I want to give you all the details to one of the most challenging, and incredible events of my life. My SharePoint friends and I took on the largest free standing mountain in the world. Known as the top of Africa, Kilimanjaro is also known as the highest hike that you can do that an…
One of the most horrible things that can happen to a traveler is loosing your passport. The horrors!!! Last week we were packing for a simple trip to Canada. We were headed to Lake Louise, Banff and Calgary in Alberta, Canada. I had bought a safe for our important papers and the passports are always…
Wanted to share my brother in law Robert’s new blog: Stop Brain Cancer. Robert is more than a brother. We’be shared a lot of great times togethe including traveling in Washington DC and New York City. As well I attribute my new appreciation for cuisine in Southern California to Robert. He introduced me to Chicken…
When I tell friends they should visit me in Utah. They often think I’m joking. Many of my European friends dream of visiting New York City, Los Angeles/Hollywood, or Las Vegas. What they don’t realize is that Utah a state easily dismissed as one of those states somewhere in the middle or above Las Vegas…
There are 7 really solid Ideas that are making a difference in the world in combating world hunger which really stems from world poverty. Many of these ideas are very entrepreneurial. I really like Microloans and I’m sold on them. I’ve been using Kiva, and my mom has been giving us Heifer International gifts for…
Our world is evolved enough people should NOT be dying of hunger any longer. End of story. I don’t think we should put up with it any more. If a handful of priests can keep alive 20,000 rats in the lap of luxury. We surely can apply some of these principles to help sustain communities…
I spent 3 weeks in a Starwood property in Nashville a few years ago. It was a long but fun consulting engagement of life in a hotel. I was very careful to make sure I was collecting the Starwood preferred points and tracking them with a number that I wasn’t going to let go of……
The Treasury in Petra, Jordan When I left Microsoft in 2008, I was planning a major trip. It was my first trip to the middle east, I was to speak in Dubai and Istanbul. I reached out to my technical blog audience at the time and asked the question… Where should I go… Petra, Jerusalem,…
I’ve been skiing, snowboarding, and tubing in Dubai. It’s a surreal experience. I do recommend it. The novelty factor is very high given the extreme hot temperatures in desert sandy HOT HOT conditions that Dubai and the UAE is known for. A quick tour of the Ski Hill in the Mall in Dubai I’ve…
It was on a trip to Dubai where I was planning a trip to Tehran, and I found an 8 hour layover in Qatar. I had heard very little of this little Pearl in the Persian Gulf. Qatar Airways had all sorts of cool destinations and for a decent price I was able to fly…
