Mae Travels

First scene of "Zazie dans le Metro" “What stinks?” Or in the original French, “Doukipudonktan” (d'où qu'i...

Click on map to see enlarged version We drove all around the island. Up to the north tip and the Pololu Valley at the end of the only r...

Kona Airport, February 25, 2013 Goodbye, sunsets. Goodbye beaches. And hello home where dismal grey skies make mid-afternoon look like t...

This photo shows a longfin anthias, a fairly rare fish which Len has been hoping to see for several days. The very accommodating diveshop,...

As you walk from the parking lot at Honokohau Harbor to the nearby beach at the national historical park, you go through a very small ...

Fumes rising from the crater at Volcano National Park Yesterday we drove to Volcano National Park, around 100 miles from Kona where we a...

We walked around 1.5 miles today through a tulgey wood to a petroglyph field. (Len thinks the wood wasn't quite damp enough to be rea...

Lapakahi State Historical Park The northwest tip of the Big Island is called North Kohala district. Prior to Captain Cook's first c...

On the dive boat today, I noticed these fins that belong to the boat's owner, who is also a dive guide. For several more photos of f...

"Group Photo 1987," wood sculpture by El Anatsui King Peggy,  recently featured on CNN, leads a village in Ghana El Anat...

Today we attended a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Hill Auditorium, a famous and acoustically "perfect" space designed ...

Culture! Last night I watched Downton Abbey season 3, part 1 & 2, and also finished the last few pages of J.K. Rowling’s The C...

I have often written about African masks and why I find them so interesting and appealing. At our recent visit to the St. Louis Art Museu...

Yesterday we spent several hours at the St.Louis Art Museum. I have loved this art museum since I was a child when it was the only one I ...