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...
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...
Where did life begin? Traveling to Ethiopia’s Omo Valley – Early Man
My passion for understanding the past through early man caves, paleontology, archeology, encounters with ancient tribes with connections to the past and life origins and what matters most… these strike directly at the heart of what I find meaningful in travel. Indiana Jones wasn’t just looking for gold statues…...
Natural Wonders of the World: Underground River of Puerta Princessa
Philippines is hidding a real gem. In fact, scratch that, they are hiding some of the most amazing islands for vacation in the world. I’ve been to the main island a couple of times, but it was this intentional visit to go see the 7 natural wonders of the...
Traveling the Nubian Pyramids of Sudan
There are more pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt and they are still being discovered....
Top 10 Activities in San Diego California
I recently moved to Oceanside California, a suburb of San Diego, and this holiday season we had an opportunity to look at San Diego like tourists. Southern California is a tourists paradise. In Orange County you have Disneyland and Knottsberry farm. Go to the coast and you have world...
Biking the World’s Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia
It started out as an idea. What would be the coolest thing to see in Bolivia? I’d heard and seen the dangerous road featured on SciFi and National Geographic programs, so getting a glimpse of the road was my objective. I’d also heard about some other things featured on...
Top 10 Must See in Baku Azerbaijan: Fire Temple, Mud Volcano, and Early Man sites
In my quest to visit every country I wasn’t sure what to expect with Azerbaijan. What looked like a small country with a checkered past sprinkled with war and conflict with Armenia. I was definitely interested in learning about the people, the culture and learning what Azerbaijan had to...