My summer trip to France. We went everywhere! Mont San Michel, Paris, Lyon, Provence, and saw much, much more

This trip was a Christmas present of Kathrin's parents. Setting foot on such a massive and untamed volcano is an unforgettable experience. Faced with the sheer force of steam and lava, you soon realise how much mankind is dependant of the grace of mother nature. We did neither visit nor "conquer" White Island - it merely tolerated our presence.

Van tour with significant bushwalking stretches, Dec. 14-25, 2003.  Tasmania is a beautiful island of old growth forests, animals & plants found nowhere else on earth (including the Australian mainland), and friendly people.  My trip included a scenic small plane flight over (and landing briefly in) the roadless South West Wilderness.  Also a climb to the summit of CradleMountain, the island’s 5th highest peak.  This pre-GPS trip was recreated manually (painstakingly!).

Argentina tour, second stop, Dec. 27-29, 2006.  I lost a day's worth of GPS data (segments W & N of Ushuaia) and had to draw in the tracks and manually place pics in Tierra del Fuego Nat'l Park, but they should be pretty close.

While in Boston, the Freedom Trail was a must.  It is a great tour of all of the major significant historical landmarks the city has to offer, starting at Boston Common and ending at the resting place of the USS Constitution ("old ironsides" - America's oldest commissioned warship).  The weather was perfect for a walk through the city, and the city was beautiful.  We took a quick detour to see the Holocaust...more

One day trek in Khao Yai National Park, organised by Khao Yai Garden Lodge. We got to see a giant 'strangling tree', a leopard cat, elephants, gibbons, hornbils, a crocodile, the waterfall from the movie 'the beach', and beautiful views. Khao Yai is the oldest national park in Thailand, and one of the most beautiful. We had a great time.

A short hike with my colleagues to Dead Bat's Cave."The Dead Bats’ Cave belongs among the largest and most important high mountain caves in Slovakia. It is situated in the central part of the Low Tatras in the Ďumbier high mountain karst (1,750 m above the sea). The relatively small, deeply folded limestone massif of the Kozie Chrbty 2 km long and 300 m wide, contains a lot of passages inside spread over by now known 14...more

A must do sightseeing in the lower geysier basin of Yellowstones geysier area. Really impressive to see all the colors the mud pods and the steamfontains and geysiers

Visiting some friends and had time to check out the national park.