From the very first time I saw photos of the pure white cliffs and sparkling blue waters of Pamukkale I was entranced and knew I had to visit someday. That…
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Photo of the Day
I love taking photos and years ago I found myself with all these awesome photos that I wasn’t sharing. That is when I descided I needed to have a photo of the day and feature a new photo every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Below you can see each photo of the day in blog form, but you can also see it as a gallery on Instagram. Make sure you follow me while you are there so you do not miss any photos in the future.
I had the fortune to visit Ephesus in late September with Melek and it did not disappoint. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of modern day Turkey…
During my visit to Latvia two months ago, I took time from exploring Riga to go hike through the Great Ķemeri Moorland. This giant raised bog area has small pools…
Yesterday I told you about Duke of Courland Ernst Johann von Biron primary residence at Jelgava Palace and how it was turned into a university. Well today I want to…
In late August I was in Riga, Latvia and decided to rent a car and see a few sites outside the capital. The first place I wanted to see was…
On August 21st I got up to catch a 7:15 bus from Parnu to Munalaid to get on the 8:30 ferry out to a small island off the Estonian coast…
The last two days I have written about the day I spent on Saaremaa Island back in mid August during my trip around Estonia. I also told you how I…
Yesterday I told you all about my visit back in mid August to Hermann Castle, which sits right inside Estonia next to the Russian border. While I was going through…
After leaving Lahemaa National Park in mid August, I drove across the north part of Estonia to visit Hermann Castle in Narva, which sits right on the board with Russia….
On Friday I wrote about my time hiking through the Viru Bogs in the southwestern part of the Lahemaa National Park. What I did not write was that during the…
Lahemaa National Park was established in 1971 and is one of the main tourist draws in Estonia. The name roughly translates as “Land of Bays” because the large park is…
It turns out you can rather easily. Remember back in Nida, Lithuania I met a Finnish and Kiwi couple? Well the Finn invited me to take a ferry over to…
The cathedral sits on an island in the middle of Kaliningrad’s historic center. Today all the island has is the cathedral and a large park, but in the past the…
The Museum Bunker is a museum at the former headquarters of the local German command during the battle to capture the city at the end of World War 2. The…
Given that 90% of all amber in the world comes from Kaliningrad it is only fitting there is a museum dedicated to the gem. The museum is located with in…
Having caught up on sleep from the long flight over to Kaliningrad, Russia I was ready to get out and explore the city. I had a basic understanding of the…
On August 2nd I landed in Kaliningrad, which is a little section of Russia separated from the main land by Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north, plus…
Today’s “photo of the day” is from the nutmeg factory my dad and I visited during our day tour with Cutty that I have been writting about. I really wanted…
There are two airports on the tiny island nation of Grenada? Yes…..and no. Haha. There are two airports on the island, but Maurice Bishop International Airport is the only active…
Grand Etang Lake is a body of water in the crater of an extinct volcano. It is located in the rain forest highlands found in the center of Grenada at…
Today is the second entry from the day tour my dad and I did with Cutty (phone #473-407-5153) and I am talking about the mona monkeys found on Grenada. The…
When my dad came to visit and spend time on the boat in Grenada I took him on a day long tour of the island with Cutty (phone # 473-407-5153),…
After sailing to Blue Lagoon on St Vincent to drop off the couple who sailed down from Nevis and explored Mustique Island with me, turn the boat around, and pick…
This is one of the few photos I have with the Guiding Light in front of the setting sun, since I am either on the boat at sunset or in…
Those that have been reading the last several blogs you know that I am describing my time on Mustique Island and also that I hurt my back 4-5 days before….
