Celebrating New Years in New Mexico By Sonja Stark There’s no shortage of special holiday events happening in December throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico. There’s a Christmas Shop and Stroll on Nob Hill, the Twinkle Light Parade, the lighting of the Luminaries in Old Town, and a synchronized music light show at New Mexico’s largest walk-through […]
Grand County’s Rocky Mountain Highs By Sonja Stark “Sturgis is good with beginners. Just pull on his withers to help you up and dig your heels into his behind to show him who is boss,” assures my Equine Instructor, Joe. I’m spending the afternoon atop a creature of mischief and hunger at Sombrero Stables, part […]
By Sonja Stark Downhill skiing keeps adrenaline junkies active in the winter but what about the summer in Salt Lake City? I discovered equal amount of thrills and chills on Main Street as I did in the mountains. This historical city is a winning combination of ambitious new services, cultural interests and community planning. Nation’s […]
By Sony Stark Hong Kong As the former British colony draws closer an isolated monolith of steel and glass morphs into a dozen white skyscrapers. A Cantonese-like Sim City with ultramodern architecture and sleek highway underpasses reminds me of a setting for a Neil Stephenson novel. The sun saturates the sides of the shimmering buildings […]
Sonja Stark visits Panama’s wild side with conservation experts talking about promoting eco-tourism with a new Discovery Center in Soberania National Park.
Dijon France is a Great City to enjoy the Freedom of the Segway By Sony Stark GoNOMAD Videographer There’s no better way to visit the essential landmarks of Dijon, France than aboard the safe, solid and sexy Segway. Yes, sexy! Where there are scooters in Paris and ferry service in the French Riviera, there are […]
A Walking Tour of Polished Concrete: Hamburg’s Futuristic Harbor City By Sonja Stark “Rome wasn’t built in a day” but by comparison HafenCity could be. This conceptual city on the River Elbe is taking shape at record speed in North Germany’s landscape of dikes, canals and ports. It will take the span of 25 years […]
Lake Placid, New York: Winter Sports in Slow Motion By Sonja Stark In Lake Placid village you’re bound to bump into athletes who propel down twisty tubes, jump ice-capped moguls and rocket off bone-chilling high jumps. And though it’s been years since the first Olympics (1932 & again in 1980) the world-class training center reminds […]
Biking Pittsburgh’s Transformed Riverfronts By Sony Stark “Cycle tracks abound in utopia,” said H.G. Wells. If that’s true, then Pittsburgh, Pa., comes closer to utopia than any other metropolis in the country. The former “Steel City” has transformed itself into a rails-to-trails showpiece complete with 21 miles to bike, walk, board or blade. The Forks […]
Photographs by Sonja Stark Read a feature story about visiting the Embera natives in Panama.
Sony’s Asian Gallery Photographs by Sony Stark and Friends Editor’s note: GoNOMAD’s Number One Nomad, Sony Stark, is traveling around the world in 180 days making a documentary about the Semester At Sea Program. These are her photos from India and China.
Photographs by Sony Stark and Friends
