I visited Portugal at the beginning of March and spent two nights in the Azores and three in Lisbon. It was at the start of the global pandemic and the exact worst time to get on an international flight. On the morning of the first full day of the trip, I woke up to news…
Tag: Island
Shipwreck Island
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic. We visited in February of 2016, taking respite from the harsh cold of New England for one week. We criss-crossed the island, based in the capital city of Hamilton but taking day trips to St. George’s in the east, the original historic settlement on the…
Boriquén Colors
The photographs in this album were taken on a summer 2014 family trip to Puerto Rico, a US territory in the Caribbean. Based in San Juan, we walked around the historic and colorful Old San Juan and visited the Colonial Spanish fortresses Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal. We also embarked on…
Hiking… Aloha for the Soul
This month, I traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend the annual conference of the Society for American Archaeology. While on Oahu, I hiked from my hotel in Waikiki to the summit of Diamond Head crater, then walked the entire circumference of the volcano. I also visited Waimea Valley, and walked to Waimea Falls. Oahu The title…