3 Days on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail: Day 3
Buffalo Trace Distillery If you missed our earlier blog posts, be sure to read about Planning and Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2. The first stop on day 3, Buffalo Trace, isn’t actually on the Bourbon Trail. However, as everyone I asked for recommendations…
3 Days on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail: Day 2
If you missed our first two posts, read about our planning here, and then about Day 1 in Louisville. Behind the scenes: what went wrong So today didn’t exactly go as planned – too many tours, too little time! The first tours at Heaven…
3 Days on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail: Day 1 (Louisville Distilleries)
First day! 4 distilleries on the list. Too much for one day? Read on to find out. Distillery tour experiences are provided by Piers, rest of the post is by Meryl. And if you want to read about how we planned the trip and…
3 Days on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail: Planning and Day 0
The Idea A month ago, Piers suggested we go to Kentucky over the spring break as he wanted to visit a few distilleries. He is interested in the craft of making bourbon as he is fascinated by the creative skill that is involved in…
5 Days in Cape Town: Day 5 Table Mountain
If you missed the earlier posts, be sure to read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. We decided to have a lazy start to the day so it was late morning by the time we took our last stroll to the…
Beautiful and Surreal Sossusvlei, Namibia
I have been fortunate to travel to many of the world’s major deserts such as the Sahara and the Arabian Desert. All of them beautiful in their own way. But far the most scenic desert that I have experienced is the Namib desert in Namibia,…
5 Days in Cape Town: Day 4 Robben Island
** Please note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. You don’t pay more but we make a small amount if you purchase through the link. If you missed my earlier posts, be sure to read about Day 1, Day 2…
Photographing Washington DC
Continuing on my series of posts from major sites to photograph … I arrived in Falls Church (just outside DC) last night. Falls Church is where I could find a reasonable hotel room but be on the DC Metro for easy access. Finding parking in…
Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
For a long time I have wanted to take this shot at the Sheik Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The mosque is typically referred to as the Grand Mosque. I have been to the UAE many times and have been to the Grand Mosque several…
Kayaking in Knoxville
Photo by Amy van der Merwe Last Sunday we rented kayaks and spent a pleasant hour kayaking. We rented from Billy Lush Boards which operates from Volunteer Landing in Downtown Knoxville. At $30 per hour for a double kayak they aren’t cheap. (Check the rates…