Yemen: A Bridge to Antiquity
Yemen: A Bridge to Antiquity Photographs by David Rich Read David Rich’s story About Yemen
Yemen: A Bridge to Antiquity Photographs by David Rich Read David Rich’s story About Yemen
Seoul to Busan Train: David Rich rides the Korean bullet train from Seoul to Busan and finds it is quieter, smoother and faster than any train.
Mongolia: David Rich visits the famous Flaming Cliffs in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert and attends the Naadam Festival in Karakorum.
Death Valley California: The Lowest By David Rich California’s Valley of Death is the lowest, hottest and driest in North America, as low as you can go at minus 282 feet (86 meters), smack dab in the middle of the largest national park in the coterminous United States (140 by 5-15…
New Zealand’s South Island: Splendid Adventuring By David Rich South Island adventuring races the gamut from bungee jumping and jet-boating to paragliding and sky-diving, but after doing it all I found my tastes ran to wet and ice, from Class IV rafting and motor-boating the Marlborough Sounds to tramping around…
New Zealand’s North Island: Top Three Escapades By David Rich Picture the world’s longest and lumpiest golf course, 1200 miles long, green humps stretching to the horizon. Presto, you’ve conjured New Zealand, the same size as Colorado but stretched like taffy until sundered in the middle, floating on an azure…
Cartagena deserves its rich reputation By David Rich Three years after my first visit, Cartagena, Colombia hadn’t changed an iota, still sitting pretty in pastel as South America’s party carousel, honeymoon carousal, and emerald capital. First place I’ve ever returned to that remained an exact clone of its former self,…
Georgia, the Country: David Rich travels to Georgia, the country, where he visits ancient cave cities, churches and cathedrals and does some extensive sampling of deep purple Georgian wine.
Turkmenistan: Tinhorn Tyranny in Ashgabat By David Rich [I suggest money not be wasted going to Turkmenistan, though the country is an admitted hoot. With the mandatory guide any visit is expensive, requiring private transportation over the boring desert, and nothing of interest to see; it’s easier and less expensive,…
Uzbekistan: Writer David Hill visits Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, the jewels of the country.
Tajikistan: Following the Ancient Silk Road By David Rich My assignment, if I chose to accept it, required penetration of the Tajikistan Pamirs, a helter-skelter chain of the world’s highest mountains. The kicker: I was on my own without the collaboration of embedded agents. The mission additionally required finding the…
Tajikistan Photo Gallery by David Rich Read David Rich’s story about his visit to Tajikistan