I’m writing a series of posts about my trip to Ireland, but I thought I’d start with some things you should know if you get the chance to go:
Category Archives: Travel
Law & Murder
On my trip to Hawaii in March I saw all seven national parks. (Read more about my adventures here, here, here, and here.) The most fascinating of the bunch was Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Park on the Big Island, and no, I can’t possibly pronounce it. When you get that many vowels involved I just throw up my hands and order a margarita. What’s fascinating […]
Tagged Hawaii, History, Law enforcement, National Parks, Terror
Hawaiian Highs
Maui is one of those strange places that’s both unbelievably beautiful yet feels like a regular town where people live and work. I’d rented a car – a tiny white clown car I’m pretty sure was run on hamster power – and driving from the airport to my hotel I found myself muttering, over and over again, Wow. Wow. Wow. Almost everywhere you looked was […]
Tagged Hawaii, Hiking, National Parks, Restaurants
Where Hawaiians Went to Die
What better way to follow up my maudlin Pearl Harbor experience than a visit to Molokai, land of fatal disease and forced isolation. Fun! Turns out it actually was fun. And fascinating. Sad, definitely. Also, beautiful.
Tagged Cemeteries, Hawaii, History, National Parks, Terror
Crying on Oahu
Despite wondering if a giant wall of water might kill me, the Hawaii trip was fabulous. I visited four of the seven islands – Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and the Big Island – and saw all seven of Hawaii’s national parks. It was a relatively complicated trip to plan, what with all the island hopping and a weekend trip to Guam. (More about that later, but […]
Tagged Hawaii, History, National Parks
The Shame of Luck
I was in Hawaii when the Japanese tsunami hit, and this post telling the story is much longer than usual, part of a book-length manuscript I’m working on. It’s also more serious than the norm, so I hope you like it. Back to regularly scheduled programming next time. After a day exploring Haleakala National Park I was watching Law & Order in my hotel room […]
Also posted in Confessions
Tagged Hawaii, Law enforcement, Mishaps, Safety, Terror
Beauty Trumps Mishap at Chiricahua
Nothing extraordinary happened on this last trip to Southern Arizona. I didn’t get lost or run out of gas or make a spectacle of myself in restaurants or get stung by rage-filled insects. (For more of this kind of fun see the “mishaps” tag on the right.) I also didn’t meet any interesting people, and by interesting, I mean crazy. And by didn’t meet, I […]
Tagged Arizona, Hiking, National Parks