Have you been to your friendly dentist lately? Buckle up you may be in for the ride of a lifetime. I went to my local dentist to have my teeth cleaned. After one hour in the chair and me with my mouth propped open I could see my friendly dentist shooting digitial [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 20, 2007
Zentraveler uncovers secrets of the Dead Sea!
Sometimes you have to look around you to hit the mother-lode. A simple word uttered in the movie Mrs. Robinson opened up an entire industry. “PLASTICS!” Bill Gates dropped out of college to help develop the computer and we are currently fighting wars over the oil patch— not to mention nanotechnology, robotics [...]
February 19, 2007
Zentraveler discovers Royal Monkey Empire in Honduras!
Intrigued by the stories told, the alleged wildness of the place and the many groups of Indigenous Indians with their separate languages I headed toward the Mosquito region of Honduras.(a wilderness paradise east of Trujillo and running toward Nicaragua)My research showed this region was the largest tract of virgin rainforest in the Northern Hemisphere. [...]
February 14, 2007
Zentraveler craves wolfberries!
It is also known as Chinese Wolfberry, Duke of Argyll’s Tea Tree, or Matrimony Vine. The name Tibetan goji berry is in common use in the health food market for berries from this plant.
Wolfberries, and Lycium root bark (the latter called dìgǔpí; 地骨皮; in Chinese have long
played important roles in [...]
February 12, 2007
Zentraveler takes up kite flying!
“Imagine a sky filled with Dragons, Dragon flies, Butterflies, Cranes, and myriad’s of other whimsical creations.” Weifangkitefestival.com
Every spring around mid to late April folks from all over the world head to Weifang, China to the World’s most spectacular International Kite Festival. More than 300,000 spectators and participants show up to try their skill [...]
February 9, 2007
Zentraveler escapes giant octopus in Mexican waters.
Who doesn’t like to travel around and find new sights, sounds and things of interest. I left on the directo bus from Cancun to Merida and headed toward the unknown. After changing buses in Merida I traveled several hours to the quaint fisherman town of Celestun located directly on the Gulf of Mexico.
Upon [...]
February 7, 2007
Zentraveler muses over Zen fable!
It goes something like this a Zen master was sent to a cave in the mountains and was told to practice meditation on one thing. This one thing was anger. After meditating for fifteen years straight he was beginning to get the hang of it. Then one day the Zen master made [...]
February 7, 2007
Zentraveler eats dirt!
If you want to be healthy better begin to eat more dirt. No wonder were half sick most of the time were too dam clean. Spending all of our time tied to our computers and walking around in air-conditioned quarters— it’s no wonder we are food for fodder for the bugs. We live [...]
February 6, 2007
Zentraveler wittnesses Jesus bus driving skills in Central America !
Touching down at dark in Tegucigalpa, Honduras gives you just enough adrenalin buzz to get your wits about you. You would think at least the airport would have electricity. The best idea under these circumstances is to share a taxi with fellow travelers in the same boat and score a budget hotel before it’s [...]
February 2, 2007
Zentraveler parachutes Peruvian Jungle for Cat’s Claw Tea!
Una de Gato or Cat’s Claw tea is derived from the interior of the Peruvian Jungles. Cat’s Claw tea has long been a staple of the indigenous Indians for a variety of medicinal healings. If you don’t have the time to fly to Peru, hire an airplane, parachute into the jungle and bag [...]
