From the monthly archives: August 2010

Featured Photo: Closeup of glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

On August 31, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Postcards

Between 2003 and 2005, I cruised Alaska’s Inside Passage five times as a tour manager escorting groups aboard large cruise ships. One of the most stunning places on the itinerary was Glacier Bay National Park, where nearly a dozen tidewater glaciers – glaciers that have advanced far enough to reach the sea – calve icebergs [...]

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Featured Photo: Tranquil harbor in Ushuaia, Argentina

On August 24, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Postcards

I took this photo in November 2008 at the end of an expedition cruise at the southern tip of South America. After four days of sailing the Straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel, stopping at Cape Horn and other remote spots, we arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina, on the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego [...]

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La Serena sunset

Featured Photo: Sunset at La Serena, Chile

On August 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Postcards

In 1995, after graduating from college, I spent a month traveling through South America with two friends, starting in Buenos Aires, where one friend had lived the year before, and ending in Ecuador, where the other friend and I had studied. In Chile, we traveled north from Santiago to the coastal town of La Serena, [...]

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Featured Photo: Laughing iguana? Galapagos Islands

On August 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Postcards

Taken in January 2008. I was in the Galapagos Islands as the tour manager for a group from American Museum of Natural History Expeditions. We spent eight days cruising the Galapagos on a small expedition ship, stopping at various islands. This marine iguana was basking in the sun at Punta Suárez on Española (Hood) Island.

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Featured Photo: Women of the Red Hat Society, Seattle, Washington

On August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Postcards

Today’s photo comes from close to home: Seattle’s Pike Place Market, where one day last year (April 2009) I came across a group of women all dressed in purple and red. It turned out they were members of the Red Hat Society, ” a global society that connects, supports and encourages women in their pursuit [...]

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Featured Photo: Herding horses in the Gobi, Mongolia

On August 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Postcards

Taken in July 2008. I was in Mongolia as the tour manager for a National Geographic Expeditions trip that included a few days in the Gobi Desert. Horses are still essential to the Mongolian culture, and this horseman showed us how he uses the traditional Mongolian uurga, a loop of rope on a long [...]

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Featured Photo: Maiko (apprentice geisha), Kyoto, Japan

On August 6, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Postcards

In March 2007 I was in Japan to manage a tour and had a free day before the arrival of the group. As I was wandering through the old streets of Kyoto between the Gion district and the Kiyomizu Temple, I came across this maiko (apprentice geisha) entertaining a group of men. I snapped this [...]

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Featured Photo: Camel at the Giza Pyramids, Egypt

On August 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Postcards

Camel drivers gather on the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, offering rides to tourists through the Saharan sands, with the Pyramids in the background. It’s touristy but worth the experience. I was in Egypt this past April managing a tour for Smithsonian Journeys and arranged the camel ride at the Pyramids as a special treat for [...]

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