I’ve always been a bigger motorcycle kind of guy, favoring large bikes for my rides in the US and elsewhere. But I have to admit, there is some fun to be had riding a little Vespa scooter through the winding roads of Tuscany. This is one of those touristy excursions one can book while visiting
By Tom Mueller I returned to Azerbaijan recently after a bit more than 20 years away, and was excited to see how the country had changed as its fledgling oil industry has matured. I spent many weeks in Baku, the capital city, in 1993-95 as part of the energy industry’s entry to Azerbaijan following the
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – I came out of the turn and twisted the throttle open, feeling the big 1300 cc motor growl as the rpms came up and the horsepower spooled out to the wheels. I’m on a motorcycle and touring the New Zealand countryside. I feel good. I’m cracking down a two lane blacktop
I rode the escalator up from baggage claim at Shanghai’s Pu Dong airport, rushing to get checked in for my 1:10 p.m. departure to Japan. I had 90 minutes. I was five and a half hours in to my trip from Zhuhai, China over to Tokyo. I hadn’t expected it to be a difficult day,
TOKYO – Somewhere over the Pacific, on a three hour-delayed flight aboard All Nippon flight 920, it struck me that I was being taught a new lesson in patience. I thought I had handled it pretty well so far, and I thought I was on the final leg of my China adventure, ready to be
