December 22nd, 2020 As promised yesterday, here’s the neighborhood cheer just down the street from us in Lake Tahoe, with appearances from Santa Claus, Rudolph and even The Grinch. I was standing at street level to shoot all of these photos, so you can imagine just how big some of these characters are. Don’t miss the peek-a-boo Santa photos at
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September 12th, 2020 A week-long vacation in Mexico. How does that sound? We’ve transitioned from magic carpet to jungle vine with today’s post. We’re swinging into Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to explore the local landscape. We’ll be here all week. Here’s J dropping from a rope into Cenote San Lorenzo Oxman near Valladolid, Mexico. We stopped here for a cool
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Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home. August 2nd, 2020 After yesterday’s portrait, here’s more from the Jigokudani Monkey Park. The macaques living here (near Nagano, Japan) are some of the northernmost
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Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home. July 24th, 2020 We made it through another week and today we’re back on the magic carpet of virtual travel! Where to next? It’s up
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We’re standing on a mountaintop west of Lisbon. We’ve lucked out. It’s one of those perfect days when the blue sky extends all the way to the horizon. To get here, we drove west from Lisbon to Sintra, parked the car, walked partially up the hill, stopped to think about it, hired a mototaxi, arrived at the ticket booth of
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If you’re visiting Japan, thumbs up for the snow monkeys. Take the train from Nagano to Yudanaka station. Inquire at the information desk outside, and you’ll be politely directed to the bus for Kanbayashi. Once there, walk two kilometers down the trail to Jigokudani Monkey Park. If you’re visiting in winter, wear some boots — the snow-covered trail is quite
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Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines and insert your earplugs! Formula 1 racing has arrived in Singapore! Yesterday’s practice rounds began in the afternoon, with the F1 cars on the track during early and late sessions. We viewed the practice from the Bay grandstands — west-facing with a panoramic view of Marina Bay Sands and the downtown skyline. One thing’s
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Get out your clogs, flower people! It’s TULIPMANIA in Singapore! Gardens by the Bay is celebrating spring with over 20,000 blooming bulbs flown in from the Netherlands, the world’s largest tulip producer. The Flower Dome is awash in color! A walk through the gardens reveals rows, pots and even wheelbarrows full of tulips, with a Dutch windmill tucked away here
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