The harbor city of Hong Kong was once a prime British colony in Asia. Today, it is part of China, but the lasting influence still remains. Some go in expecting the city to be very British, others expecting Chinese; the fact is that Hong Kong is so unique you have to experience it yourself to [...]
The temptation is always there, sitting in the drive way the car looks so ready, as if it saying ‘come on what do you really have to do today or tomorrow’. But with the cost of gas at $3 a gallon and the knowledge of what is coming out on my tail pipe our trips [...]
Cotopaxi, Ecuador’s second highest mountain, looks like it a child’s drawing of a volcano – a perfectly symmetrical cone, with a white crown of snow. And the climb to the 5,897-meter summit (19,347 feet) is supposedly child’s play – by Andean standards, of course. That is to say it is not technical and can be [...]
