Podworld - Exploring interesting places

It is one of the most written about areas of the world. The Yellowstone National Park is the first national park created anywhere in the world. That status dates back to 1872 when enlightened Americans sought to protect some of the natural landscape. It is not for me to add to any of the extraordinary descriptions of this vast and beautiful landscape. Greater writers than me have committed their words to paper on the matter. Instead I am posting a number of short videos and images which I filmed during my eleven day stay in the park during the late summer of 2014. It is only when one leaves the park and returns home that you can get a grasp of how wonderful Yellowstone really is. Day after day its beauty, wildlife and delightful features assault your very senses. The first film which I am posting is rare occurrence which by happenstance took place during our stay. It was the eruption of the Steamboat Geyser. It could be many many years before visitors will cast their...

I should not be surprised by the USA,  I have been coming here for three decades but I am always struck by its vastness.  Normally when I write these entries,  it is in retrospect having given myself time to contemplate what it is I wish to convey.  This however is being written as I journey. Nevertheless there is a retrospective element to it as part one if the adventure has been undertaken.  This early part to me to the fascinating city of New York.  What can I add to the many words of writers more gifted than myself? Very little poetically but I will offer a small insight into my personal journey. There will be more to come in subsequent entries but I begin in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is not Manhattan as anybody from the island will tell you but Brooklyn is fighting back in a good way. I was staying in an apartment near Fort Greene.  It was apparent to me that this area had been smartened up over the years.  Look in the window of any Estat...