Why Macau is so much better than Las Vegas (it’s the food)
A look at why Las Vegas, despite its amazing collection of celebrity restaurants, pales in comparison to Macau’s native fusion food culture.
Brooding and Byronic Tom haunts the crags and cliffs of this material world, shaking his fist at an indifferent god, and usually doing some really serious hanging out.
The Sites We Miss—How Not To See That Famous Castle
The best-laid plans often go awry, but perhaps they’re not the best plans anway. A planned afternoon visit to a castle turns philosophical about the real importance of travel sights.
Seeing and Shooting the Northern Lights in Tromsø, Norway
Tromso, Norway, 400k north of the Arctic Circle, a great place to see the Northern Lights. Learn about that experience and about photographing the lights.
Tallinn, Estonia – On the Beaten Track with Dark Days and Party Nights
Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has medieval atmosphere and a gorgeous old town while being a party destination for the more expensive countries around it.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre – another Jerusalem site testing everything you believe
Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem will let you experience old Christian traditions with modern orangized religious differences.
Tomar, Portugal: Where the Knights Templar lie, ready, waiting
Tomar, Portugal is a small town with a massive attraction–the complex of the Knights Templar. Beyond this looming draw, the town itself is a delight.
Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant – For The Teen-Age Boy That Lurks In All Of Us
UPDATE – The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo has been a victim of the pandemic and of changing times. The former version of it closed in 2023, and it sort of made a comeback as a daytime show, but not run by its former owners, and perhaps does not resemble its former self. If I make…
How To Become A Travel Snob
One can see the Eiffel Tower from points all over Paris, and this is a good thing, as it adds to the background and helps your wonderful photos. And yet, ask anyone who travels a bit about actually going up the tower, including me, and you’ll probably receive a shudder, as one of the first…
The Cafes of Paris: A Photo Essay
Few institutions are as iconic, and perhaps overly romanticized, as Paris cafés. This B&W photo essay explores their atmosphere and their variety.
Hiking on an Iceland glacier
I was walking on water. We all were, following our guide. We put our trust in her, that she would keep us safe and that no one would disappear downwards into the blue depths, though she was carrying twenty meters of rope in case we did. I didn’t expect the water to be so blue and so beautiful, though it wasn’t that way everywhere. At one point, our striking blonde guide caught me looking around with a smile.
“Like it?” she asked me knowingly.
I couldn’t stop smiling. “This is really cool.”
Visiting The Famous Cafes Where The Dead Intellectuals, Artists, And Writers Hung Out
These types of cafés and watering holes get into the guidebooks and blog posts and visitors flock there, for reasons that we shall explore. So very often, I’ve seen a place described as hangout for intellectuals, the literati, or perhaps the counterculture, usually based on the famous people who used to hang out there. I always wonder why people go there now.
Why it’s hard to get a really good meal in Paris restaurants
This is a hard post to write, like telling an old lover that yes yes you’ll always be my first love, but you simply lack the power to thrill anymore. It’s about Paris, that wonderful city that used to be the capital of Western cuisine but where nowadays it is rather hard to find a great meal.