Yesterday I told you about the private island of Mustique, what the rules to visit are, and how much we loved hanging out there for three days. Today I am…
That is a super easy answer….the hot springs!!!! On the outskirts of Charlestown (to the west) you will find a natural hot spring. This spring was once a huge tourist…
As I walk around Charlestown on Nevis admiring the architecture, that I wrote about yesterday, I started noticing all the murals painted around town. The one using the name Nevis…
If you have ever cruised St Kitts you know that there is a lack of good anchorages, but White House Bay is a shining exception. This bay offers protection in…
Maho Beach is unique because the end of the international airport is only a hundred feet away from the water’s edge and planes that are landing are less than a…
Rockland Estate Adventures is found in the middle of the Dutch side of St Martin and has four different ways to find your adrenaline rush. First is the chair lift…
If you are ever on St Martin and find yourself driving along A.J.C Brouwer Road, which connects Phillipsburg and the Simpson Bay Lagoon area, make sure you pull over at…
Crossing from the French side to the Dutch side of St Martin is as simple as driving down the road. The only way you even know you crossed over is…
Anse Marcel is a little bay on the northeast corner of St Martin that offers boaters a little getaway on a busy boating island. The anchorage is fairly protected, but…
As I was driving back down Pic Paradis mountain that I wrote about yesterday, I saw a platform in a tree with a monkey bridge connecting it to another tree….
Pic Paradis is the tallest point on the island of St Martin, but is a bit out of the way from what everyone visiting the island does. To get there…
While the Dutch side of St Martin has experienced the most growth, the French side has been able to keep the French Caribbean charm that lured so many in the…
A mile away from Ile Pinel is Tintemarre Island. Both small islands are off the east coast of the French side of St Martin. They both have wonderful beaches, but…
As I was telling you yesterday, Ile Pinel has dozens on iguanas on it and they all scurry down from the rocks and onto the beach area whenever someone starts…
Oyster Pond, on the east coast of St Martin, has a tricky entrance and is on a lee shore. Once you get inside the bay it is flat calm and…
Earlier this week I wrote about walking to Fort Amsterdam and how I did not think it was worth the effort. Well what is worth the effort is to take…
During my dinghy tour of Simpson Lagoon on St Martin that I told you about yesterday I came across this old pirate ship anchored in the middle of the large…
After leaving Red Hook in St Thomas at noon in mid May I motored across the Anegada Passage after reaching the southern tip of Virgin Gorda. The trip across was…
Last week I wrote about my plans to spend the rest of this season and next season in the Leeward and Windward Islands. The day I was dropping off my…
Months ago my friend found a little waterproof camera floating by his boat. He picked it up and found no photos on it to help determine who it needed to…
Great Tobago Island is a small island laying 4-5 miles west of Jost Van Dyke and north of St John. With is you will find Little Tobago Island, Cable Rock…
Several months ago I had a great group of older guest that wanted nothing more than to sail and snorkel. The best part is they want to do all the…
Over on Water Island in the USVI they show movies on the beach every Monday night during the cruising season. Heidi’s Honeymoon Grill puts this on by stringing a giant…
Before these blogs follow me down island, I wanted to catch up on a few places I visited this year in the Virgin Islands. The first one is Culebra. This…
So this is going to be my last blog about my road trip through California and Arizona and I want to spend it letting you know how amazing of a…
Chiricahua National Monument is a unit within the National Parks System located 36 miles southeast of Willcox, AZ. The highlight within Chiricahua National Monument is the hundreds of column rock…
Fort Bowie National Historic Site is the site of Fort Bowie, which was built in 1862 in order to secure Apache Pass and Springs. It sits in the southeast corner…
I hope you enjoyed reading about Saguro National Park yesterday and learned a lot about those giants like I did. Today’s “photo of the day” is one last photo from…
Think about the southwest right now. What is the first thing that comes to mind? I bet it is a desert scene with a very tall cactus having two arms…
But you do not want to get to close, because it is a cactus after all. Haha. What do you think of it? I found these giants to be amazing…
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is the only place you will find the cactus called organ pipe in the USA, because this is the northern limit of it habitat. They…
Tonto National Monument is in the Superstition Mountains of central Arizona. The area lies on the northeastern edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, an arid habitat with annual rainfall of…
Today’s “photo of the day” is about as Arizona as I could find. I loved everything about this scene and knew it would make a great photo. I hope you…
