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Norway makes the world scream

Norway makes the world scream

PRESS RELEASE FROM VISITNORWAY: Norway makes the world scream Visitnorway is making the longest scream in the world to celebrate the anniversary of the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, who painted the world renowned scream painting. Today marks the opening of the official Munch Year in Norway, 150 years after the birth of the painter. [...]

January 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

Slideshow: A Kenyan safari

NAIROBI–Check out these images from my first-ever Kenyan safari with Nairobi-based Gamewatchers Safaris/Porini Camps earlier this year. Thanks to commercial director Mohanjeet Brar, spent four days (three nights) at three of the firm’s high-end camps: Porini Rhino Camp, Porini Mara Camp and Porini Lion Camp. Guides and other staff at all three were excellent, whether [...]

November 27, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 5

Encountering Easter Island: Day 5

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Today was all about topknots, tattoos and sooty terns. I’d woke this morning thinking I’d be heading out by bike for an a.m. circumambulation of ancient sites from my digs here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu. But rainy skies deterred me from those plans and I opted instead to join [...]

November 20, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

Encountering Easter Island: Day 4

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Took things down a notch today, my fourth here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on the beautiful south coast of Easter Island. Following a light, leisurely breakfast of fresh fruits and cottage cheese, whole wheat toast and an egg-white omelet, connected with my Rapa Nui-born and -bred guide for the [...]

November 15, 2012Comments OffRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 3

Encountering Easter Island: Day 3

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Sun was shining as I woke on third day here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike Rapu on Easter Island. But, I soon learned, there was a surprise in store for us mainland interlopers on Rapa Nui today: We were to be treated to a partial solar eclipse at 5:45 in the [...]

November 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Rainy day on Rapa Nui. Woke at 8 a.m., momentarily disoriented. Where was I? Hmm. Oh yeah, Easter Island. Easter Island?! Sleepy astonishment quickly gave way to excitement as I rubbed the sand out of my eyes. First exploration of my second day with the team here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

Encountering Easter Island: Day 1

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Greetings from Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, Easter Island, etc. (take your pick of names and idioms). treKKen’s finally arrived on this mysterious and minute (64-square-mile) volcanic triangle rising from the middle of the Pacific…a dream that’s been a long time in coming finally fulfilled. Flew in from New York, via Lima, Peru, [...]

November 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Supremes’ show hi-lites vintage Philly

Supremes’ show hi-lites vintage Philly

Press release from the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.: “SUPREME” VINTAGE FASHION IN PHILLY Retro & Designer Duds Abound At Region’s Vintage Sho PHILADELPHIA, October 24, 2012 – When Come See About Me: The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection exhibition debuts on January 25, 2013, at The African American Museum in Philadelphia, visitors will have the [...]

October 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Review: At Hoshinoya Kyoto, life as art

Review: At Hoshinoya Kyoto, life as art

KYOTO, Japan – There are certain spots in the world where, as (in)famous Irish wit, thinker and author Oscar Wilde put it, life imitates art. Not figuratively, but literally. Places that, although beautiful in and of themselves, seem even more so to the observer because they recall a particular work or style of art, or [...]

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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