HI Travel Tales

It's an adventure getting dressed for Antarctica. ;-)

(via Louvre Museum: Historic meets modern in Paris)

(via Swiss Carnival parade a clean version just for kids)

(via What to do in Lijiang, China – 3 insider travel tips) As Lijiang, China continues its inexorable march toward embracing commerce at the expense of culture, there is magic and wonder to be found if you know where to look and what to expect.

(via Whiskey and color inspires artwork in old town Lijiang, China) Drawn and painted on my iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil.

Small towns in Europe can have fantastic carnival parades and celebrations – with a more intimate and friendly atmosphere. Forget pushing and shoving or waiting long hours in the cold to see the carnival parade floats or eccentricities. Just walk right up and celebrate elbow-to-elbow with the town folk!

(via Teddy Bear Wisdom: Travel with your best friend)

(via Pray for Peace: Riot of colorful prayer flags) -  Shangri-la, formerly Zhongdian, is a village in the north of the Yunnan Province in China. Tibetan in culture and people, it is known as Gyalthang in Tibetan. For marketing reasons, the name was changed to Shangri-la in 2001, but it still remains unvisited by many.

Living in Germany for nearly two years, I was considering heading home in Spring 1984 when the opportunity to go to then-Soviet Union on a student trip came up. I leaped at the chance. OK, so it would be early March — thus a likely cold, icy transitional season – but to take in then-Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and Moscow was on my bucket list.

(via Discovering San Francisco secret gardens and secluded public open spaces)

(via Kirkenes, Norway – Arctic light becomes artist’s delight)

(via Roros Norway – A charming historic mining town)