I’ve avoided speaking much on matters of faith here at freewheelings. You might expect my views to be somewhat unconventional and I imagine that they are. It’s hard to tell what another individual truly believes and how those beliefs manifest themselves in their experiences. I’m about to give it a whirl. To underscore the importance of […]
New Delhi – Five Years of Progress
If you’ve been to India you can imagine my surprise stepping off of the plane for the first time in the middle of New Delhi. I was all of 20 years old the first time I left my own country. It was mid may and the air was steamy, heavy, damp. My clothes instantly clung […]
What are Travel Bloggers Talking About?
This is a tag cloud generated off of the RSS Feeds of 71 Lonely Planet blogsherpa travel bloggers. I went through and removed as many of the common words as I could to clean it up. These keywords are generated from the posts in my consolidated travel blogger RSS feed bundle Monday through Wednesday of […]
Blogging For Japan – Help Raise Money for Tsunami Victims
This page is dedicated to helping the survivors of the Friday 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan by channeling international donations to local efforts. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, over 7,500 people have been confirmed dead and another 11,000 are missing, and millions more affected […]
Lahore to Amritsar – A Humorous Tale of Hitchhiking the Pakistan Border
I’ve long since had a fascination with politics on the Indian sub continent. My first trip to the region was in ‘01. I remember the date more so because my passport is coming up for renewal next month and India was my first trip out of the good ol’ US of A. It launched a […]
Nenana Ice Classic
The deadline for the 2010 Nenana Ice Classic is just around the corner. The last day to purchase tickets is April 5th. I’ll be grabbing a couple myself. Official ice measurements this past Thursday ( 25 March 2010) were more than 50 inches thick, which is a mark reached only six times in the last […]
Ice Alaska, The World Ice Art Championships
The World Ice Art Championships at Ice Alaska is probably the single coolest thing that I’ve seen in Fairbanks this winter. Ice sculpting underwent a renaissance in interior Alaska in 1988 when organizers decided to revive the spirit of the 1930’s winter carnivals by flying in ice sculptors in from around the world for an […]
The Alaska Marine Highway System – MV Aurora
I’m writing today from the marine vessel Aurora of the Alaska Marine Highway System. We’re currently cruising about 15 knots somewhere between Cordova and Whittier on the blue-green waters of the Prince William Sound. I wanted to chime in today on how wickedly cool the marine highway system is, and simply just to travel from […]
Driving to Alaska – 10 Things to Think About
This article is more for the adventurous ones that are thinking of throwing caution to wind and heading for Alaska than for those with a well padded bank account or two weeks vacation time. This is for those with an idea in mind, but maybe the details are still a little fuzzy. Okay, really, it’s […]
Cordova, Alaska
Also check out my photos from Cordova. Even though I haven’t been able to determine whether the small town of Cordova, Alaska really wants to have its song sung or not, I’d thought I’d chime in anyway as I’ve had quite a few firsts here. Just yesterday I was sitting at the kitchen table over […]