I’m on a short tour in the Papua New Guinea Highlands I‘ve dutifully attended various cultural demonstrations of Traditional Highland Customs. These included things like the Huli Wigmen who use spells to grow out their hair and then make ritual wigs from it; the ghostly Mudmen who wear heavy clay masks to scare off enemies; […]
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Papua New Guinea Highlands
July 25, 2024
Australia Zoo Encounters
July 19, 2024
I’ve been visiting Australia Zoo (aka Steve Irwin’s Zoo) near Brisbane. I’d arranged three interactive Animal Encounters. Naughty Wombat Encounter Elle the wombat was cool, and happy to be patted, but she also made it very clear she was only in it for the snacks, and dragged her keeper off as soon as all the […]
Bhutan: Royal Takin Preserve
March 27, 2024
I’m in Thimphu, Bhutan, where I’ve been visiting the Royal Takin Preserve. Takin are strange looking creatures. As every Bhutanese child knows, they were created centuries ago by Drukpa Kunley (aka the Divine Madman) who glued the head of a goat to the body of a cow. A fine combination to be sure! Wild Takin […]
Berlin: Ritter Sport World of Chocolate
November 16, 2023
Beautiful Berlin! City of Culture, Museums, Galleries, and … “Ritter Sport Colorful World of Chocolate“! This is the flagship store of the Ritter Sport Chocolate Empire. Unlike the Lindt Home of Chocolate in Zurich, it doesn’t have a museum, but it does have a delicious all-you-can eat chocolate fountain. And the store sells the full […]
Zurich: Lindt Home of Chocolate
November 8, 2023
Why visit Zurich? Well, there’s lots of historic sights and then … there’s Lindt’s “Home of Chocolate“. A museum and homage to chocolate, with an all-you-can-eat tasting bar. Yes, really! I survived my visit. But it was a close run thing. I hadn’t realized there would be three all-you-can-eat chocolate tasting areas. The museum also […]
Tianjin: The Kiev
September 12, 2023
I’m in Tianjin, China, visiting the Kiev, a legendary 1970s Soviet aircraft carrier. Once the pride of the Soviet fleet, it was sold off in 1996 and is now a Chinese Theme Park. 😞 At 45,000 tons and 273m long, it’s a little smaller than the USS Midway, which I visited in San Diego a […]
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