The Dean of Travel
Flying back from North Carolina after spending a week speaking at schools, I arrived at the airport two and half hours early.
Greeted by an empty counter, an airline employee came forward to let me know my flight out had already been delayed by two hours, but I still had a chance to catch an earlier flight.
Here’s a worthwhile goal; promoting world understanding and peace.
This is the written goal of Rotary International, with clubs around the globe.
On January 2, 2007 I stood in front of more than 200 Club #14 Rotarians in downtown Lincoln as
we took a Wondrous Journey together across the borders.
The New Year is upon us offering a chance to reflect and make choices about the future.
For the Vietnamese, the New Year is yet a few weeks away in a celebration they call The Tet Nguyen Dan, which most people referred to as Tet. I was lucky enough to find myself in Vietnam for the Tet festival in 2002, traveling from the northern part of Vietnam; I stopped in a city called Hoi An.
As we enter into the hectic holiday season, with the store shelves filled with Christmas candy and decorations weeks before Thanksgiving, I am reminded of the Christmas I spent in Bangkok, where you had to look hard to find anything about Christmas.
Nebraska Fall Colors
When my friend told me it would cost $2,600 to book a Nepal trekking trip from the United States, I was beside myself. Four years ago I had the privilege of spending 18 days trekking the Annapurna circuit, which opened to trekkers back in 1977.
What not to bring on a journey can be just as important as what to bring. Americans in general tend to over pack for a trip. We want to be ready for every situation imaginable, whether it is likely to happen or not.
Nebraska Thunderstorm
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." - St Augustine
Driving a train engine in Nebraska
