temple for a Hindu sect that venerated rats. (I had heard that wise men were ultimately reincarnated…
Posted in World Glimpses
Little Rock
(Arkansas Part II) At Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock was the Little Rock Central High School Historical Site. I stopped in as it is an important site in the history of efforts to end legal race segregation in public schools.…
Posted in Found in the USA
Arkansas
I learned all the verses to “The Arkansas Traveller” in preparation for this 2008 road trip! And I sang it all the while in Arkansas, but all I remember of them now is “my roof never leaks when it doesn’t…
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Traveling Trousers
Traveling trousers, Batman! It’s an idea for a weekly post. In a brief conversation with someone who doesn’t travel much, we were talking about traveling light. He said to me, “So I assume it will suffice to just bring a…
Posted in Travel Know How
