Top 100 Readers Choice Awards: Pacific and Indian Ocean ( Read more... )

Top 100 Gold List 2013 ( Read more... )

After my marathon (Holiday? Right.) weekend of criminal law work, this week has continued apace. There is a very large and influential Pacific Fisheries Management conference occurring across the road from my office, and I'm trying to attend (and learn) as much as I can. Already at least one major decision has been made with little fanfare. ( Read more... )

Pohnpei is home to one of the man-made wonders of the ancient world, though only the "unofficial" sort. Sometime about 1,800 years ago, legend has it that two mystical brothers arrived from some land in the west. They brought with them a mystical ceremony and founded a religious and administrative center on the SE part of the island. This ( Read more... )

Last night, we watched the first half of "Cleopatra," which starred Elizabeth Taylor's breasts.

Two nights ago, "Hideous Kinky," a very interesting film about Morocco that starred Kate Winslet's breasts. I once ate a sheep's head on that same square in Marrakesh.

Danka and I woke up not feeling to well, thanks to the many San Miguels at the beer festival last night. We met people from all over, including Germany and Poland and China. My remedy for this was to rush for a fast food breakfast. Turned out McDonald's was the only place open. They have a special Filipino sausage burger. And they have hot ( Read more... )

. . . one of the e-mail subscriptions I read to learn about the world ( Read more... )

Actually, vaquera, right about NOW would be a good time to start hating me ( Read more... )

About 100 Wounded at Egypt's Taba Hospital-Source ( Read more... )

I flew across the Indian Ocean, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary today. What did you do?

I could easily see such features as the Nile River and Lake Nasser, Addis Ababa and Alexandria, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos and Kronos, Thessalonica and the Iron Gate project on the Danube River.