TRAVEL JOURNAL

 

 

 

 

 

Click on date-place link to go to full journal entry:

 

 

5.21.2007 – Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. {LINK}

 

 Reflections on Port Douglas and Australia.

 


5.20.2007 – Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. {LINK}

 

 The Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Tropical Rainforest.

 


5.31.2006 – Over Newfoundland and Beyond. {LINK}

 


 Overall reflections on the Turkey trip and some random thoughts.

 

5.30.2006 – Istanbul, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Hippodrome area, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and a cruise on the Bosporus.

 

5.29.2006 – Istanbul, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Topkapi Palace; Journalists & Writers Institute, Istok Mosque; Fatih University.

 

5.28.2006 – Istanbul, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Crossing the Euphrates River; Istanbul: Kariye Müzesi & Süleyman Mosque.

 

5.27.2006 – Sanliurfa, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Harran, a village dating to 1800 BC; my illness and aid from local Muslims.

 

5.25.2006 – Sanliurfa, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Ankara, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Urfa, women not participating in dinner or discussion, discussion of PKK terrorism.

 

 

5.24.2006 – Antalya, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 The Mediterranean coast and Taurus Mountains, the Religious Garden, the second century Roman theater at Aspendos, Düden Waterfall, and riding camels.

 

 

5.23.2006 – Konya, Turkey. {LINK}

 

 Our arrival in Istanbul and our trip to Konya, in Anatolia, the center of the thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi (Mevlâna Celalledin).

 

5.22.2006 – Over Rumania & Bulgaria. {LINK}

 

 The first leg of our trip to Turkey.

 

5.16.2006 – Portland, Oregon. {LINK}

 

 Taping segments of "America's History in the Making" for Oregon Public Broadcasting and a trip through the Columbia River Gorge and around Mount Hood.

 

1.21.2006 – Over Namibia, Angola, and the South Atlantic. {LINK}

 

 The Cradle of Humankind hominid sites and general impressions of southern Africa.

 

 

1.16.2006 – Jack's Camp, Makgadigadi Pans, Botswana. {LINK}

 

 The Surreal experience of Jack's Camp, zebra herd, lion, talking with San Bushmen.

 

 

1.13.2006 – Livingstone, Zambia {LINK}

 

 Observations on my visit to Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

 

 

1.11.2006 – Johannesburg, South Africa{LINK}

 

 Visits to Fort Prison, Apartheid Museum, Soweto, and Alan Storey's church.

 

 

1.10.2006 – Lynnwood, Pretoria, South Africa{LINK}

 

 My flight to and arrival in South Africa, initial impressions, and visit to Voortrekker Monument.

 

 

6.27.2005 – Over the Aleutian Islands, Alaska {LINK}

 

 Overall review of my trip to Korea, my impressions of the country, and my experiences there.

 

 

6.25.2005 – Seoul, Korea {LINK}

 

 Discussion and assessment of Women’s Worlds ’05, the Ninth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women and my experiences at the Congress.

 

6.24.2005 – Panmunjom, DMZ, Korea {LINK}

 

 My experiences on a trip to the DMZ, including stepping into North Korea in the truce/negotiating room at Panmunjom.

 

 

06.22.2005 – Bukhansan National Park, South Korea {LINK}

 

 An account of the most physically demanding and draining day I have had in many years, a hike in Bukhansan National Park, including climbing Mount Dobongan and then getting lost.

 

 

06.20.2005 – Seoul, Korea {LINK}

 

 My first impressions of Seoul and Korea and how American Seoul seems.

 

 

06.18.2005 – In the air over Siberia, near Sakhalin Island {LINK}

 

 My flight to Korea, crossing Canadian tundra, the north coast of Alaska, the Arctic Ocean, and Siberia.

 

 

05.28.2004 - Sonaisali Island, Nadi, Fiji {LINK}

 

 Reflections on Fiji and its people.

 

 

05.26.2004 - Queenstown, New Zealand {LINK}

 

 My account of two days in Fiordland National Park, one day on Doubtful Sound and the other on Milford Sound.  This area immediately became one of my favorite places in the world.

 

 

05.24.2004 - Te Anau, New Zealand {LINK}

 

 Arrival in New Zealand and first impressions.  My stay in Auckland and flight to Dunedin on the South Island.  Face-to-face encounter with Yellow-Eyed Penguins, and drive from Dunedin to Te Anau.

 

 

05.20.2004 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia {LINK}

 

 My second day in Freycinet, and second hike up to the Wineglass Bay overlook, this time on a clear day.  Also the late afternoon and evening in Hobart.

 

 

05.18.2004 - Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia {LINK}

 

 My first two days in "Tassie."  A beautiful autumn day in the colonial era village of Richmond, a drive up the coast, and a day in Freycinet National Park, including a hike up to to the Wineglass Bay overlook and trip out into the bush at Bluestone Bay.

 

 

05.17.2004 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia {LINK}

 

 My experience at the Freud Conference, exploring Melbourne, and the Healesville wildlife sanctuary in the Yarra Valley.

 

 

05.13.2004 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia {LINK}

 

 A drive along the Great Ocean Road, which twists along spectacular scenery on the coast of the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean in Victoria, southwest of Melbourne, to Port Campbell National Park, where the coast seems almost to be the Grand Canyon or areas of Utah, such as Arches National Park, meeting the ocean.

 

 

05.11.2004 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia {LINK}

 

 My flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne and my first impressions of Australia.

 

 

07.01.2002 - St. Petersburg, Russia {LINK}

 

 Trip to St. Petersburg, thoughts on Bernie Ebbers and WorldCom scandal.