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Making Trails through the Arizona Desert

Set in 320 acres of stunning Northern Arizona desert, stands the family-run dude ranch, Stagecoach Trails. I have spent two great holidays here already, and will, undoubtedly, return.  There are many things that […]

Face in the Rocks

The face of the famous Tunisian poet, Abdulkacem Chebbi, gazes down from the Belvedere Rocks just south of the Route Touristique in Tozeur. Too much landscaping, including the building of a golf course,  has detracted […]

O is for… Ostrich

Not ostrich handbags, or ostrich steak, but the real thing, in South Africa: . Posted as part of Frizztext’s Tagged O Challenge, ABC Wednesday and Alphabe Thursday.

L is for… Latitude Zero

The Equator lies at latitude 0⁰ and is the only line of latitude that forms a great circle.  The imaginary circle created by projecting the earth’s equator onto the sky […]

Jump to it!

Probably not what we would call dancing, but quite a spectacle. Photos taken in the Masai Mara in 2007. This is part of the Word a Week Challenge: Dance at […]

Dragon Creeping Across Mountains

Often likened to a dragon creeping across the mountain ranges, the Great Wall of China is a stunning sight.  Some walls were built as early as the seventh century but little survives from that period. […]