Land of Lemurs Madagascar: Dream Destinations Webisode 3
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...
Wild Papua New Guinea: Top 10 Dream Destinations of Explorers
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...
Top 10 Dream Destinations: Antarctica
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...
Quick Visit to Post War Syria
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...
Magical Avatar Stone Forest Hallelujah Mountains in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park China
The Beautiful National Park that inspired the movie Avatar... the spectacular Stone Forest in China...
Worlds Largest Ancient Statue Leshan Buddha Statue and Giant Pandas of Chengdu
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...
Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi’an China – Guards of the Largest Tomb in the World
Warriors and Horses of Xi'an China - Discovery of the Century...
Gateway to Heaven Tianmen Mountain China
Tianmen Mountain is the Gateway to Heaven or Portal to Heaven. There are 99 turns and 999 steps that lead to the Portal....
Prambanan Indonesian Historical Javanese Temples
Indonesia has been my favorite country for many years. This trip started with my son saying if he could go anywhere in the world he wanted to go to Singapore. I had been planning that if and when I got back to Indonesia I wanted to see the incredible...
Year in Review 2018 – Joel Oleson Adventure Traveler Fun Photos
At the beginning of 2018, I started working at Blizzard Entertainment and visited a couple of offices in Europe as well and now two of my oldest sons started college. Great accomplishments for which I’m very pleased. As a result of supporting 2 in college, I’ve had to get...