Countries Visited
In just over 28 years I have been able to visit ALL of the world’s countries (197/197 U.N Countries & 250 Plus Total Territories/Countries). I have set foot in all seven continents, and I hope to continue exploring every hidden corner of this incredible planet. Click on a country below to see my related pages.
Travel Stories
Smiles, Wrestling and Bullets Flying Overhead While Camping with the Mundari Tribe of South Sudan
A Childhood Fascination Turned Reality: Visiting South Sudan’s Mundari Tribe November 2017: I first heard of South Sudan back in grade school, long before it became an independent country. Back...
A Visit to the Remote Animistic Batammariba Villages of Remote Northern Togo
A Journey to Togo: Discovering the Tammari People November 2017: My friend Richard and I traveled in our own vehicle with a driver through Togo as part of a larger West Africa adventure, which also...
Auckland and Exploring Wild Glow Worm Caves, New Zealand
September 2017: As part of a two-week journey across the South Pacific, my wife and I spent two days in New Zealand with one goal: to explore a wild glowworm cave. Rather than visiting a commercial...
Western Samoa Tales
September 2017: Paula and I planned a trip to Samoa, also known as Independent Western Samoa. Although it lies just 500 miles from American Samoa, a U.S. territory, Independent Samoa is its own...
Swimming with Humpback Whales in Eua Island and Getting to Know One of the Most Traditional South Pacific Island Nations
Swimming with Giants: Our Journey to Tonga In September 2017, my wife and I traveled to Tonga, the last Pacific kingdom still ruled by a king, for six days as part of a two-week journey that also...
Meeting the Brother of Pablo Escobar and Marching through the Swamps of Los Llanos Searching for Anacondas
May 2017: To celebrate my 40th birthday, I flew to Medellín, Colombia, with a few close friends—Johnny, Jimmie, Dan, and Frank. This was my second visit to Colombia- Colombian Cocaine Labs, Indians...
Staying with the Marsh Arabs of the Mesopotamian Marshes and Climbing the Ziggurat Sumerian Pyramid of Ancient Ur
About the Marsh ArabsThe Marsh Arabs of Iraq: A Vanishing Civilization March 2017: My introduction to Iraq came not through travel, but through the Gulf War when I was in junior high. I remember...
A 1940’s Era Bowling Alley in One of Africa’s Most Beautiful Cities-Asmara, Meeting Smiling Nomads and Exploring One of the Most Difficult Countries in the World to Visit,Eritrea
March 2017: Exploring Eritrea In March 2017, I spent four days in Eritrea with my friend Richard as part of a 10-day trip that also included southern Iraq. Eritrea was one of my last "Badland"...
Weekend Trip Down Along the Baja Sea of Cortez Coast
January 2017: We are blessed to have Baja and its two wild rugged coastlines along the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez in our backyard, just south of where we live in San Diego. So, Paula...
Dodging Charging Forest Elephants in One of Africa’s best Places to View Wildlife of the Equatorial Congo Rainforests-Gabon
November 2016: In pursuit of wildlife in Central Africa’s forests, and as part of a larger trip that included Equatorial Guinea-Camping for a Week with Scientists Studying Primates and Giant...