Reason to celebrate: June 30, 2024 is National Meteor Watch Day. Today is Meteor Watch Day! A meteor or “shooting star” may be the visible streak of sunshine from the heated and glowing meteoroid falling with the Earth’s atmosphere it's also call a “
The best time to take a safari to Maasai Mara is during the dry season, which runs from June to October. During the dry season, the grass is lower, making it easier to see the animals. If you are looking for an unforgettable experience, I recommend taking a safari to Maasai Mara. It...
We had no alternative place to stay, no airport pick-up anymore since it was all part of the package and no desert experience. Although a cancellation was mentioned as a possibility in the fine print we were absolutely not expecting this during peak season ...
Manage your expectations since it is in the downtown area. The room we got is at the ground level, so anyone passing by can easily hear in the room. No exhaust inside the bathroom and the drainage system in the tub is slow, water piles up if you keep the water running. The bathroom...
June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 33 comments in the last 730 days. Disconnecting War from Its Consequences. Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of...
12/15/2023 by Nick Newman The Film Stage 4K Uhd Blu-ray Review: Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven on the Criterion Collection To hell with equivocation: Days of Heaven is the greatest film ever made. And let the word “film” be emphasized, since Terrence Malick’s sophomore feature earns...
Today, June 8 marks 1000 days since the Taliban banned girls over the age of 12 from attending all school across Afghanistan. Similarly, they are forbidden from working for NGOs. The Taliban knows knowledge is power and will do everything they can to keep Afghanis from obtaining it so they...
Toward the end of our day trip from Ubud, Dewa offered to take us to a coffee plantation, since Bali is known to have some of the best coffee in the world. We ended up at Satria Agrotourism, a free-to-enjoy attraction where you can wander the grounds to learn about local Bali ...
90 days ago from today was 24 Jul 2024, a Wednesday. Calculating time over multiple months means we must count back weeks and weekends + the 31 October, typically moving from the end of October into September and potentially further. Since today is Tuesday and still part of the beginning of...
1. Re: Trip Report: Four days in Amsterdam with teens in June 2023 Apr 11, 2024, 5:10 PM Save Day 3 – Saturday, June 3: The Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands, was our first destination of the day. The breadth of t...