Global Warming Endangers Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest
Posted on July 26, 2006 - Filed Under Video, Costa Rica, Sustainable Tourism | Leave a Comment
When you travel, you both take them and leave them. I think about this as I sit on my deck at home scraping Costa Rican mud off of my boots. Who knows what is in this stuff: maybe anteater scat, or some seeds dropped from the bill of a three-wattled bellbird that will plant themselves [...]
Lavaman – Featured Photo
Posted on July 22, 2006 - Filed Under Hawaii, Photography | Leave a Comment
LAVAMAN – Hawaii, Big Island (c) 2006 Russell Johnson Wandering around the lavafields on the Big Island of Hawaii I found this pattern that looked like a man or woman strutting (certainly can’t tell by looking at the thighs). We made large print of it and it is now hanging in our gallery. We have [...]
Read More..>>Travel News/Odds ‘n’ Ends
Posted on July 17, 2006 - Filed Under Misc., News | Leave a Comment
In this podcast: ~Happy Birthday to the Sultan of Brunei ~Nepal’s Maoists Agree that Tourism is a Good Thing ~Vanuatu #1 in the “Happy Planet Index“ ~Farecast Predicts Airfares with Virtual Passengers ~Agamemnon, Your Virtual Tourguide Pal Plus, a camera that spots faces in a crowd, phoning home from cruise ships, a chicken in Kazakhastan [...]
High Fashion – Delhi Style
Posted on July 7, 2006 - Filed Under Video, Culture, India, Misc., Places | Leave a Comment
A couple of years ago in New Delhi, India I witnessed a jaw-dropping fashion show. Ritu Kumar is on of India’s leading designers, whose show called “Tree of Life” captures India’s heritage and traditions in the form stunning designs. I was master of ceremonies of this event, staged by the Pacific Asia Travel Association but [...]
