https://hbombworldwide.com/stops-on-the-tour/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map-2.pngmap (2)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map-1.pngmap (1)2024-12-29T04:19:14+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/about/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/monkey-man.jpgmonkey manhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/profile-pic.jpgprofile picHere I am singing in the back seat of a "karaoke cab" in Washington, DC.2024-12-29T03:57:14+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/repertoire/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-use-of-cds-for-karaoke-now-seems-quaint.jpgThe use of CD's for karaoke now seems quaint2022-04-02T20:08:50+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2012/05/28/rogue-taxi-drivers-and-la-bamba-my-weekend-in-mexico-city-2011/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/skeletor.jpgSkeletorIf things had gone slightly differently, my next occasion hailing a taxi would have looked something like this.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/h-bomb-singing-in-mexico.jpgH-Bomb singing in Mexicohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nautilus-house-interior.jpgNautilus house interiorhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nautilus-house.jpgNautilus househttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/soumaya-interior.jpgSoumaya interiorhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/el-museo-soumaya.jpgel museo Soumayahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sun-pyramidd.jpgsun pyramid2022-02-23T22:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2019/02/04/country-no-55-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-this-time-i-had-the-luck-of-the-irish/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/28161813_10155424102202198_5658599859952709707_o.jpg28161813_10155424102202198_5658599859952709707_oThe 2 sections of the Book of Kells that were in rotation in the exhibition at the time of my visit are visible towards the top of this image. I had to snap this photo really quickly because no photography was allowed. :)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/28070962_10155424448142198_6559717694714383034_o.jpg28070962_10155424448142198_6559717694714383034_oStrolling along the River Liffey as dusk approaches. The green-domed building across the river is the Custom House, completed in 1791.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/27983399_10155426844897198_207071590385852748_o.jpg27983399_10155426844897198_207071590385852748_oSome classic examples of Guinness advertising, on display in the Guinness Storehouse.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180218_162042.jpg20180218_162042Me with a friend at the Guinness Storehouse, where I learned how Ireland's most celebrated beer is brewed and then enjoyed a pint.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/28238511_10155424103407198_1970867289846789191_o.jpg28238511_10155424103407198_1970867289846789191_oThe Long Room in Trinity College's Old Library, over 200 feet in length, houses some 200,000 books. It was built between 1712 and 1732.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/28061324_10155426935027198_1701552098751373587_o.jpg28061324_10155426935027198_1701552098751373587_oMe at the Guinness Storehouse, where I learned how Ireland's most celebrated beer is brewed and then enjoyed a pint.2019-02-13T19:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2019/02/13/that-time-when-i-spent-an-epic-night-searching-for-karaoke-in-montreal/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/40330_422572667197_3248024_n.jpg40330_422572667197_3248024_nMontreal is one of many cities in which I've witnessed a reproduction of Robert Indiana's <i>Love</i> sculpture.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/45892_422528947197_7453887_n-01.jpeg45892_422528947197_7453887_n-01A classic motorcar in a classic city: a 1960 Rolls-Royce in front of Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montreal.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/40963_422526877197_8218656_n.jpg40963_422526877197_8218656_nHabitat 67, a housing complex built for Expo '67, has been called one of the ugliest buildings in the world. It can be found on Ile Notre-Dame, not far from the Casino de Montréal where I won $145 playing blackjack.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/45559_422523972197_1893738_n.jpg45559_422523972197_1893738_nA view of Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montreal.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/40330_422572672197_1561691_n.jpg40330_422572672197_1561691_nThe establishment where I got my dinner!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/45899_422572557197_861761_n.jpg45899_422572557197_861761_nInside the Notre-Dame basilica, after the sound and light show.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/44396_422572727197_1925482_n.jpg44396_422572727197_1925482_nSt. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a basilica on the outskirts of Mount Royal Park. Reaching the main sanctuary requires the ascent of hundreds of steps, although an elevator and escalator are available.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/45382_422587742197_3426617_n.jpg45382_422587742197_3426617_nThe Notre-Dame Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal), which has nothing to do with its namesake cathedral in Paris to which it bears a slight resemblance. It is, however, a beautiful and historically significant building in its own right.2019-02-13T05:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2019/01/27/hawaii-5-0-ive-now-karaoked-in-every-u-s-state-plus-washington-dc/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/byahc3.jpgHawaii on the map.This image shows the complete Hawai'ian archipelago.