There
are few countries where I do not have friends and former students. They
make travel so much more interesting and welcoming. In 1976 I
celebrated America's Bicentennial in Brazil, Tanzania, Israel and
Greece; in 1985, my work at Hawaii Pacific College took me on a trip
around the world; and in 1998 I spent three weeks in Thailand where I
discovered Chiang Mai, a beautiful city in the north at the foot of
towering green mountains. It reminded me of the Hawaiian Islands. In
2005 I took a 5 star cruise through Scandinavia to St. Petersburg,
Russia, and in 2007 I visited Chile then cruised up South America to
Acapulco. In 2009, I cruised around South America's cape from
Santiago to Buenos Aires then took a bus over the Andes on my 67th
birthday. In 2012, I spent five weeks in South East Asia visiting
Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia, where I had
a joyous reunion with my college students from Hawaii Pacific
College. I have a million stories about nearly any place you can
name-- being robbed in Cairo, reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro,
riding down from the Christ statue in Rio at night in a taxi with no
headlights... and, of course, hundreds of tales of my life in
Mexico. When I'm old sitting on the front porch of the retirement
home I'll have so many good memories to keep me happy. That may be many
years ahead though. My grandmother was one month shy of 105 when she
died. Guess that makes me middle aged.
Below are photos from my safaris. Other safaris are at the top of the home page.
 Bill, Richard, Chuck and Enrique |
 Mount Osorno in Chile |
 Monument to Magellan, Puerto Montt |
 Chilean Glacier |
 The Mighty Andes |
 Around the tip of South America |
 Penguins in the Falkland Islands |
 Gosh! The beach is so crowded today. Puerto Madryn, Argentina |
 Bill with friend in Montevideo, Uruguay |
 Bill with his tango partner |
 Dancers at a sidewalk cafe in Buenos Aires |
 Eva Peron's Tomb, Buenos Aires |
| Cruise from Chile to Mexico aboard the Golden Princess | ||
 The Golden Princess
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 Gaucho friend in Chile
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 King Kong got me in Panama
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 Cathedral in Lima, Peru
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 Church in Arica, Chile
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 Volcano at Pucon, Chile
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 Huatulco, Mexico, in Oaxaca
State
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 Rock designs in Arica desert
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 Resting aboard the Golden
Princess
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| Cruise to Scandinavia and Russia aboard the Rotterdam IV | ||
 Rotterdam IV
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 Aboard the Rotterdam |
 In Estonia
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 A church in St. Petersburg
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 An evening at the Yusupov
Palace
in St. Petersburg |
 The fountains of Peterholf
Palace
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 Beautiful Stockholm, Sweden
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 Helsinki, Finland Cathedral
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 The canals of Amsterdam
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 Bill with Hans Christian Anderson |
 The real Kon Tiki raft in Oslo, Norway |
 Who doesn't love Paris?
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| Where in the world have I been all this time? | ||
 With my students in Tanzania, Peace Corps -1965-1967 |
 Atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1966 |
 Bearded Bill with Wini, Samson and his family - on return to Tanzania 1976 |
 Banff, Canada |
 Jakarta, Indonesia |
 Monte Alban, Mexico |
 Florence, Italy |
 Rome, Italy |
 London, England |
 Giza, Egypt |
 Swept off my feet by an elephant in Thailand |
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 Students sharing Christmas with Alexis, my niece and me in Honolulu  With a friend at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii |
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 Strolling with Dell friends in Ginza, Japan |
Limerick Castle, Ireland |
 Observatory at Chitzen Itza, Mexico |
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