Tasmanian Wildfire
On January 3, Prescott and I woke up to a sky that looked like this: It was hot as blazes and windy, but we figured that a hike in the […]
Tag Archives: Parks
Going to the River Styx
The westerns and south central sections of Tasmania offered us far more eerie and unexpected scenery than we expected. This is the part of the country where you can best […]
Cradle Mountain: 3 Hikes
Prescott and I have fallen in love with Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park. This is one of the most popular parks in Tasmania, and with good reason — you’re […]
Tramping Through Tampines
The area of northeastern Singapore known as Tampines — now a major Regional Centre (read: giant suburb) — was once little more than a twine of mangroves, mudflats, and swamp […]
Here There Be A Dragon
Singapore has more playgrounds that I can count — given that over 80% of the population lives in government housing, and all of the housing buildings (HDBs) have playgrounds nearby, […]
Have a Nice Home!
Roughly 85% of Singapore’s population lives in government housing called HDB (“Housing and Development Board) flats, which usually come in the shape of big blocky towers that look something like […]
Happy Labour Day!
Singapore celebrates Labour Day on May 1. This public holiday was started in 1960 just after the rise to power of the People’s Action Party (still the ruling party on […]
NZ’s Oldest National Park
After a frustrating Airbnb experience — at 7:00pm, the host at the Forgotten World Motel, where we had made a reservation, told us that she had given our room away […]
Hot Stuff
We spent a full day in and around Rotorua, the heart of geothermal activity in New Zealand. Think hot springs, geysers, bubbling mud, and the smell of sulfur in the […]
Where the Puritans Sailed
I had a conference in Boston several weeks ago, so I made the long trip across several oceans to spend a week in the great state of Massachusetts. This gave […]
