Monthly Archives: December 2014

CITIES Port Moresby — the capital city with its interesting Zoological gardens, the Parliament building, the museum, and general Melanesian atmosphere. Alotau — laid-back capital of Milne Bay province and gateway to some fascinating but remote islands. Goroka — an … Continue reading →

PREGANCY AND THE SINGLE WOMAN – Why unplanned births are a bigger problem than unmarried parents. Two recently published books deal with this problem: “Generation Unbound: Drifting Into Sex and Parenthood Without Marriage” 
By Isabel V. Sawhill
Brookings “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion … Continue reading →

THE REAL ROOTS OF MIDLIFE CRISIS – What a growing body of research reveals about the biology of human happiness — and how to navigate the (temporary) slump in middle age. This summer, a friend called in a state of … Continue reading →

GUAM Dec 15, 2014 From after a two-hour flight from Hong Kong, I transferred through Manila. Sitting next to me on the flight was a Filipino woman who worked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong for an Indian family. … Continue reading →

MACAU (pop 550,000) Mainland Chinese can’t get enough of this once Portuguese-administered backwater-turned-gambling megaresort. Its growth has been explosive since 2002 so that it is now called the Vegas of the East. It might be appropriate to put that the … Continue reading →

1. PIRATE ROUTE Located below the eastern end of Cuba, in the heart of the Spanish Main, Jamaica was the perfect base for pirates intent on plundering Spain’s New World treasure ships as they sailed the high seas bound for … Continue reading →

1. SEWARD HIGHWAY No billboards, tollbooths, few towns or gas stations but there are whales, waterfalls, glaciers, mountains, and fjords. From Anchorage it meanders south 204kms from sea to mountains to sea across the Kenai Peninsula ending in Seward on … Continue reading →

1. CALIFORNIA COASTAL HIGHWAY This twisting, cliff-hugging, 123-mile (198-kilometer) route along the central California coast takes about five hours to complete at a leisurely pace. The route starts in historic Monterey, visits the art colony of Carmel, and threads through … Continue reading →

1. BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA The southwest corner of South Dakota surprises with stunning landscapes, rich history, and abundant wildlife. Western South Dakota abruptly changes into two beautiful but distinct landscapes, the striated, fossil-rich sedimentary buttes of the Badlands, … Continue reading →

1. SHIPWRECK COAST, Michigan This route follows Michigan’s lonely Upper Peninsula on a string of quiet roads between Marquette and Whitefish Point. Driving is almost like being on the water itself. The power of Lake Superior is evident at every … Continue reading →