I must have died somewhere over the Pacific, tho I failed to notice... I didn’t become fully conscious until I was bumping down an unpaved road, slippery from recent rain, threading its way thru dense jungle along hidden beaches on  the western flank of Taveuni. ( Read more... )

It just took me about two hours to pin the 258 cities I've been to (or thru)in 17 countries on the Trip Advisor map on Facebook. Seemed like a lot until I zoomed out and saw how much more of the world I have yet to explore. I feel both blessed and humbled ( Read more... )

The moon dappled drive turns east past the oaks and pines into the lunar bright summer night, clear with a faint shimmer of humidity in the arching firmament. It’s after midnight, but there is enough residual heat to generate a solitary cumulus column, a shifting mercurial mass with a pale halo where the moon shines thru the thinning anvil top ( Read more... )