Dave's Travel Corner - Seeing the World One Step at a Time

Dave's Travel Corner

Seeing the World One Step at a Time

From the Outside In: My Reflections as a Non-Muslim Wearing the Burqa in Silicon Valley

My curiosity to try wearing the most conservative Muslim, black Burqa drapery in California overcame my dread that I would be found out by a Muslim who might eagerly approach me as any of us might do … [Read More]
Travel Writer’s Toys and Technology

The benefit of being a travel writer is that you can mix pleasure and work. If you love traveling and writing and moving - then your work is not really "work". In today's travel writing world - there … [Read More]
Undiscovered Brunei

Brunei Darussalam (meaning an Abode of Peace) is a country that one often cannot even locate on the world map. When I told friends I was coming to Brunei one said "oh, why don't you also visit India … [Read More]
Without An Address, You Can’t Go Home

When I lived in Las Vegas, my title at United Parcel Service was "Bad Address Clerk." Because Vegas is a town of drifters, grifters and shifters of identity, packages would continually go astray, … [Read More]
Hollywood’s Latest Studio Attraction

The Jeff Probst Show is one of the hottest tickets in Hollywood right now - and for good reason. While no stranger to television, this is five time Emmy award winner Jeff's first television talk show. … [Read More]
A slice of Venice in Oakland

I've lived in the Bay Area, in northern California, since I was a kid, but have rarely had a reason to visit Oakland over the years. Oakland often evokes images of a poverty ridden, perhaps even a … [Read More]
Yosemite

During our latest visit to "the park" in mid October, Yosemite Falls was flowing like in mid Spring. Sometimes you just get lucky! The shoulder seasons (early spring, mid to late fall) are excellent … [Read More]
The Power & Beauty of Sub Saharan Africa

Upon finalizing my flights to South Africa from Bangkok, I told a good friend who has traveled extensively in Africa that I would kiss the African soil for him. He replied, "Kiss Africa's ground for … [Read More]
Tuscan Delights

When I first married into a Tuscan family, I was stunned at the sheer number of butcher shops that stood under the elegant porticos in Greve-in-Chianti's gracious piazza. This tiny town in the middle … [Read More]
Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara is like a bright tapestry, woven from time, and enriched with the colors of history and culture. Some cities grow old and then slowly die. Santa Barbara never grows old, just more … [Read More]
Exploring the Diversity of Hawaii’s Big Island

We boarded the plane leaving for Kona behind a clean cut well-dressed businessman toting a RollAboard with a book tucked in tightly in the back. Only one word of the title showed, "sex" and this … [Read More]
Exploring Bermuda, an Introduction to the Island

Getting Here There are nonstop flights to Hamilton from a number of cities along the east coast of the USA as well as London Gatwick. It is surprisingly a short flight from many major metropolitan … [Read More]
Car + Vacation, Volvo Factory Tour, Gothenburg Sweden

Recently I was in Sweden to help promote Volvo's Car + Vacation program for overseas car buyers - sponsored by Volvo, Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourism and Skåne Tourism. This was an appropriate trip … [Read More]
Visiting Trinidad in the West Indies: Short Notes

Flights to the Island arrive at POS (not the most politically correct airport code in the world) but it stands for Port of Spain. On a good day (without traffic) it takes about 30 minutes from the … [Read More]
Exploring Local Agritourism in Southern Sweden

The region of Skåne is Sweden's "breadbasket", a landscape filled with agriculture, both rolling hills and flatlands and is surrounded by the Baltic Sea on three sides. Entry to this region is easy - … [Read More]