Joel Oleson 2025 Goals and plans for the year I have ADD/ADHD, I shouldn’t be much of a goal maker, but it’s time to be reflective and look at 2025 and what I want to focus on going into 2026. March 2024 – Finished my life goal of visiting every country in the world while…
What an interesting month it has been. I just achieved a goal I’ve been working on for over 10 years, a goal to visit every UN Country in the world! 193 Countries! I have been recognized as a UN Master by Nomad Mania. I’m happy to say I finished them all with Libya with my…
How many kinds of penguins are there and where can you see them? There are 18 different species of penguins. They can be found in various locations, including Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and the Galapagos Islands. They are: 1 Emperor Penguin 2 King Penguin 3 Adélie Penguin 4 Chinstrap Penguin 5…
If you love the exotic, but cute animals you probably have dreamed of visiting the baobab trees in Madagascar. The popular Disney cartoon only popularized the idea even more, but believe it or not the island of Madagascar despite being a spectacular adventure to explore is not frequented by travelers. While I was at the…
My friend’s grandfather was a photo journalist with National Geographic and the footage he had of Papua New Guinea tribes was incredible. I knew when I planned my trip there I wanted not just to visit the cities, but to get in deep with a tribe and my friend’s Felix and Saki who I met…
Today we are in lockdown. Air traffic is way down over 70% of planes are downed. Travel has never been at more of a standstill in the past 100 years. Why would I want to talk about travel? If you’re like me, you never stop thinking about travel. In this new series as I’m sitting…
I’m not ready to declare Syria war free, but the south especially Damascus is quite safe now and with news of other travelers getting visas and some of the most exclusive visits to the war torn country of Syria had me fascinated. I was able to get over there in December before the news of…
The Beautiful National Park that inspired the movie Avatar… the spectacular Stone Forest in China
The Giant Leshan Buddha outside of Chengdu China is the largest premodern statue in the world and was so for thousands of years… even taller than the sphinx
Warriors and Horses of Xi’an China – Discovery of the Century