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49164622_10156173647527198_1466060646670925824_o.jpg49164622_10156173647527198_1466060646670925824_oGazing towards downtown Honolulu from the peak of the Diamond Head craterhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0020.jpgdsc_0020Baby bananas growing on a banana tree at the Dole Plantation in Wahiawa on Oahu. Did you know that botanists classify the banana as a berry?https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49939032_10156195636352198_8132149927888289792_o.jpg49939032_10156195636352198_8132149927888289792_oSeen in downtown Honolulu: the Ferrari that the titular detective drives in the reboot of the television series <i>Magnum P.I.</i>, which takes place in and is filmed in Hawai'i.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49948885_10156207765757198_4700944428204818432_o.jpg49948885_10156207765757198_4700944428204818432_oLooking across Pearl Harbor towards the USS Missouri - the battleship on which the Japanese surrendered in Tokyo Bay in September, officially ending World War II. Today it's permanently at anchor in Pearl Harbor and serves as a museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181231_194644-01-01.jpeg20181231_194644-01-01Me in front of the entrance to Wang Chung's.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49210794_10156168706087198_6462514961032675328_o-1.jpg49210794_10156168706087198_6462514961032675328_o (1)Me enjoying a Mai Tai at a restaurant in the Waikīkī section of Honolulu.2019-02-13T16:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/08/l-a-story-part-2-cities-of-the-dead-in-the-city-of-angels/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p90233181.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAYou can see the famed "Hollywood" sign from the Hollywood Forever cemetery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dave.jpgDaveWhy go to Florence when you can see a replica of Michelangelo's David in a California cemetery?https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ashes-to-ashes.jpgashes to ashesAmong the ashes interred in the Columbarium of Victory in the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Lawn are those of actress-singer Dorothy Dandridge.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/where-was-george.jpggeorgeIn the Court of Freedom there's a 13-foot monument to George Washington, although I'm pretty sure that America's first President never stepped foot in California.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/selznick.jpgselznickMovie mogul David Selznick was the producer of "Gone with the Wind" and "Rebecca," taking home Best Picture Oscars for both films.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040926.jpgP1040926This panel of stained glass windows in the Great Mausoleum recreates Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, "The Last Supper."https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040912.jpgP1040912Also in the Forest Lawn Museum is a replica of the "Gates of Paradise," the exquisite gilded bronze doors designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti that adorn the Baptistery in Florence.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040854.jpgP1040854https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cemetery-nights.jpgI can't believe it's a cemeteryA view of the lake and the Douras mausoleum at Hollywood Forever. It's hard to believe you're in a cemetery!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/clarabow.jpgclarabowClara Bow, Hollywood's original "It Girl," starred in "Wings," which one the first-ever Best Picture Oscar.2019-02-01T04:58:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2018/12/25/on-the-brink-of-history-ive-karaoked-in-49-states-and-no-50-is-imminent/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/43226045_10155977679367198_6561586636642058240_o-1.jpg43226045_10155977679367198_6561586636642058240_o (1)This buoy marker falsely purports to identify the southernmost point in the continental U.S. Because Key West is an island, it's not part of the continental U.S. (although it's the southernmost city in the <i>contiguous</i> U.S.).https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/43321036_10155977992107198_7637392986996736000_o.jpg43321036_10155977992107198_7637392986996736000_oPapa Hemingway lived here! Dozens of polydactyl (6-toed) cats roam the house and grounds' some are descended from a polydactyl feline that Hemingway kept.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/37627903_10155799711417198_7612912768626196480_o.jpg37627903_10155799711417198_7612912768626196480_oSome very early motorcycles on display in the Harley-Davidson Museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/37568289_10155800244082198_6927329743578595328_o.jpg37568289_10155800244082198_6927329743578595328_oMe with the "Bronze Fonz" - a statue of Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, the iconic character from the classic television series <i>Happy Days</i>, which was set in Milwaukee.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/29570888_10155523240907198_4703021676252273823_n.jpg29570888_10155523240907198_4703021676252273823_nThe city of Coronado, located across the bay from downtown San Diego, is home to the legendary Hotel del Coronado.