Prickly pears are actually really tasty, but you have to watch out for the little cactus stickers. I found this patch of fruiting cactus outside Casa Grande, which I will…
Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona. It is located slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam,…
On Tuesday I wrote all about my time at Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona near Page and today I want ot share another photo that really shows off the colors,…
On Tuesday I shared my experience at Grand Canyon with you and today I am writing about a canyon in the opposite extreme. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon outside…
I hope you read my blog yesterday about the Grand Canyon. If you did then you will remember me saying that no amount of words or pictures will prepare someone…
Did you enjoy reading about the northern half of Joshua Tree National Park, which rests in the Mojave desert? What about all the “photos of the day” I have shared?…
Joshua Tree National Park is on the eastern part of southern California and sits at the junction of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. The Mojave desert is the higher of…
As I was hiking to Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park I came across this cool old car just sitting in the desert. I am not sure of the…
The view from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is pretty darn stunning and it would be hard to find a better resting spot for President & First Lady Reagan. In…
Who wouldn’t want to walk through the plane that carries the President of the United States? I know I was super excited about it when I fould out how to…
Just look at today’s “photo of the day”! How can it not be a good day if you are riding a rollercoaster on a wooden pier in the southern California…
The scene they have created at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles really gives you an idea of what it might have been like during the last Ice…
Those tusks are at least eight feet long and the skull would take two hands to pick up. Any idea where this is from? On Tuesday I will tell you,…
To be honest, there are not a lot of options :). Due to the amazing size of these trees all the NPS could really do is cut a section out…
Yesterday I wrote all about Sequoia National Park and gave you highlights to look for and a few tips. I also had a photo of the outside of Fallen Monarch,…
Even though I did not know about Kings Canyon National Park until I arrived at the entrance to Sequoia NP, because both are administered together, I loved it. I can…
Over the last several days I have written about Yosemite National Park and the Mariposa Grove of sequoia trees at the south end of the park. this is just the…
This great view is looking down the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan on the left. After visiting Yosemite I understand why so many people are drawn to it. If you…
You might be wondering if I ever get tired of amazing sunsets since I see them so often down here in the Caribbean. the answer is an easy NO WAY….
I love when my guest have a great time aboard the Guiding Light. Here is a picture of two of them recreating a Corona commercial that was too good not…
Yesterday I wrote all about the Roservelt Island cable tram that goes over the East River and today I want to share my favorite photo of it coming down to…
That is right. There is a great brass sculpture of Alice in Wonderland that sculptured in 1959 by José de Creeft. It sits just inside the park near East 74th…
What I find the most amazing thing about Central Park in New York City is how it is the most featured film location in the world and yet when you…
While the displays at teh New York City Natural History Museum might seem a little dated now a days I was amazed how real life they were about to get…
While I was looking down on the city for some of the buildings I visited I was mezmerized by how many wooden water tanks I saw. They are on every…
Since I first saw the New York Public Library in the movie Ghostbusters I have been amazed at the beauty of the building. After visiting it I found the building…
Today’s photo of the day is a shot down the alley way to the courtyard and front of 30 Rock, the tallest building in the Rockefeller Center. Yesterday I wrote…
Check out the deck of the USS Intrepid filled with historic military planes and helicopters. I have wanted to visit this air & space museum since my first trip to…
What an experience it was to walk across the Brooklyn Brige in New York City. To walk the same path that people have used for over 125 years. To view…
While touring New York city last September I found an appropriate sized ice cream cone. 🙂 It was located in Little Italy outside Ferrarra Bakery. Now this is an ice…
Yesterday I wrote all about riding the Staten Island Ferry and how much fun I had. The main reason I originally rode the ferry is for the view of the…
Yesterday I finished writing about visiting every building in America that use to have the title of tallest in the world by writting about the World Trade Center memorial. What…
Since the World Trade Center was once the tallest building in the world I visit the memorial site as part of my tour to see all the building in the…
