The explorer Jean Michel Cousteau says that his favorite place on Earth is a lost corner of Peru where he 25 years ago met a remarkable man, namely chief Kukus. I read this in a book My Favorite Place on Earth written by an award-winning author and National Geographic Traveler writer Jerry Camarillo Dunn. He interviewed people such as Dalai Lama, Robin Williams, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Donald Trump, Jerry Seinfeld etc., and asked them just one question, namely about their favorite travel discovery. The answers are  really surprising ranging from U.S. Virgin Islands  to a well-used bench at San Francisco’s Crissy Field. If Jerry Camarillo Dunn asked me about my favorite place, I would probably say that I did find it one december day on  East 8th avenue in Vancouver.

my magic box

Some weeks ago I saw that Kraig on The Adventure Blog posted a link to a really great website with many maps of history’s greatest journeys. Great to have in case Gorida one day decide to do something similar to what Ibn Battuta or James Cook did. Different stories of explorers and travelers have always been the big inspiration in my life, so I was really happy to see specially the map of the greatest explorer ever, namely Marco Polo.  I was even happier when Goran told me about Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell and their wild idea, namely to retrace Marco Polo’s entire 25.000 miles land-and-sea route from Venice to China and back. You can watch the result on their website.

PS: Mike Yamashitas presentation of the similar issue is well worth watching.   

From today on, you can find us on National Geographic Everyday Explorers website too. We have uploaded two videos so far. One of them is video from our trip to Mostar, Tekija and Pocitelj in Summer 2007:

PS: Pocitelj, Herzegovinian pearl engraved in a cliff, is still my favourite city in Herzegovina. 

“Afternoon in Pocitelj” by Izo Rokolj

This unique settlement has been listed as a possible UNESCO heritage site. Its recently reconstruction has returned the town to its original form. Besides its stunning oriental architecture and Ottoman touch, Pocitelj is home to the longest operating art colony in southeastern Europe . Artists from around the world gather here to paint the shiny red pomegranates and figs that grow in abundance on the hills of Pocitelj. The Hadzi-Alija Mosque has been reconstructed as well as the Sisman-Ibrahimpasina Medresa and the Gavran Kapetanovic house, all of which are open to visitors. The most striking object in Pocitelj is the Sahat-kula, a silo-shaped fort that towers from the top of the hill above the town. It housed watchmen and military to guard against possible invasion from the Neretva Valley … more 

I’ve been trying for days to find different places on net which fit our website profile. Here are some other places where you can find us: National Geographic, TripFilms, TreakEarth, Google Earth Gallery, PhotoSight, Picasa Album, Youtube, Gamme, Arctic Femme. I got different tips for how to promote blog better and how to improve google rankings. In my opinion, the best way to improve is to write quality and valuable articles that people like to read. Anyways, I put gorida’s information on Technocrati, Eblogzilla, BlogCatalogs and AveBlogs, and I’ll work on links exchange and our adventure links in coming days. In the meantime, you can have a look at National Geographic’s top ten adventure stories of 2008. I enjoyed reading 6000 miles to Moscow.

picture of the day:

Magnum, ‘not much to do’