// archives

Archive for November, 2007

Driving Namibia

Driving Namibia
by Joyce Bruck, Ocean Ridge, FL My longtime friend Winnie Outcalt joined me in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 18, 2006, for an adventure to Namibia. My interest in Namibia began when I saw pictures of the Skeleton Coast with its sand dunes, animals and shipwrecks. As I did my usual extensive research, I discovered there [...]

Focus on Archaeology » The Plain of Jars in Laos

Focus on Archaeology » The Plain of Jars in Laos
I stood on a hill overlooking a wintry landscape of dry fields stretching as far as the eye could see. All around me were stone jars. Enormous stone jars. Some stood six feet high. Some were no longer upright but tilted precariously. Others lay flat on the ground. My husband, Paul, moved from one jar [...]