You read that correctly. Today’s photo of the day is taken from the main observation deck at the top of building, but there is another one at the top of…
I am on a quest to see buildings that were deemed the tallest in the world at one time. Yesterday I wrote all about Philadelphia City Hall and tomorrow I…
Two months ago I had guest that did not show up until 5pm, so we chose to spend the first night on the dock instead of rushing around. Well one…
On Sunday I told you how my guest and I did a pre-dawn hike from Salt Pond Bay out to Ram Head in order to see the sunrise. Well, here…
Here are some of the turks head cactus I told you about yesterday. You will find these all over Ram Head if you hike to the southern most point on…
Do you remember last month when I wrote about swimming with the dolphins? Well during the time I was in the water I handed my camera to my friend driving…
One of my guest took this great photo with her new phone and man was I blown away. I can not believe how well it brought in the light. No…
Tomorrow I am going to tell you all about the hike I did with a family up to the top of Jost Van Dyke’s hilltop, but today I wanted to…
Aren’t these two dolphins beautiful? I still can’t get over how much I enjoyed swimming for half an hour with them. I wrote all about this experience yesterday, so I…
What can make getting a deliscious pizza in paradise even better? How about the same pie with dolphins swimming around the boat? That is exactly what happened a while back…
Today is going to be my last post about Trinidad for a while and I could find no other photo that summed it up more than seeing a flock of…
We are going to finish off the week with another shot inside the cave on Gaspar island, which is just off Trinidad. If you have not already you should check…
The very best part of the short tour we took over to Gaspar Island, across the bay from Chaguaramas in Trinidad, was going into a cave and finding this amazing pond….
As we were touring the Caroni Swamp in a local flat boat we keep getting closer and closer to a flock of flamingos. Turns out were could get this close…
I love how this photo has the rainbow coming down in the middle of a flock of flamingos in the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad with the national bird, Scarlet Ibis,…
Did you like the Asa Wright Bird Center yesterday? Well remember the little creek they damned up years ago to form a bathing hole? All around it are these little…
I found these hummingbirds at the Asa Wright bird center up in the mountains of Trinidad. I must have spent 15 minutes and 50 photos to get some that I…
Yesterday I introduced you to Jesse James, who is the best tour guide in Trinidad. On Sunday I will tell you about one of the tours he took us on…
Yesterday I told you all about the Magnificent Seven, which are some incredible houses build in the middle of Port Of Spain, the capital of Trinidad, during the beginning of…
If I was to look at the attached photo I would guess Charleston, South Carolina. Would you? Well it turns out that in the middle of Port Of Spain there…
Yesterday I wrote all about the Port Of Spain zoo. Well right next to it is a free botantical garden and this purple flowered tree was my favorite in a…
Tomorrow I am going to share the story of our time at the Port Of Spain zoo, but check out this lama. Wow! I told the zoo keeper feeding them…
We are done exploring the leper colony over at Chacachacare, which is west of the north end of Trinidad. I hope you found it as fascinating as I did. Today makes…
As I was sailing between the Tridad islands west of the north coast I went right through a whole flock of pelicans. I love seeing these guys fly out at…
Yesterday I wrote about the leper colony found on the north side of the large bay at Chacachacare, which is 5 miles west of Trindad’s north coast. Well as we were…
Have you even visited a real life leper colony? Well in Trinidad there is an island called Chacachacare that had a huge leper colony up until 1984 when it was abandonded….
Merry Christmas to each and everyone one of you. I hope you have a fantstic holiday and is filled with lots of snow!!!! Once you are tired of the snow…
These are two of my guest this week. They were here five years ago with his parents, when they were high school sweethearts. Now they are about to graduate college….
My guest this week brought a Lensball with her so we could play with the photography opportunities. Oh my goodness, is it fun and boy does it take some stunning…
Sometimes it is hard to get into the Chrismas spirit in the Caribbean due to the lack of pine trees, cold, and snow. BUT at the same time is is…
Haha. That is a very fair question and the answer is simple…..I liked it! I know it has nothing to do with travel or sailing, but I was able to…
I was looking through some of the photos I had not used as “Photos Of The Day” and found this gem of Argyle Waterfall in the middle of Tobago. Steve…
These three kids of a family I had on charter had a blast riding on the bow of the boat. It did not matter if we were sailing or motoring,…
Last Tuesday I wrote about my dad and I sailing across the Caribbean Sea and on Thursday I wrote about a little sand bar out in the middle of nowhere….
