Tag Archives: tour

Reflecting on History (Hiroshima)

Posted on May 11, 2014 by David Cross

Today we started out with a nice 10K run down to the bay 🙂 and then took the electric street cars to head over to the atomic museum and ground zero in Hiroshima. It was another day of gorgeous weather. … Continue reading →

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A Hidden Gem in Kanazawa

Posted on May 4, 2014 by David Cross

Today was a holiday across Japan so we got to hang out with the various radical political groups around the city Kanazawa. It was fun walking from location to location and joining them. The most interesting were the groups with … Continue reading →

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Touring the Kathmandu Valley

Posted on February 4, 2013 by David Cross

Nepal is known by the phrase “Never Ending Peace and Love”. We found Nepal to be a very secular country despite being a formal Hindu state.  Today, we spent most of our time in the 3 cities including Kathmandu.  The … Continue reading →

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Travelling to Nepal

Posted on February 3, 2013 by David Cross

Once we landed in Nepal, it became clear that the US Marines were on some kind of special mission here. They had a half a dozen soldiers guarding the C-130 from the Nepalese army…some of them were carrying WWII era … Continue reading →

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Central India

Posted on January 31, 2013 by David Cross

Today, we headed south from Agra on a train to Jhansi. This was yet another interesting and different experience. The trains stop for 3 minutes – and you must aggressively plan to get yourself and bags aboard, as nobody will … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Easter Island

Posted on January 5, 2013 by David Cross

Easter Island (proper name is Isla de Pascua) is actually called Easter Island as the island was discovered by a modern (Dutch) seafarer (Captain Rogovan) on Easter. Currently, only 6,000 people live on the island and it is visited by … Continue reading →

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Antarctica Research Station

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David Cross

It all started with a long trip down to Santiago, Chile in this posting, and then we flew down and boarded a ship in Ushuaia which was a great experience that I captured in my daily trip report.  We have … Continue reading →

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