Travel & Interesting Places

What lessons have been learned from this year? Sadly, the same ones offered in 1996, 2006 and 2012: inexperience kills, not all guides are the same, money buys access, the weather has the last word. And Nepal is in continuous denial about the problems, blinded by the tens of millions […]
After climbing Mount Everest…

Starting Oct. 1, 2020, every air traveler will need a REAL ID-compliant license, or another acceptable form of ID for domestic air travel. (REAL ID Enforcement) (TSA)
Starting Oct. 1, 2020, every air traveler will need a ...

History The hospital was created by the Louisiana Legislature in 1847 and commenced operations in 1848. The hospital was originally known as the “State Insane Asylum”. The location was chosen because Jackson is situated in an upland well-drained location that is relatively free of disease-bearing mosquitos, which plagued asylums in […]
Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System – Jackson, Louisiana

Korean hip-hop music blasts from the speakers as snowboarders, decked out in neon from head to toe, cruise by on a slope as busy and bustling as a street in downtown Seoul. It’s midnight. The slopes are still open and the music’s still blaring. This is skiing South […]