VirtualWayfarer – Page 27

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 23, 2012

Pure Beauty in Berlin – Weekly Travel Photo

One of my favorite things about Berlin is Museum Island. It embodies the type of cultural dedication to art and history that I wish all cities, cultures and nations shared and emulated. For those unfamiliar with it, it is essentially an island in the heart of Berlin which has a number of Berlin's …

BackpackingNovember 20, 2012

Berlin’s Dramatic Contrast Explored Through Art

Berlin is famous for a plethora of reasons. Of those one of the most well known is its character. It is a wild city of contrasts both within the city limits and when explored alongside greater Germany as a whole. In A…

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 16, 2012

Polar Bears Touching Noses – Weekly Travel Photo

Not only is this week Polar Bear Week, it's also getting pretty darn cold here in Denmark. So, for today's Friday Photo I've selected these two polar bears giving each other a playful nose nuzzle mid-fight. Luckily the…

BackpackingNovember 12, 2012November 12, 2012

Biting Back – Bed Bugs, Treatment, Hostels and Hotels

Over the years travel has left me with a few scars. Small injuries, cuts and scrapes from various poorly thought out misadventures are responsible for a few but by and far the most prolific culprit is the common bedbu…

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 10, 2012

Zambian Village Life – Friday Travel Photo

This photo was taken along the Zambia/DRC border in Luapula Provice, northern Zambia. Connecting with my brother who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in the region we stopped at another volunteer's village for lunch. As we g…

AfricaNovember 6, 2012November 8, 2012

How to Select the Best Safari Experience

The chance to go on safari is a fun and exciting opportunity. It tugs at our heart strings, teases us with adventure, and can bring to mind visions of early explorers and naturalists cutting their way through lush jungle in the pursuit of new and exotic animals. While the realities of modern day …

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 2, 2012November 2, 2012

Polar Bears and Lunar Sunsets – Friday Travel Photo

There are moments while traveling that stay with you. When the magic of the experience infuses itself into the very essence of you who are. As I sat bundled beneath five layers of clothing, staring out the window of a …

Friday Photo GalleryOctober 26, 2012

Elephants Posturing – Friday Travel Photo

Two young males posturing and playing king of the mountain near a small watering hole during our Safari in South Luangwa while in Zambia with Shenton Safaris. There were three in total that took turns posturing, wra…

Friday Photo GalleryOctober 19, 2012

Lounging Lions – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo & Product Review

Lion cubs in just about any context are pretty adorable. After all, they're kinda like giant kittens and who doesn't like kittens? Well. A few lost, wayward souls seem to. Luckily for lion cubs, even most of the fol…

AfricaOctober 15, 2012October 15, 2012

Travel Fears: Squat Toilets and Spray Hoses

[caption id="attachment_2457" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Photo by David Berger[/caption] I began this series of posts with a piece exploring the topic of race. In the 2nd I tackled disease, HIV and hypochondria…