Milos, Greece; The Warrior Island

The recent darling of the Cyclades islands of Greece is Milos. All these years that the show ponies, Santorini and Mykonos, pranced and galloped for all the tourists to see, there was Milos quietly reveling in her volcanic ash and obsidian glory. To personify this...

Discovering the Greek Island of Spetses

It has been years since I went to the Saronic islands of Greece. Hydra, Aegina, Poros…with their charming ports and stately architecture. What about Spetses? It’s the sleepy island further down in the Saronic gulf. Intrigued by an article I read about how...

Cusco, Peru: An Altitude Adjustment

Cusco, Peru is the imperial city of the Incas….a world within a world of Peruvian splendor. Why is Cusco so unique? It’s because it holds its own attitude and pride among a country which has so many fascinating landmarks and history. Even without knowing...

Art Galleries Throughout Greece

Greece itself is like one big art gallery of beauty and expression. How could an artist not draw from the essence of the vistas and energy of Greece? From Athens to Kolonaki, Ionian islands to Aegean islands, the art galleries simply WOWED us. From the first day of...

Quilotoa Crater Lake in Ecuador

One of the most breathtaking landmarks in Ecuador is the Quilotoa Crater Lake in the Ecuadorian Andes. It’s always ironic to me how destructive volcanoes form such beautiful physical features and that’s what I found at Quilotoa. It’s a collapsed...