[return to main travel page] As I can't always capture a photograph that best describes a place I've visited or the mood I've experienced, my journals somewhat make up for the difference. These are my travel journals from my trips abroad. Enjoy! South America South America travel blog Nepal To Kathmandu and Beyond Diesel and Cigarettes Bargaining Fake Trekking Gear Diesel Chicken Trek 1: If I Don't Come Back, You Can Have My Pension Motorcycle Diary I Predict a Riot Zero to Nine Courses in 24 Hours 5 Funeral Theatre Turkey Off to Turkey! Welcome to Istanbul! How Bazaar. When in Rome... Discovering a Hidden Gem. Bodrum-Marmaris-Rhodes Kayakoy - Population (0) Flying Over the Blue Lagoon The Blue Voyage Cappadocia - Possibly The Coolest Place on Earth Freeriding Cappadocia A Surreal Day Turkish Student for a Day Southeast Turkey, Kurds, and Sanliurfa Glorious Urfa Harran Konya-Ankara Return to Istanbul Central and Eastern Europe Leaving on a Jet Plane London and Bath: The Whirlwind Tour Trieste: Gateway to the Balkans Split: Welcome to the Dalmatian Coast Dubrovnik: Paradise on Earth One Great Day in the Croatian Islands Youthful Ljubljana: Cool, Charming, and Cosmopolitan Alive and Well in Budapest Butt Naked in Budapest Cheap Thrills in Krakow Auschwitz Birkenau Zakopane - The Great Escape! Prague - Bohemia for Tourists Praha, The Revenge Chasing Dreams in Cesky Krumlov Cesky Krumlov - The Haunting The Road to Vienna Vienna - Cultural Capital of the World Viennese Operamania! Bratislava - Communist's Paradise Salzburg - The Sound of Music Good Times in Munich Trip Tips Western Europe In Europe! Leaving Paris! Switzerland and Florence! Adventures in Italy! Stories from the French Riviera and Barcelona! Spanish Stories! Amsterdam--! Eastern Germany! Paris - Le Sequel! Belgium! Belgium - Ypres and The Great War Final Departure!