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Moon Nicaragua, 3rd edition Now Available
I am extremely proud to announce the 3rd edition of Moon Handbook Nicaragua is already available for pre-order, and will be on the shelves of book stores everywhere shortly. When co-author Joshua Berman and I set out to write a guidebook to Nicaragua, we resolved to make it the book we’d have wanted to use ourselves when we first arrived in Nicaragua in 1998. To our great pleasure, our book has become just that - the authoritative voice on travel in Nicaragua and the best and most concise resource for planning trips throughout this growingly popular travel destination..
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This site selected by Travelhacker Top-Ten
I'm happy to announce that "Travel Hacker (http://www.airlinecreditcards.com/travelhacker/)," a travel writing aggregator, has chosen my website among its list of top 100 travel writing sites (http://www.airlinecreditcards.com/travelhacker/100-best-travel-journal-blogs/). This site is not about travel especially but rather about the nexus of travel, economic development, and technology. And being selected is quite an honor.
See it here (http://www.airlinecreditcards.com/travelhacker/100-best-travel-journal-blogs/).
Also see www.randymon.com chosen by TravelBlogs (http://therandymon.com/content/view/143/72/) in 2007.
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In the Bones of the Kingdom: Abomey
Abomey’s reputation is larger than life, where you can still catch a glimpse of the throne set on human skulls, or the palace walls painted red with human blood. But in the kingdom whose kings descended from the son of a princess who slept with a panther, what impressed me most was left unspoken..
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The Stilt Village of Ganvié
If you were to send back only one photograph from your trip to Benin, it would be of Ganvié. A lacustrian stilt village of fishermen, floating markets, and long, wooden canoes, Ganvié is in many ways, amazing. "The Venice of Africa" the pamphlets say, home to 20,000 who make their living by fishing and trading, and a lively market daily on board the graceful wooden pirogues that provide transport from the mainland..
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H is for Harmattan
The Harmattan descends upon Benin in a pale, chilling mist, obscuring the horizon, blotting out the buildings in other neighborhoods, and filling the air with choking dust. No other season I’ve experienced, from the monsoons of Southeast Asia to the 6 month Central American drought, is as oppressive. It’s hard not to be impressed by just how powerful the Harmattan really is, and in Benin, the Harmattan is not just a wind, it’s a season..
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