Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and La Paz are some of the world’s most famous and intriguing cities. And the beaches, but don’t forget about the adrenaline adventures…
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Meeting Marzipan Men and Hanseatic Sailors in Lübeck, Germany
Designated a free imperial city in 1226, it became the capital of the Hanseatic League, a powerful confederation of 200 city-states banded together against pirates and warring nations to protect their trade in the Baltic.
Not My America – A Stranger in My Strange Land by Christopher Damitio
Not My America A Stranger in My Strange Land by Christopher Damitio Here’s the link to a PDF version so you can download and share it (It has page numbers and a table of contents and is the recommended way to read the book but the entire book is also below): https://vagobond.com/notmyamerica.pdf Lots of people…
The Week in Review for July 19, 2020
This is my weekly update for the week ending July 19, 2020. I’m sure I missed a lot of important stories so please feel free to comment on them below. Global Covid 19 Cases: 14,495,636 Global Covid 19 Deaths: 606,474 37,377 newly dead, this is an average of 5,340 per day up from 4869 last…
Yodeling Vagabond in the Alps – Tour of Mont Blanc
The price for a cot was unfit for the vagabonds who they purported to attract, so I slept on a bench in a little hut by the train tracks on my ragged blue mat.
Fireworks, Bulls & Pirates – Another Explosive Event in San Sebastian
For the San Sebastian locals, Semana Grande is the highlight of their cultural calendar and seemingly every resident will don costumes and take to the streets to party on each day.
Truckhenge Quirky Folk Art in Topeka, Kansas
Phrases such as , “Rise Up” is on one truck, and “Freedom Isn’t Lost” is on another. A school bus is buried nose-down in front of a ragged concrete tombstone titled, “Truth.” Art? Dissention? Standoff?
News Roundup for Week ending July 12, 2020
This is my weekly news roundup for the week of 7/12/20/ World Covid Cases: 12,925,331 World Covid Deaths: 569,097 (34084 newly dead – 4,869/day – from 4639 last week) : US. Covid Cases: 3,380,429 US Covid Deaths: 137576 (5189 newly dead – 741 deaths per day from 597 last week) This felt like…
The Eagle Hunters of Mongolia – Photo Essay by Dave Stamboulis
Photo Essay: The Kazakh Eagle Hunters of Central Mongolia
The Kazakh Eagle Hunters of Western Mongolia
All I can hear from my perch, other than the wind, is the beating of wings, coming from a large golden eagle who sits beside me, scanning the horizon for prey.