Expedition into Cueva de los Tayos, Where Explorers Including Neil Armstrong Have Searched for the Legendary Golden Tablets with Alien Like Symbols

Expedition into Cueva de los Tayos, Where Explorers Including Neil Armstrong Have Searched for the Legendary Golden Tablets with Alien Like Symbols

by | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences, South America & Antarctica, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife

November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, “Let’s do this.”. According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas,...
10 Days in Afghanistan Under the Taliban as an American Tourist Visiting the Minaret of Jam and the Southern Pashtun Heartland

10 Days in Afghanistan Under the Taliban as an American Tourist Visiting the Minaret of Jam and the Southern Pashtun Heartland

by | Aug 27, 2022 | Asia, Expeditions, Most Dangerous Encounters, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Tribes/Unique Cultures

August 2022: After decades of conflict that have seen the majority of Afghanistan unsafe for exploration, the country is now relatively secure for travel. The Taliban insurgents that I avoided during past visits to Afghanistan because they wanted to kill me were now...
Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo

Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo

by | May 23, 2021 | Africa, Expeditions, Hiking Trips, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife, Weird Travel

Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo May 2021: I have always been fascinated with Central Africa’s vast, ancient forests that are shrouded in mystery with tribes that continue to believe in...
Venturing into the Northern Jungles of Htamanthi Reserve, Myanmar as One of the First Tourists to Obtain a Permit to Visit the Region

Venturing into the Northern Jungles of Htamanthi Reserve, Myanmar as One of the First Tourists to Obtain a Permit to Visit the Region

by | Mar 28, 2019 | Asia, Expeditions, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife

March 2019: As part of a larger 10-day trip that involved visiting Afghanistan, I also visited Myanmar for 4 days, a country that couldn’t be any different on the cultural spectrum.  This was my 3rd visit to Myanmar, one of my favorite countries in the...