The beautiful kaleidoscopic ring around the crater of Kerid has to be Iceland’s Most iconic Golden Circle Jem. This memorizing sight leave visitors gazing mouth-open in silence. Imagine the powerful explosion that created the enormous volcanic crater that is Kerid. Walk the craters rim and notice the scale of the eruption to produce such a…
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Jokulsarlon, Iceland’s Glacier Bay
Striking shades of blues, greys and whites streak across wide layers of ice formed by ages of precipitation and centuries of snowfall compressed into the Skaftafell Glacier forcing the weight of the ice to creep and flow down toward the Atlantic sea. The incredible power of nature is demonstrated in Jokulsarlon bay as you see school bus…
Reynisfjara Beach – Vik, Iceland
On Iceland’s south coast, about two and a half hours south east of Reykjavik by car, you will find the world famous black sand beaches of Reynisfjara near the town of Vik. Nearby sights are the famous black beaches, columnar basalt formations and the frozen troll towers jutting from the sea providing a dramatic backdrop…
Hofn, Icelend
Hofn is a quaint little fishing village on the south east coast of Iceland. It’s worth a quick spin through and a stop at the dock for a look a the days catch. Hofn is small but offers a tiny hub for community with a few restaurants and the port. Across the bay you can…
Iceland’s Stunning South Coast
Geysers erupt, exploded volcanoes produce kaleidoscope of a crater lakes and magmic wastelands. Glaciers grind across the center of the island flowing down to the Atlantic sea. Tectonic plates pull apart making riffs across large swaths of an ancient meeting point for the islands democratic justice Mountains and volcanoes strut out of the distance producing amazing waterfalls that flow into river and streams down through the valleys, over the grasslands and between ancient lava wastelands. Icebergs float in lagoons made from glacial melts and ice washes up on jet black beaches in purely clear diamond like chunks. An enormous amount of the islands sights can be seen between Reykjavik and Hofn
Cancun, Mexico – How To Save
I have been visiting Cancun for 20 years and stayed almost everywhere from south in Tulum and Playa de Carmen, all the way up to the Hotel Zone, and out to Isla Mujeres. I have even explored the downtown area enough to show you all of the tricks to hacking Cancun, Here are a few…
Hue Cuisine – Vietnamese Regional
Hue cuisine was started in the Nguyen dynasty when the emperor insisted on having hand picked chefs brought to the city to prepare new dishes that would be separate from the general population. they created a new haute cuisine of sumptuous, rice based dishes for the royalty and affluent society in Hue. The dynasty refined the…
Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
The beauty of the Mekong river delta and the small tributaries leading upstream are unrivaled. Reminiscent of the film Apocalypse Now, only with better food and without the strife. You always end up on some sort of boat and it seems that anything can jump out of the brush at any given time. Usually nothing…
Dinan, France
This ancient, riverside port town is Brittany’s finest, an hour south of Mont St. Michele, its well worth an overnight stay on your way to the Loire Valley Dinan emulates the typical Breton lifestyle and opens up the window into this region’s more typical rural French lifestyles a little more. I enjoyed wandering through the back…
Fougeres, France
This Medieval hill town town castle looks so unbelievable it makes you wonder if it is a movie set at first glance. I almost could not believe it really exists. Look at the castle walls, wonder around the grounds and through the public community gardens imagining what it was like to live back in the…
Journey Into Cuisine 