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This is a true account of a rookie 767 captain flying to Japan. The earthquake happened while he was en route: I’m currently still in one piece, writing from my room in the Narita crew hotel. It’s 8am. This is my inaugural trans-pacific trip as a brand new, recently checked out, international 767 Captain and [...]

I’ve wanted to do this run for a long time, but not so much that I was willing to do it alone, and for some strange reason I couldn’t find any volunteers. But finally I roped my neighbor Mark into it. My wife drove us up to Timpanooke at 7 AM, it took almost half [...]

I’ve done a lot of hikes in my life, but this one is the best by far. I was amazed. My sons amazing Boy Scout leader, Rich Powell, lead this motley expedition. I could go on and on about it, but a picture’s worth a thousand words, so see for yourself! If you want to [...]

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I had heard that driving in the Philippines was just like India, which it’s not, but it’s sure not what a North American is used to! Check out the live action: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davesherwin.com%2Fdriving-in-the-philippines%2F181%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Driving+In+The+Philippines’; addthis_pub = ”;

The Taj Mahal may be the most photographed building in the world. Every picture, from every angle, in every lighting, has already been taken, and I’ve seen many of them since I was little boy, yet when I walked through that North Gate for the first time and saw it with my own eyes it [...]

The only hard part about finding a tour guide at the Taj Mahal is getting to India. The rest is easy. Show up in the Taj Mahal parking lot, and voila! A host of tour guides, book sellers, and other sundry and miscellaneous sales professionals show up before you can even open the car door. [...]

My son Josh, who’s eight, had just one request before I left for India. he wanted me to bring him back a rock. So imagine my happiness when, after completing a tour of the Taj Mahal, we ended up in a shop that had a wonderful variety of pretty rocks and semi-precious stones. I was [...]

As you probably know, cows are sacred in India. So it’s probably not appropriate to use the word “beef,” as that’s more of a food related term. So I knew before I came that cows were sacred, but I never got the full implications of that until I got here. For example, it’s illegal to [...]