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/28954146_10155526612607198_6011673001833514987_o.jpg28954146_10155526612607198_6011673001833514987_oThe views from San Diego's Point Loma are breathtaking.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/40597880_10155900708807198_7373523523614015488_o.jpg40597880_10155900708807198_7373523523614015488_oMe with David enjoying some poutine.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/40521503_10155900555362198_1003672834179858432_o.jpg40521503_10155900555362198_1003672834179858432_oSo yeah, this is where I was in early September. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is visible in the background.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/40820628_10155904568937198_1946483460629594112_o.jpg40820628_10155904568937198_1946483460629594112_oA statue of Winnie-the-bear in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park. She was an actual bear cub adopted by a Canadian soldier in Ontario, and inspired A.A. Milne to create the Winnie the Pooh character.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/29026090_10155480629972198_7464976116218855424_n-1.jpg29026090_10155480629972198_7464976116218855424_nMe in the replica of the Oval Office at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.2019-01-31T17:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2018/02/26/singing-my-way-through-north-america-2017-edition-how-i-karaoked-in-14-new-u-s-states-plus-another-part-of-canada/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/16707313_10154439289397198_6486404572224998677_o.jpg16707313_10154439289397198_6486404572224998677_oTotem poles in Stanley Park. Collected from all over British Columbia, these poles are an art form of the First Nations (what Canadians call the natives who occupied the land before the Europeans came).https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25488059_10155273119772198_6013469938608266176_o.jpg25488059_10155273119772198_6013469938608266176_oVintage road signs cover the side of a random building in Albuquerque.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22829290_10155138973072198_5329281642444077717_o.jpg22829290_10155138973072198_5329281642444077717_oThe Zimmerman House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , was completed in the 1950s.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22860028_10155139176517198_1242868679623792828_o.jpg22860028_10155139176517198_1242868679623792828_oThe "Mill Girl" sculpture in the historic Millyard District in Manchester.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22467550_10155107588627198_6152999489764641072_o.jpg22467550_10155107588627198_6152999489764641072_oEntering the grounds of the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory in Shelburne, Vermont.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25182462_10155245198137198_1514738684340577538_o.jpg25182462_10155245198137198_1514738684340577538_oThis Albuquerque home was used as Walter White's house on the television series Breaking Bad.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22528660_10155112990957198_8930143764997929690_o.jpg22528660_10155112990957198_8930143764997929690_oThe Church Street Marketplace in Burlington is a 4-block-long pedestrian-only section of Church Street that's lined with shops and restaurants.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/74211232_m.jpg74211232 - amazing wailua twin waterfalls on kauai island, hawaiiThis December, Hawaii will become my 50th state for karaoke. This is a stock photo of Wailua Falls on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/22459138_10155105082037198_2651433577506675173_o.jpg22459138_10155105082037198_2651433577506675173_oThis alfresco art installation in Burlington claims to be the world's tallest filing cabinet.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/16826059_10154431464422198_3059029582318792122_o.jpg16826059_10154431464422198_3059029582318792122_oRain or shine, Vancouverites stay calm. In what other city can you find a "Dude Chilling Park"?2019-01-31T17:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/10/22/country-no-51-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-a-bohemian-rhapsody-in-prague/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21246531_10154995880337198_1063518059221373109_o.jpg21246531_10154995880337198_1063518059221373109_oThe Astronomical Clock, which is attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague's Old Town, is a distinctive landmark even when surrounded by scaffolding, as it was in September 2017.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21246215_10154996388797198_8059413266041706022_o.jpg21246215_10154996388797198_8059413266041706022_oThe Nationale-Nederlanden Building in Prague, informally known as the "Dancing House or "Fred and Ginger," was co-designed by Frank Gehry.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170903_215305.jpg20170903_215305Me with Dennis, the KJ at the Poison - Rock 'n' Roll Karaoke bar in Prague.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/347243247_1bda2e87ec_o.jpg347243247_1bda2e87ec_oInside the Sedlec Ossuary, near Kutna Hora outside of Prague.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171222450_4ad90ebfc7_o-1.jpg171222450_4ad90ebfc7_o (1)A view across the Vltava River, towards Prague Castle and St. Vitus's Cathedral, taken during my 2006 visit.