by ronmitchelladventure | May 22, 2018 | Alaska, North America, United States
After a four-day ferry ride from Bellingham, Washington to Haines, Alaska, we embark on the maiden camping voyage in my new Toyota Tacoma. The plan is to drive the Alaskan roadways with at least an equal amount of camping and motel stays. It’s early May, and it has...
by ronmitchelladventure | May 12, 2018 | Alaska, North America, United States
We get bird’s eye views of the rugged, volcanic chain of the Aleutian Islands during the flight from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor, on Amaknak island in Unalaska, Alaska. In the northernmost part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the westernmost portion belongs to...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 22, 2018 | Asia, Cambodia
Nobody knows exactly how many bats exit a cave in Phnom Sampeu, southwest of Battambang, Cambodia. Check out this short, albeit amateurish, video of the phenomenon. The bats fly out each day at dusk to hunt insects most of the night. Some say millions of bats, other...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 15, 2018 | Asia, Cambodia
As the hot Cambodian temperatures drain us, we head to the town of Kampot, known for its pepper. Before the Khmer Rouge Regime destroyed all pepper farms in the 70’s, Kampot pepper adorned tables of the finest restaurants in Paris. Today it has made a comeback,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 9, 2018 | Asia, Cambodia
After 24 hours of flying time (plus three stops), we arrive in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, around midnight. Full bore jet lag symptoms (nausea, exhaustion, and insomnia) accompany us to the comfortable and affordable G Mekong Hotel. Not able to eat much of...