I have to tell you that it is hard to have a bad day when you have sunrises like this one!!!!! Have you read about our crossing of the Caribbean…
Yesterday I wrote how my dad joined me as we sailed across the Caribbean Sea direct from Grenada to Puerto Rico. On the way we sailed by Aves Island and…
As I told you yesterday, when I was writing all about Green Hill Waterfall, I got hurt bringing you today’s photo of the day. The entire time I was sliding…
Yesterday I wrote all about exploring Hillsborough Dam and today I want to use my favorite angle as the photo of the day. What do you think of the photo?…
Yesterday I told you how Steve and I got a hour long tour to a waterfall that we did not even know about. It was total luck that we found…
I bet almost no one goes and sees it. Just like we did on Nutmeg Grove that I wrote about yesterday, we happen to stumble apon this amazing waterfall. You…
Check out this historic watermill that was used on this old plantation! I think it is beautiful even in such a dilapidated state. Can you see how almost half the…
Yesterday I told you how Store Bay is one of the best anchorages on Tobago and what all there is to do there. I also told you I would talk…
Yesterday I told you all about Englishman Bay on Tobago, but I saved the best photo to use as today’s photo of the day. To me there is nothing this…
Unfortunately the angle of the photo makes it look more protected than reality. With that said it does provide good protection in normal weather, but not what you would want…
As I told you yesterday, Argyle waterfall is the most famous waterfall in Tobago. I had so much fun climbing up the first 10 level of this amazing waterfall. Today…
Check out the view as we look up Argyle Waterfall. This is the third level and I am told there are 40 total. How cool is that? On Sunday I will…
Yesterday I told you how the movie Swiss Family Robinson was filmed on Tobago almost 60 years ago. Well I can tell you that except for a few of the…
When I was at Genesis Nature Park and I got to see some awesome animals. I wrote all about how Michael had turned his front yard into a combination zoo…
I am not quoting Al Pacino in Scarface here (ok I was referencing him though), because I really do want to introduce you to this really cool tortoise I saw…
I really can’t get enough of the fort overlooking Scarborough. Everywhere I looked I found another amazing scene. This one is looking south from the fort and I love the…
Yesterday I took you on a tour through Fort King George overlooking the capital of Tobago, but what I did not tell you was how photogenic it is. As I…
Check out the view from Fort King George overlooking Tobago’s capital of Scarborough. This is one of the be senic overlooks to view town and the deep water harbor. From…
Tomorrow I am going to explore Scarbarough with you, but I loved my time on Little Tobago so much I wanted to share another photo. This one is of the…
Tobago Island in the southern Caribbean has several awesome nature reserves, but one of my favorites was at Little Tobago Island off northeast coast about 2 miles. Here you will…
Yesterday I wrote how Steve and I sailed overnight from Grenada to Tobago. Once we were checked into the country the first thing we did was take public transportation in…
I know this is the not the most eye catching photo ever, but the excitement and inspiration the moment I took it cause me is beyond words. Steve and I…
Today’s photo of the day is of my guest relaxing in the hammock at Phare Blue Marina, while their kids are off running around having fun. I wrote all about this…
Haha. Nope, but today’s photo of the day is me jumping from a post a marina put up to look like the crows nest of a sunken pirate ship. Let…
Yesterday I told you about the amazing trip I did to see leatherback turtles lay eggs. Did you read it? Well you should because it was an amazing adventure that…
Over the last week and a half I have been sharing different aspects of our island tour with Cutty. While we loved all of it the last thing we saw…
The last couple days we have been exploring the Three Rivers Rum factory in Grenada and I bet you are wondering what happens to all that sugar cane after the…
Check out all the sugar cane in the fore ground of today’s photo of the day. This is going up the conveyer belt and into a crusher (in the back…
The reason I love today’s photo of the day so much is that this machete sharpener reminds me of my granddad’s farm. He had an ax sharpener similiar to this…
Today’s photo of the day is from the Belmont Estate in northeast Grenada. Here you can see a huge rack of coco seeds drying in the sun. This is just…
