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…
The Nazca lines are unique in that it built or put together thousands of years ago and then only discovered when planes were invented. These lines are not just one or even a handful of pictures that many cover miles and miles with incredible precision. They are truly a mystery. UNESCO added the site in…
In my previous post, I shared how my traffic on my baby penguin video started to take off. I was getting requests from various people asking them if they could use my video, and others looking for rights. Analyzing the traffic was fascinating. The 15 minutes of fame as one commenter mentioned continues as the…
This post is in a series of 7 posts on the 7 Wonders of the New World Great Wall of China – Sacrifice of a Nation Christ the Redeemer Statue – Religious Icon of Rio Brazil Taj Mahal – Sacred Mausoleum of Agra India Petra Jordan – Nabataean Cave City of the Desert Machu Picchu – Lost Sacred City of…
I grew up really LOVING “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”, reading the comic strip, reading the books, and later watching the shows. I imagined myself having a job like his. Travel the world and capture images and stories the bizarre and fantastic. My trip to the golden triangle of Thailand included amazing animals including elephants,…
I really, really love South East Asia. Going to Manila was a huge treat. One thing that’s always important to me whenever I visit a place is to see the place in it’s authentic beauty and warts. I want to see the best and not best of a place. We were staying at the amazing…
Russia is just the most amazing place. Part of this for me is just the pure history of the last century, but also it’s just so prominent on the globe. Russia has been so imperial. So majestic. So mysterious. There’s the crazy cold war, and my favorite the space race. Forget about the arms race,…
The largest religious complex in the world. Angkor Wat is one of the most amazing structures in the world. Sure, Karnak in Luxor, Egypt is the largest religious structure, but Angkor Wat stretches over miles and miles including many many buildings. I’d like to see a comparison of Tikal to Angkor Wat. It’s a UNESCO…
