Hawaii’s weather can be quite changeable … particularly here on Maui where little micro-climates can occur in many different parts of the island. When it rains here, it really rains....

In my former life, I had occasion to travel to American Samoa and to the nearby independent nation of Samoa, then called Western Samoa. The islands that comprise both Samoas...

In all the years I’ve traveled, I’ve never bothered to lock my suitcase. For one thing, I seldom check a bag and, for another, I’m always afraid I’ll lose one...

I have started another blog which includes personal comments and observations, leaving this site more specifically focused on travel in general and train travel in particular.I do invite you to...