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21316372_10154998437252198_9190166441574299042_o.jpg21316372_10154998437252198_9190166441574299042_oA view of Prague's Old Town Square a view of Prague's Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí).2019-01-31T01:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/karaoke-videos/2019-01-29T13:45:25+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2014/09/18/karaoke-in-ireland-i-still-havent-found-what-im-looking-for/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pc304171.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Bt1 lounge is in the basement of this building in Belfast.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/captain-americas.jpgcaptain americasCaptain Americas, where my dreams were dashed on January 1, 2014. Photo courtesy of flickr user English Girl at Home.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1000373.jpgP1000373The Dublin Writers Museumhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/joyce-version-2.jpgMe with Jimmy Joycehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/30.jpgTemple Bar at duskWalking towards Dublin's famed Temple Bar at dusk.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/29.jpgWilde at heartThe statue of Oscar Wilde in Merion Square Park in Dublin.2019-01-28T23:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/vacation-countdown/2019-01-28T17:06:42+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/13/l-a-story-part-i-off-the-beaten-path-in-the-city-of-angels/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/l-a-gehry1.jpgL.A. GehryThe Walt Disney Concert Hall, in downtown Los Angeles, was designed by superstar architect Frank Gehry. It opened in 2003. This photo was taken during my July 2006 visit to La-La Land.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1040832.jpgEven more persuasive than Smokey the Bear.Much more of a deterrent than a $540 fine.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chemosphere-long-shot.jpgchemosphere long shotLooking towards the Chemosphere. The steep private driveway that leads to it can be seen in the background.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1040817.jpgInside the Museum of DeathThis clock reminds us that like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/museum-of-death.jpgMuseum of DeathThe exterior of the Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/a-capitol-building.jpgThe Capitol Records building in Hollywood.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9017701.jpgL.A. skylineLooking towards the downtown Los Angeles skyline from a scenic overlook off Mulholland Drive. This photo was taken during a visit I made to the L.A. area in September 2012.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9017650.jpgThe ChemosphereThe Chemosphere, a distinctive octagonal house that stands on a 30-foot pole, peeks above the treetops. This abode was designed by the architect John Lautner in 1960.2019-01-28T16:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2018/12/20/country-no-50-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-a-night-of-malta/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/maltesehed.jpgmaltesehedA screen capture from the movie.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/50646618_m.jpg50646618 - vintage movie camera right side50646618 - vintage movie camera right sidehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20170702_223816.jpg20170702_223816Me with the KJ in Cork's Irish Pub.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20170702_161340.jpg20170702_161340Looking across the Grand Harbour from the Saluting Battery, an array of cannons downstairs from the Barrrakka Gardens in Valletta.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dsc_0241.jpgDSC_0241The exterior of Cork's Irish Pub, inside of which Malta became my 50th country for karokehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/malta-map.jpgmalta mapA map depicting Malta's three populated islands.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/great-siege.jpggreat siegeOne of a series of frescoes by Matteo Pérez de Alesio depicting events of the Great Siege of Malta. They were painted from 1575 to 1581.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/509px-coat_of_arms_of_the_sovereign_military_order_of_malta_variant-svg.pngCoat of armsThe Coat of Arms of the SMOM.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19679350_10154830097627198_3160288459515816649_o.jpg19679350_10154830097627198_3160288459515816649_oYet another handsome entryway to a Mdina building.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19693413_10154830095617198_1131954868991312701_o.jpg19693413_10154830095617198_1131954868991312701_oAnother elegant set of doors on a building in Mdina.2019-02-06T14:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/05/27/when-real-life-intervenes-my-heart-stopping-medical-journey/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/13524564_m.jpg13524564_mThe mitral valve -- the part of my heart that has malfunctioned -- can be seen on the right of this diagram.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/19390985_m.jpg19390985_mThis is a stock photo of the Mount Rushmore National Monument, which I'll be visiting in July.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/27914316_m.jpg27914316_mIn just a few months, I'll be in an operating room like this one.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/8001817_l.jpg8001817_l2018-05-11T04:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/09/21/country-no-25-i-sang-like-an-egyptian/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cleo-and-her-bro.jpgCleo and her broDetail of a relief on the façade of the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt. The large figure on the left is Cleopatra; to her right is her brother, Ptolemy. Between them is Caesarion, the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1050291.jpgCleo and familyDetail of a relief on the façade of the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt. The figure on the left is Cleopatra; to her right is her brother, Ptolemy. Between them is Caesarion, the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9177947.jpgMeet Edward!Edward, the Karaoke MC, doing his thing.