Photo: Venice – The history of the gondolas

Venice

These gondolas are nothing more than flat-bottomed row boats used for years in Venice. Originally used as the primary means of transportation, they have largely been replaced by more modern watercraft…usually with engines.  Nonetheless, these boats are very well suited for the Venetian Lagoon and are often found along the Grand Canal. Once the single [...]

Hierapolis and Pamukkale

Hierapolis and Pamukkale

One part natural wonder, one part thermal bath, one part ancient roman ruins that’s the recipe for Hierapolis and Pamukkale. Built in an area of significant thermal activity, I can only imagine what ancient people’s thought when they arrived at the site. Huge fields of cotton looking calcium deposits formed by mineral rich thermal water, [...]

Riverboarding the Nile…

Riverboarding the Nile…

Most people come to Jinja to raft the Victoria Nile. But we don’t raft. With the class V water over our heads for kayaking we did the next best thing…jump in with a boogie board. Yes, you read that right, we boogie boarded some of the biggest commercially rafted whitewater on the planet. Upon jumping [...]

Underwater at night…

Underwater at night…

Lake Malawi is known for its amazing fish population- several thousand types of cichlid and frankly there is no better way to see a lake than from the bottom.  So that’s how we found ourselves our first night in Nkata Bay- at the bottom of Lake Malawi- looking up at the full moon. Night diving [...]