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One of the things I love about Hilo and Hawai'i are the many parks. People swim, picnic, fish, relax, play music, and barbecue in Hilo's parks. Here are some shots of Moku Ola and nearby Liliʻuokalani Gardens.
Dedicated in 1917, the 30-acre Liliʻuokalan… https://t.co/Z3WapMNWMp
Here's a look up California's Yosemite Valley. For the last 30 million years, glaciers have periodically filled much of the valley. In the foreground is Bridalveil Fall, while the park's most recognizable feature, the 87-million-year-old Half Dome, is in… https://t.co/K7mdibZedP
The Rondy Open World Championship Sled Dog Races took place last weekend with 3 days of racing. The race course goes up and back on the trail only a couple blocks from my home in Anchorage.
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Photo by @bohemiantraveler
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If you want white sand beaches, look elsewhere. This is Carlsmith Beach Park near Hilo, Hawaii. Definitely one of my favorite ‘beaches’ on the Big Island of Hawai’i.
At Carlsmith, lava rocks make the shoreline and a footpath leads into the lagoon. Ther… https://t.co/QAFzzraxZy
Be Pono. In Hawaiian, Pono means “goodness, uprightness, morality, correct or proper procedure, excellence, righteous, etc”
It looks like some people have touched the shell of this Honu (green sea turtle). This is a reminder that Honu are protected by l… https://t.co/vAnX9ZSKf2
Yesterday I posted photos of the typical views of Venice and today I'm showing you what the famed city looks like from some of the back streets and canals. I wandered to get myself lost in the quieter areas, away from the tourist center, to try to see mo… https://t.co/4beeKPhNt9
On a 2014 Eurail trip I wanted to stop over in Venice for a morning to try to find the "other" Venice, an alternative to the tourist-crushed historic center. By afternoon I managed to find both. Here are some of my newly edited photos of the touristy are… https://t.co/0uOuHwWxSe
Bouddha Stupa, or Boudhanath, is thought to be the biggest stupa in the world. It was damaged in the earthquake of 2015 but appears to have been really well repaired. It is located by the village of Sankhu, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the ancient trade route… https://t.co/f3n5oO0f4w
Meeting the sadhus of Kathmandu. The term sadhu refers to a mendicant, ascetic, or holy person within Hinduism who has renounced all earthly attachments with the unswerving objective of connecting to the Divine. The word comes from the Sanskrit root sadh… https://t.co/j6EiDeyVAN
Lucca is another on my list of cities in Italy that you should visit on your second trip to Italy (because you missed it on your first trip). Easily one of the most beautiful cities in Tuscany, Lucca has a well-preserved historic center with intact Renai… https://t.co/UQDXDpMI4h
Hiking the Nakasendō (Central Mountain Route), you'll pass through the small town of Tsumago. The Nakasendō was one of the routes that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 stations (staging posts) between Edo and Kyoto and Ts… https://t.co/j6OAMail56
Lille is a city in the northern part of France, located on the river Deûle, near the border with Belgium. Although only 235,000 live in the city limits, the metropolitan population has 1.5 million. Lille was chosen as a European Capital of Culture in 200… https://t.co/6JerMtsxVa
After our Greece Yoga & Bellydance Retreat in May, I spent two days on the Pelion Peninsula. The Pelion is a mountainous peninsula that juts off the east coast of central Greece. Its twenty-four villages retain traditional Pelion architecture and are bui… https://t.co/XLAFo16Pv9
The great thing about Italy is even after several trips across the country, you can still find first-rate cities that you haven’t explored.
This is Vicenza, a city in the Veneto Region with just over 100,000 residents located about an hour west of Venic… https://t.co/vK7hsf5kk4
Located outside the city center, the huge Gdańsk Shipyard is also the site of one of the city's most fascinating museums, The European Solidarity Centre.
The combined museum and library is devoted to the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade union and… https://t.co/5Vu73AiWP4