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/push2.jpgThose pyramids are really heavy . . .https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9198073.jpgMoulins RougeThe Moulins Rouge, where I sang in Cairo.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9177941.jpgThe exterior of the Laguna Lounge Cafe in Mohandessin.This is the place where I made my Egyptian karaoke debut!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p1050010.jpgThose pyramids aren't so big . . 2018-02-28T03:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/09/25/you-can-go-home-again-revisiting-my-early-childhood-in-cleveland/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p82360811.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as seen from the harbour. The round section on the right of the building that juts out over the water is the Hall of Fame Gallery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/14335531_m.jpg14335531_mStock photo of the West Side Market.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8236048.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAInside the museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10356504_m.jpg10356504_mhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/backyard.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAt least I got to see the backyard . . .https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_20140824_135000_330.jpgIMG_20140824_135000_330Looking out from the Goodtimes III while cruising down the Cuyahoga River.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p1010093.jpgP1010093This addition to the house was constructed in 1983.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8246226.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJust as I did in January 1976, I had to bid adieu to University Heights.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_20140823_115841_316.jpgIMG_20140823_115841_316Learning about the roots of rock & roll.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_20140823_112216_853.jpgIMG_20140823_112216_853Inside the atrium of the museum.2018-02-22T17:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/03/30/i-was-jonesing-to-see-petra-indiana-jonesing-that-is/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0854.jpgDSC_0854The King's Wall features royal tombs carved into the rock face.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_123859.jpg20170103_123859My city of ruins: remnants of a town where people once lived their lives, and had hopes and dreams.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_123313.jpg20170103_123313Boulevard of broken dreams: the outlines of this path mark a road that ran through ancient Beidha.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0837.jpgDSC_0837The market and colonnaded street, which served as Petra's city centre back in the day.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0721.jpgDSC_0721The view from a scenic lookout area near the Monastery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_122204.jpg20170103_122204The oldest houses in Beidha are circular in shape. Here's a reconstruction of one of them.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_122110.jpg20170103_122110At some unknown time, the original circular architecture was supplanted by rectangular buildings. Here's a reconstruction of one of them.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170102_153330.jpg20170102_153330A camel chills out in front of the Treasury at Petra after a long day.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_131247.jpg20170103_131247A ceiling fresco inside the triclinium.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170103_130502.jpg20170103_130502The triclinium (a Latin word meaning "dining table") was originally built as a church, but it is believed to have later been used for communal meals.2018-02-22T17:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2018/02/11/country-no-49-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-avoiding-the-wrath-of-genghis-khan-in-mongolia/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0359.jpgDSC_0359A scene in Ghorki-Terelj National Park, several dozen miles outside of Ulaanbaatar.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0366.jpgDSC_0366The exterior of the Julie Center, where I made my Mongolian karaoke debut!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20170531_180717.jpg20170531_180717A random karaoke spot that I noticed while riding around Ulaanbaatar. Naturallly, it turned out to have only private rooms and no public singing area.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/60811012_m.jpg60811012_mI didn't encounter any angry dogs, rabid or otherwise.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rabies.jpgrabieshttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18920980_10154727087982198_810947355850191069_o.jpg18920980_10154727087982198_810947355850191069_oBaagi in front of his ger.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18814563_10154718271112198_4764626247511228180_o.jpg18814563_10154718271112198_4764626247511228180_oMe with Baagi in his ger, right before I enjoyed a delicious lunch with him.