X

Get FREE Email Updates

Sign Up

Dave's Travel Corner

Seeing the World One Step at a Time

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Guides
  • Journals
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Links
  • Interviews
  • About

The Crimean Peace

December 21, 2006 by Alex WelshLeave a Comment

Known only perhaps for its 19-th century war with the English, Crimea remains largely unknown to the traveller. Yet there can't be that many places on the planet that are so multi-dimensional it makes your head spin. Populated by the mysterious Scythians, settled by the Greeks, taken over by the Roman Empire, overrun by the Goths, the Huns, the Khazars, expanded into by the first tzar of Kievan Rus, lost to the Byzantines, swept through by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Africa, Bahamas, Beach, Bus Travel, Caves, Crimea, Culture, Florence, History, Markets, Mediterranean, Resort, Russia, Spain, Train Travel, Visa, Wildlife

Smoke the Revolution

February 7, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

Havana, Cuba March 25, 2003 Dear Friends, Greetings from Cuba!! Just a couple of weeks before my departure to Havana, I could not have imagined soaking up the warm and humid trade winds here on this beautiful Caribbean Island. Instead I was entertaining thoughts of attending a Spanish course in Guatemala, when my old pal Jimmy Bentley called out of the blue to tell me he was looking for a nutcase to join him in defying the US embargo of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean · Tagged: Airport, Bahamas, Bangkok Thailand, Beer, California, Caribbean, Cuba, Culture, Drinking, Expatriate, Fishing, Florida, Food and Wine, History, Markets, Mexico, Museum, Restaurants, Spain, Taxi

Our Time in China

February 5, 2006 by Zoe GoetzLeave a Comment

The opening up of China is a stirring idea. A foreigner traveling alone today is privileged to see more of China than almost any Chinese has seen in his or her lifetime. I wondered what we could learn-traveling alone. Our images and ideas of China have surely been contradictory and distorted over time. In the years of the Cultural Revolution after 1966 tens of millions of Chinese had become the instruments of their own terror...a million were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, America, Asia, Bahamas, Bangkok Thailand, Beijing, Bus Travel, Canada, Cell Phone, China, Christmas, Coffee, Culture, Drinking, England, Fashion, Food and Wine, Garden, Hong Kong, Indiana

Key West, FL – Restaurants

by Dave · 1 Comment

To begin this section I would like to offer one of the more popular recipes for Key Lime Pie. This well-known pie is a specialty dessert of the Florida Keys. This particular recipe was taken from Key Kookin by the late great Glad Whitley. Ingredients: 4 eggs (separated) 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon gelatin (in 1/2 cup ice water) 1 half cup Key lime juice 1 half teaspoon salt Beat egg yolks until thick, add 1/2 cup … [Read more...]

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Follow @DaveDTC

Get FREE Email Updates  I

Categories

Latest Posts

  • The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony with Gr…
  • Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage with Hollan…
  • Al Dar Islands, Bahrain – July 2022
  • Discovering a new way to cruise with UnCruise Adve…
  • Roof Yoga SpaceWhat I Learned from an Ashram

Explore

  • Above the Clouds
  • Guides
  • Highlight of the Month
  • Interviews
  • Journals
  • Press Releases
  • Videos

Prepare

  • Book Reviews
  • Pack List
  • Quiz: Geography
  • Quiz: Travel
  • Tour Booking
  • Travel Insurance
  • Travel Products

Share

  • Contribute
  • Forums
  • Links
  • Photos

About

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Contributors
  • Email Dave
  • Media Coverage
  • Media Kit
Hi I'm Dave. After a life changing trip in 1996, I began this site as a creative outlet to educate, inspire and share travel experiences. Read more...
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube

Return to top of page
Copyright © 1996–2022 Dave's Travel Corner · All Rights Reserved · Log in

7ads6x98y