Tales from Off the Beaten Trail

Gateway to Olympieion...Chills pervade me even writing those words. The Temple of the Olympian Zeus. It felt as though the ground was pu...

Layers of Life... What I found most intriguing in Athens, Greece was the dichotomy of the ancient and modern living harmoniously. The anci...

So...this is where it all began. The marathon craze...490 BC, the ancient site of the Battle of Marathon, where the Greeks defeated the P...

I really really had to pee... About two hours after a breakfast with copious amount of water to rehydrate after an eight mile jog and a cup ...

More on Madagascar...my second time through, I treated myself to the Colbert Hotel, pricey, but worth every penny due to finally feeling saf...

Only in Madagascar...some wonderful creatures. The lemurs and lizards, and "upside down" trees left me bedazzled!! Difficult ...