Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Captain Cook Memorial Museum* Grape Lane Whitby North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA, United Kingdom 01947 601900 * After having followed Captain Cook’s life from his place of death in Hawaii, and embarking on part of the 2012 circumnavigation of Australia this summer aboard the HMB Endeavour, I could think nothing better than to finish my summer [...]

The Dracula Experience* 9 Marine Parade North Yorkshire, Whitby YO21 1EA, United Kingdom * 01947 601 923 * How could one come to Whitby without thinking of Dracula? the home of Bram Stoker, without thinking about peeking one’s curious head into the “Dracula Experience”. Well, bother not. It’s a chain horror shop that can be [...]

Cork Butter MuseumO’ Connell Square, Shandon, Cork, Ireland+353 (0) 21 4300600 * www.corkbutter.museum One of the most intriguing and interesting museums in Cork is the Butter Museum. My fiancee was quick to take me up the hill to this unsual museum that covers the history of Ireland’s most important food export and the world’s largest [...]

HMB EndeavourEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia It was April of this year that I decided to investigate the footprints of the intriguing Captain James Cook and his round-the-world adventures. I signed up with Australian National Maritime Museum’s volunteer program to be a tour guide for the onboard museum while the HMB Endeavour was in port [...]

HMB EndeavourEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia HMB Endeavour * 1994 – Present * Australian Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia * http://www.anmm.gov.au/ * In honor of one of the world’s greatest explorers, Captain James Cook, and his ship the HMS Endeavor, a replica was started in 1988 to commemorate the Australian Bicentenary of European Settlement in Australia [...]

UFO Tower vortex and shrines The UFO Watchtower* 2502 County Road 61, Hooper, Colorado * $2/person or $5/car. * Open year round * www.ufowatchtower.com * 719-378-2296 * As we were driving back to Colorado Springs after a wonderful soaking weekend at the infamous clothing-optional Orient Land Trust hotsprings, we entered the “odd” strip of San [...]

Australian National Botanical Gardens * GPO Box 1777 * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory * 2601 * Australia * +61 2 6250 9599 * http://www.anbg.gov.au/ * In the heart of Australia’s Capital Territory and City of Canberra is the Nation’s most exquisite National Botanical Gardens. Radiating like a gem in the midland plains, this fabulous collection [...]

Michael Le Grand* http://www.artwhatson.com.au/cmag/sculpture * Canberra Gallery of Art* http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/ * Cnr. London Circuit and Civic Square, * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia Wandering around the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery I had the chance to view the sleek artwork of Michael Le Grand which is on exhibition at the CMAG from March through June [...]

Nolan CollectionCanberra Gallery of Art* http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/ http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/nolan/index.html * * Cnr. London Circuit and Civic Square, * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia Wandering into the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery i was able to enjoy 15 of the fine collections of Australia’s notable artist, Sidney Nolan. This was donated by Australia’s citizens and include some of [...]