At 2,717 feet (818m), the Burj Khalifa is pretty spectacular! This picture above was taken on the bridge that is visible in the pictur...

Over the weekend, I headed up to Khasab in Oman with my best friend. He needed to do a visa run to refresh his UAE visa, and Oman is a popul...

Two nights ago I touched down in Abu Dhabi, so visit a friend who is working on the regional rail system that's being planned. The only...

More soon....

I mentioned in an earlier post that the mileage game can work in your favor if you watch out for the pitfalls, but some people take this stu...

Over the next few months, I'm going to be traveling more than usual which means fresh and interesting places will be appearing here betw...

I just wanted to give an update on what's going on with Kindlefish and to clarify the situation for users of the Kindle 1, 2, and DX mo...

Apple pie is not just an American tradition, but a Dutch tradition too. While in Amsterdam, we ended up in a great little cafe called Caf...

It's said that we shape buildings, but thereafter they shape us. Nothing could be more true. Buildings are a reflection of the valu...

Time for some field testing of Kindlefish and pannekoeken: I'll be in Amsterdam for the next few days.

In case you missed the previous post, you can see the standard and night menus over here , but this time around I ended up at a McDonalds in...

One of the best features of the Amazon Kindle is the ability to access the internet virtually anywhere for free. Since there is no touchscr...

3. The DDR Museum (Station: U2, U5, U8: Alexanderplatz) The history of a split Berlin is visible at a glance of the architecture in Berli...

2. Tempelhof (Station: For Building, U6:  Platz der Luftbrücke, For Park, U6: Tempelhof) Tempelhof is an airport in the south of Berlin w...

Berlin is a great city with a complex mix of new and old cultures right at the epicenter of some of the largest battles in modern history, b...