Back again

It’s been more than thee years since I’ve done a blog post. I’m doing so now because in mid-August Carol and I will be taking our grandson, Max to Africa, so I wanted to test whether I could still blog.

Can I?

Do you want to come along with us on our […]

On the Road to Philanthropia

Over the years, many of you have followed us on the exotic trips we’ve been fortunate to take.  In some cases you’ve visited those places yourselves; in others ours was your only trip to that destination.

During the pandemic, Carol and I did not go to the airport for a year and a half, […]

Two Short Travel Stories

June 29, 2020

In addition to reading my old travel journals and blogs, I’ve written two short stories for a contest by an upscale hotel chain. One of them has been I singled out for publication. See if you can figure out which.

Guiding Lights

By Arnie Kanter

I met the King of Bastar.

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Traveling at Home

June 20, 2020

Well, it has been more than four months since my last blog post, from Colombia. The three additional international trips that Carol and I were planning to take this year—to Japan, to England and Scotland, and to India—will not happen because of COVID-19.

Since we could not travel by plane, […]

PALENQUE – THE LIBERTY AND TRADITION OF THE COAST

February 9.

Breakfast outside in he courtyard at the hotel, then picked up by Santiago (Santi) our guide for the day and a close friend and business partner of Juan Comilo, our guide of yesterday. Santi proves to be a capable and very affable guide who we enjoy spending time with.We are driven to Palenque […]