Things My Mom Would Not Want Me To Do...

Garden of the Scaling Gods

Visiting family in Colorado meant outdoor excursions. No idea who the crazy guy on top was, but he was nice enough to pose...

The Scotland Island Dog Race

Every Christmas Eve, just an hour's north of Sydney, there is a dog race like no other in the world.
The Scotland Island Dog Race, located in the tranquil waters of Pittwater, is open to beasts from all over the bay and the aim is to swim from...

Underwater Moai

While I still have my doubts that this Moai is authentic, and that it has somehow survived underwater in such pristine condition, while its above water compatriots have been so abused my time, and that it made it's way far off the shoreline to a...

Lost en Translación

With my rudimentary Spanish, I hadn’t understood why a local suggested wearing long pants to the night’s festival. “Because of the fireworks,” she had said (I thought). The recommendation seemed odd considering the stifling heat and humidity. But...

Where to See the Greats

Ever since I was a child, I had a paralyzing, but certainly not uncommon, fear of sharks. I believed sharks were everywhere: the public pool, the lake, even down the bathtub's drain.

So you can imagine my husband's surprise when, in South Africa a...

A Good Sport

I have to admit that playing with guns wasn't at the top of my list of things to do that day, but I am always up for a good game and not one to turn down an experience. I was also a little curious about the sport... It wasn't my first time holding...

This is what I look like when I'm terrified

We went to a butterfly garden in the Cameron Highlands where they happened to have a rather large pit of big black scary scorpions. Somehow this happened shortly after making friends with a guy that worked there.

Camp Muir - Mount Rainier

Level 2 Fun..That explains the experience getting to 10,000 ft on Mount Rainier; it's rough getting there but when you're done you realize it was rewarding and totally fun! The morning was crystal clear but winds were blowing at 50 mph-down from...

Yellow Mountain

China's Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) contains many stunning, but steep pathways. Here, a photographer stops to capture the vertical staircase etched into the side of the mountain leading towards the peak. Each person is wearing a raincoat due to...