HOW ABOUT A NICE CRUISE TO ALASKA?

Tongass National Park, Alaska [click on photo to enlarge] (Ken posted this today over at Down With Tyranny, my political blog. How could I ...

JESUS! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KABUL AGAIN!

Sunday's New York Times did a story on "the next great adventure-travel destination": Kabul . "Even though much of Afgha...

CRIME IN ARGENTINA, TAKE TWO

One of the highlights of traveling is always the folks you meet. My trip to Argentina was especially rich in this way and I was lucky that s...

WHAT'S BETTER-- RENTING YOUR OWN PLACE OR STAYING IN A HOTEL?

I think the first time I figured out that, generally speaking, renting a place was better than staying in a hotel was 1970. I rented a house...