Random Photo Memory: Moroccan Pied Piper Serendipity
February 19th, 2011
Travel serendipity strikes when you least expect it (indeed, by definition that’s what “serendipity” is all about: “a happy accident”.) [&hellip
Author Archives: Dyanne
Finally… a Blast-off Date: 1 Oct. 2011
February 16th, 2011
O.k. there’s no more wiggle room now… I’ve finally bite-bullet and set a blast-off date. I’d originally hoped to blow [&hellip
Pay It Forward: Helping a Fellow Wanderlust Here at Home
February 13th, 2011
Sometimes travel serendipity can happen right in your own backyard. Leastwise it did for me today (albeit somewhat in reverse), [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Costa Rican Deluge Detour
February 10th, 2011
When is a crummy pic better than a wowzer pic? Answer: When the crummy pic is accompanied by a great [&hellip
So You Wanna Be an Int’l Tour Operator, Huh? Part II
February 4th, 2011
There was no internet in those days of course. Even desk-top computers were somewhat rare and new to the scene. [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Bali Bliss
January 30th, 2011
This photo memory might better be dubbed “Briefly Bali” as my visit to Bali was one of my shortest escapes [&hellip
So You Wanna Be an Int’l Tour Operator, Huh? Part l
January 23rd, 2011
Funny how one can suddenly take a sharp left turn… and end up on a completely different life-long path. Just [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Lions at Dawn
January 22nd, 2011
Kruger National Park in South Africa had long held the very top spot of my travel “bucket list”. Not only [&hellip
Desperately Seeking… the Perfect Photo Gallery
January 20th, 2011
Now that I’ve scanned my gazillion slides from past adventures in various ‘n sundry corners of the globe, I was [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Hooked at 10 yrs. Old
January 15th, 2011
I couldn’t have been more than ten yrs. old. But I still vividly recall a song of that era that [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Little Soldier
January 8th, 2011
Did I mention I L-O-V-E my (HP-ScanJet-G4050) scanner? This honey scans *16* slides at a crack! And given my gazillions [&hellip
Bit by Bit, the Packing Begins…
January 4th, 2011
We’re not talking about tossing a handful of things into a backpack for a few weeks on the lam here. [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: Half Moon Caye, Belize
January 1st, 2011
What better way to welcome in this bright, shiny New Year, than with a nod to “Auld Lang Syne” memories [&hellip
A True "Minimalist" Dream Job
December 31st, 2010
So once the basic “Plan” was decided (i.e. blow this dear U.S. of A. popsicle stand and move lock, stock [&hellip
Random Photo Memory: San Blas Islands Kuna Lass
December 25th, 2010
Christmas: 1999, Panama – on the eve of the 10th anniversary of “Operation Just Cause” (that infamous Noriega lad btw, [&hellip
Narrowing Down the Expat Options…
December 21st, 2010
Scooting off to explore some distant land for a few weeks is one thing. But when contemplating settling down in [&hellip
Welcome
Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion, and I’ve always lived life “like a kid in a candy store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been:
This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!
And in that spirit, after years of running my own adventure travel company, and flitting off to far-away places every chance I got… Read more about me…
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