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Visiting the Battleship Missouri at Pearl Harbor

Posted on May 6, 2019 by CD

High on the list of many visitors to Honolulu, Hawaii is the chance to visit the USS Missouri, the last of the great American battleships – which is permanently anchored as an attraction at Pearl Harbor as part of the Valor in the Pacific National Monument. The ‘Mighty Mo’  was the last American battleship commissioned (1944)…

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Marrakech

Jmaa el Fna in Marrakech – The Circus of Morocco

Posted on May 4, 2019 by CD

Place Jemma el Fna is filled with snake charmers, jugglers, men with monkeys, and the scariest dirty clowns I’ve ever seen. (originally posted on 20 FEB 2009) My first trip to Jmaa el Fna was overwhelming. The sights, sounds, smells, animals (snakes, monkeys, donkeys, goats, chickens) and the humanity were simply overwhelming to the senses. I…

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Valencia, Spain

Valencia – City of Oranges and Beauty

Posted on May 3, 2019 by CD

Valencia is a city known the world over for the Oranges that bear its name but it is much more.

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Istanbul

Shores of the Bosphorus – Istanbul’s Beautiful and Important Waterway

Posted on April 27, 2019 by CD

It’s impossible not to love Istanbul. This magnificent city of 17 million people, more than 5000 years of history, and more than a little bit of shopping, sight seeing, and culinary adventuring.

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Blue Mosque Istanbul

The Blue Mosque of Sultan Ahmet in Istanbul, Turkey – #flashbackfriday

Posted on April 26, 2019 by CD

On our honeymoon trip to Turkey back in 2010, my wife and I were excited to visit the famed Blue Mosque in Sultan Ahmet, the monument and tourist section of Istanbul. The Sultan Ahmet region is named for Sultan Ahmet I who ruled from 1603 to 1617 AD. The Sultan Ahmet Mosque, known as the…

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City and County of Honolulu – Many Neighborhoods, Towns, and Cities As One

Posted on April 24, 2019 by CD

Honolulu, Hawaii is an incredibly diverse place to live. With more than a dozen languages spoken by significant communities, a wide diversity of religions, and a culture that spans the globe. When you consider the fact that Honolulu is not just a city but actually a combined entity of the City and County of Honolulu…

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Wahiawa and Millani

Central Oahu Neighborhoods of Wahiawa and Mililani

Posted on April 22, 2019 by CD

Towards the center of Oahu you have two communities that sit higher than anywhere else on Oahu because they are on the central plain between the Ko’olau and Waianae Mountain Ranges. Mililani which is mauka (mountain direction from beach) of Pearl City and Waipahu and Wahiawa which sits in just about the exact middle of Oahu….

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Istanbul Archaeology Museum

The Istanbul Archaeology Museum and the Basilica Cistern – Slideshow Saturday

Posted on April 20, 2019 by CD

Hanane and I decided to head back to Sultanahmet to see some of Istanbul and Turkey’s ancient history. Our first stop was the Istanbul Archaeology Museum which is located near the Topkapi Palace inside Gulhane Park. The museum has more than a million objects in its collections many of them from Byzantine, Greek, Roman, and even earlier civilizations.

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Red Cross Concentration Camp Serbia

Crveni Krst (Red Cross) Concentration Camp in Nis, Serbia

Posted on April 19, 2019 by CD

Travel is about seeing things that broaden your experience and
while I’ve never had any desire to see a Nazi Concentration Camp as either a victim or a tourist, when I found out that there was one in Nis, I decided it was important to visit. Plus, it felt in keeping with the whole creepy vibe my trip to Serbia had taken.

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Ko Olina and Makakilo – Disney Resort and the ‘other Waikiki’

Posted on April 17, 2019February 18, 2023 by CD

Makakilo means ‘observing eyes’ in the Hawaiian Language. This is a small community of about 15,000 people that is really a neighborhood of Kapolei. Sitting on the slopes of the hillsides moving away from the beach – there isn’t really anything to draw visitors here. Like nearly everywhere on Oahu, the really nice neighborhoods are…

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