Travels

January 1, 2013

Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana (2013)

A Visit to Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, Including the History of the Jews of Suriname (2013) Suriname Some questions you may have about Suriname: Where […]
January 1, 2013

Bolivia (2013)

Journey to Bolivia: Moon Goddesses, Titicaca, Shamans, Floating Islands, the Original Copacabana, long-lost Cousins, and other Oddities After a wonderful visit to Peru, Fran and I […]
January 1, 2012

Tales of the South Pacific: The Marshall Islands and Tonga (2012)

Fran‘s Namesake City and The Almost-Absolute Monarchy The Marshall Islands We just had to go to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We hadn‘t been there, […]
January 1, 2012

North Korea: (2012)

Privileged Prisoners in “Alcatraz East”, How Fran Was Almost Arrested, and Other True Stories At the Pyongyang, North Korea, airport immigration counter, the unsmiling guard states: […]
January 1, 2007

Ethiopia: Baptism of the American Jews (2007)

We were quite excited to sign up for a two-week tour of Ethiopia. The land of the Queen of Sheba, Emperor Haile Selassie, and the Black […]
January 1, 2004

New Zealand: The Saga of the Milford Track (2004)

Greetings (or as son Kevin says in Kiwi-speak, “Kia Ora”), We’re back from Down Under and it was (in retrospect) an excellent trip. We started with […]
January 1, 1990

Over The Hindu Kush From China To Pakistan (1990)

We had been to the usual tourist destinations in China –the Great Wall, Shanghai, Xian, Guanjo (Canton)–and decided to skip them in order to fly to […]
January 1, 1979

New Guinea (1979)

New Guinea: The Anthropologist and Tribal Justice When Fran told her Uncle Art in 1979 that we were going to New Guinea, he couldn’t believe it. […]
January 1, 1971

Haiti Memoir (1971)

Haiti (1971): Baby Doc and the Empty Maternity Hospital Fran and I had our first two kids, Kevin and Kimara, now ages two and three, and […]