Grenada has some very well know beaches, but it also has some fantastic unknown beaches. Today’s photo of the day is one of those unknown beaches. What do you think…
Did you get the pun from above? Because the photo is of cannons that shoot. haha 🙂 Yesterday I share the history of the fort overlooking the entrance to the…
I loved writing about the underwater scupture garden in Grenada yesterday and I hope you enjoyed reading about it. In my opinion, it is the best site in Grenada and…
Last week I post a photo of the day of my favorite underwater sculpture in Grenada and told you I would write all about this amazing site this week. That…
Grenada has a wonderful and fairly famous underwater sculpture garden, which I will write about extensively next week. Today I want to use my favorite of the sculptures and feature…
I hope you did not mind the interruption of our cruise through the Windward Islands with a few blogs about the Bahamas over the last several days. Tomorrow I hope…
Yesterday I wrote about how awesome Sandy Island, off of Carriacou in the southern part of the Grenadines, was and how we ended up spending the night moored off the…
Tomorrow I am going to write all about the tiny island off Carriacou called Sandy Island. This little sandbar offered so much more than we expected and we spent the…
On the hills high above Hillsborough on Carriacou Island in the Grenadines there is a hundred year old hospital and it has two cannons at the view point. From here…
I will be writing about Hillborough later this week with all the sights we saw and how wonderful the little town was, but today I want to focus on one…
I was sitting on a beach on Carriacou Island after checking into the country of Grenada and saw this local fisherman heading out to fish. I thought it was a…
Well….actually we enjoyed the well. Haha see what I did there? Today’s photo of the day is of a well. 🙂 In all seriousness Sparrow’s Beach Resort was a fantastic…
Tomorrow I am going to tell you how Steve and I had all kinds of intentions to hike all the way around Union Island. There was just two thing stopping…
Frigate Island is a little island full of birds and other animals that sits off of the southern coast of Union Island in the Grenadines. It is now connected to…
Yesterday I told you all about the Tobago Cays and how they are protected by the World’s End Reef. I also told you that you can go between the reef…
Petit Bateau Cay is in the Tobago Cays and on this little locals put together some amazing beach BBQs for charter and cruising boats. They have even built a community…
Today the blogs are moving from Canouan to Mayreau in the Grenadines and today’s photo of the day seems as close to perfection in the islands as I have found in…
Today’s ‘photo of the day” is the perfect way to end our time on Canouan in the Grenadines…..especially after Steveand I were attacked just minutes before. Come back tomorrow and…
Today’s photo of the day is a great sunset we watched from a resturant called Mac’s on the Belmont Walkway in the middle of Bequia in the Grenadines. We loved…
Well I have good news for you. The Old Fort on Bequia has been turned into a fantastic little resort. I will write all about it in two days and…
I saw this wind indicator at the Old Fort on Bequia, which I will tell you all about on Sunday. I just loved how it had a a ship on…
The pseudosphinx tetrio is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. Its common names include tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, and plumeria caterpillar. In the island of…
This guy let me get really close and take today’s photo of the day. He is a resident at the Old Hegg Tutle Sanctuary on Beguia in the Grenadines. On…
Check out how into the 4th of July some of my guest got a few years ago. Do you love it? I know I did and I am happy to…
We spent several days on Bequia and I am going to start writing about this amazing island tomorrow, but when I saw this puppy chewing on a coconut I knew…
I had a wonderful time on this amazing Caribbean island and can not wait to visit again. Even better, take guest here and show them the amazing sights. Next week…
Last Thursday I wrote about my visit to the Diamond Botantical Garden and how much I enjoyed it and why. Well today I want to share my favorite flower as…
I took this scene while snorkeling the Bat Cave at Soufriere on St Lucia. Of course if you read my blog yesterday you know the issues we had snorkeling into…
Petit Piton is one of the two famous peaks in the Piton Management Area on St Lucia. The entire area is a World Heritage site and you can hike either…
Yesterday I wrote about our time in the Diamond Botantical Garden and how we saw a waterfall and I even had a bird eat out of my hand. Well today’s…