Today’s POTD comes also from Africa, from Liganda. The shot is a magnificent, and I mean that, really amazing, shot
of a hippo yawning wide.
Dips and Chips for Cinco de Mayo
When my brother was younger I remember he used to refuse any form of the potato that was
outside of a french fry. He said he didn’t like the
way it taste any other way and as his older more enlightened sister I ’knew’ the silly little
rapscallion was just using his taste-buds for an excuse to eat greasy half fried fries from
McDonald’s. Well I feel the same way about avocado’s. It took me awhile to come to the realization, but an
avocado
on it’s own is gross! Ick! Puh! But guacamole is delicious. Every whipped up, mixed, and
seasoned bit smothering a lightly salted tortilla chip with a nice margarita to wash it down definitely puts
a smile to my face.
Yum.
So, getting to the real fruit of the story and seeing that Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner
here’s some
nice avocado
facts to fill your head with from AOL Food. From the discovery of the most popular avocado’s by postman
Rudolph Hass down to finding the right one, it’s a pretty decent read. And to prepare further for any planned
fiesta’s here’s a good
recipe for making guacamole with chipolte tortilla chips. And don’t forget the cerveza, your amigo’s will
love you for it!
Explorers Club Dinner
I meant to post this a while back, but will do so now because I remembered I had some pics from the event. I’ve been
producing a TV story on the Explorers Club here in NYC, one of the most
prestigious clubs around, and every year their dinner attracts legions of big-time explorers.
It takes place in the gargantuan and opulent main ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria. Really amazing. I got to meet
some pretty cool folks like Steve Fossett (left), as well as
Scott Carpenter,
James Watson and
Kathy Sullivan (right: pictured on the stage).
That’s Explorers Club President Richard Wiese coming in on a camel (center). Obviously as a complete nobody, I had to
hang out on the fringes, but it was an exciting experience to meet some of these folks. Before the event, they have a
cocktail hour where exotic foods like scorpions and insects are served…all quite tasty I might add.
Montevideo’s Flea Markets
Uruguay has found it’s way into my head again and most
specifically everything Montevideo. I
already know I love this place. I love everything about it even though I’ve never
been, including the flea markets.
Virtual Tourist has a handful of blurbs from folks who got to experience the nic-nac packed rows from some of
Montevideo’s flea markets. And I’m quite sure these weekend cultural market places weren’t the only thing they
got to see. If the flea markets aren’t on your itinerary you should at least check out some of the sites seen in
these great panorama’s. Either way I’m sure you’ll find
yourself lost in a flea market some how. Because let’s face it, flea markets rock and so does Uruguay!
Heading to Oman
In a followup to the piece following Tony Wheeler around
Oman in the New Yorker, here’s an
interesting article
on traveling in Oman. It seems like an
incredibly cool place, where the old and the new mix to create an experience that will seem both ancient and
modern.
It is, I understand, a relatively safe place to travel, and there are ample outdoors things to do there,
including some diving.