THE MAYA AND 2012; A NEW BEGINNING by Vicki Hoefling Andersen
Did the Maya actually predict December 21, 2012 would be a Doomsday/Apocalypse/End of Days? If we explore their obsession with, perception of, and knowledge about the Universe and Time, we can better understand what they believed to be simply a passage into the next cycle of time....more

RED AND WHITE SKIING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, by Lynn Rosen

When it comes to snow sports, British Columbia rocks! Make plans to visit Rossland’s Red Mountain Resort and its century-old-plus Winter Carnval, and an hour or so up the road, Nelson and Whitewater Resort, the Kootenays' and Monashees’ undiscovered jewels....more

LESSONS LEARNED at New Zealand's Milford Sound by Lee Juillerat
Lesson learned. For my second visit, I studied guidebooks and websites and made overnight reservations at the Milford Sound Lodge, which "Eyewitness Travel: New Zealand" unabashedly describes as, "Possibly the best located hostel in the world."...more

A STEAM ENGINE FOR CHRISTMAS by Sylvia Blishak

You think a trip to the gas station is expensive? What if you had to plunk down $6,000 worth of fuel for just one weekend? That's the cost the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF) faces wen it operates restored steam engine SP&S #700....more

BURNING MAN 2012, a photo essay by Larry Turner

Much has been said, written and photographed about this unusual event, both fact and fiction. Burning Man is indefinable. The best definition is to just experience this other-worldly magic....more

EAT STREET, RICHMOND, BC by Yvette Cardozo

We munched our way through half a dozen booths, starting with 'rotato.' This is potatoes cut on a machine into connected disks that are skewered on a stick, coated, fried and spiced. Ten spices to be exact. It's a meal by itself and very popular with....more

A JOURNEY TO NIZWA - OMAN'S HISTORIC CAPITAL TURNED INTO A TOURIST MECCA by Habeeb Salloum

“I can’t believe it! Today, we’ll be travelling into Arab history.” My daughter Muna was excited as we left our hotel, one of the top abodes in Muscat, the Sultinate of Oman’s spread-out capital....more

UPCOMING: A SNOWMOBILE SAFARI INTO THE REMOTE ARCTIC WILDERNESS OF NORTHERN CANADA

The Netsilingmiut, or “people of the seal”, are traditional people who have occupied this isolated area for centuries and have only recently had regular contact with the outside world....more