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0325.jpgDSC_0325Statues of Mongol warriors on horses, with replicas of gers in the background, in the vicinity of the Genghis Khan equestrian statue.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18839732_10154728072122198_3995672779586591411_o.jpg18839732_10154728072122198_3995672779586591411_oFace to face with one of history's most terrifying figures.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18891417_10154727391487198_3136911969338309714_o.jpg18891417_10154727391487198_3136911969338309714_oMe in front of the equestrian statue of Genghis Khan, about 34 miles outside of Ulaanbaatar.2018-02-27T17:38:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2018/01/24/countries-no-47-and-48-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-h-bomb-in-the-himalayas-in-nepal-and-bhutan/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsc_0044-01.jpegDSC_0044-01Another look at the Tiger's Nest.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18671453_10154702721842198_4457305006269172_o.jpg18671453_10154702721842198_4457305006269172_oMe with with Nudip and Sangay, the patriarch and matriarch of a Bhutanese family with whom I had dinner at their farmhouse. (Two of their daughters and their granddaughter were also there.) https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/71827004_m.jpg71827004 - view of pashupatinath temple area,kathmandu,nepalA stock photo of the Pashupatinath temple complex.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18738691_10154696907927198_1547656091830321058_o-1.jpg18738691_10154696907927198_1547656091830321058_o (1)Soaring 169 feet above its base, the Buddha Dordenma is visible from many points in Thimphu.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18673034_10154697060192198_9129419714667273329_o.jpg18673034_10154697060192198_9129419714667273329_oThe humans making hand gestures from this kiosk in Thimphu constitute the only traffic signal in Bhutan.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsc_0086.jpgDSC_0086Gazing upon Kathmandu from a scenic lookout point nearby to the "monkey temple."https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20170523_210527-01.jpeg20170523_210527-01Me with Manhendra (at right) and his friend in the Beta House.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsc_0110.jpgDSC_0110Another scene on the grounds of the monkey temple.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043A view on the top of the Boudhanath Stupa.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20170525_204611-01.jpeg20170525_204611-01Me with the KJ at The Magic Karaoke. His name was Wangchuck, the same as the name of Bhutan's royal family.2018-02-12T02:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/press/2018-02-12T00:49:48+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2017/02/13/a-2200-year-old-stone-army-and-more-a-brief-visit-to-xian-china/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0670.jpgdsc_0670A view along the top of the City Wall.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13403101_10153759641292198_5110468221017229065_o.jpg13403101_10153759641292198_5110468221017229065_oAnother selfie of me in the gift shop at the archaeological site containing the terracotta army in Xi'an.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/p1000266.jpgp1000266An auto rickshaw in New Delhi, India, seen during my visit to India in 2014.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0796.jpgdsc_0796Another view inside the Muslim Quarter night market.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0794.jpgdsc_0794A view inside the Muslim Quarter night market in Xi'an.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13268056_10153722985417198_410331628106769881_o.jpg13268056_10153722985417198_410331628106769881_oApproaching the Yongning Gate on the southern portion of Xi'an's city wall as dusk falls.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0729.jpgDSC_0729One of the trams that ferry people around the top of Xi'an's city wall.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0655.jpgDSC_0655One of the gates that provides access to the top off the City Wall.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0634.jpgDSC_0634Another horse-drawn chariot in the museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0629.jpgDSC_0629One of the wooden chariots in the museum.2017-10-16T02:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/06/22/country-no-46-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-everything-is-bigger-in-dubai/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170109_112448.jpg20170109_112448Here's a beauty product you can't find just anywhere.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0235.jpgDSC_0235The Baastakia Quarter, seen from the water taxi that ferried me to it.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170109_112900.jpg20170109_112900Spices, salt, and other flavour enhancers arranged outside a store in one of the souks.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/15896350_10154319922952198_7389600773676195025_o.jpg15896350_10154319922952198_7389600773676195025_oA store in the Gold Souk, which consists of stores that sell gold jewelry -- and, in some cases, buy or sell old gold.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170108_115030_001.jpg20170108_115030_001The view from the 139th story of the Burj Khalifa.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/burj-shot-edited.jpgBurj shot editedA view of the Dubai skyline at dusk, featuring the Burj Khalifa. This photo was taken from the Shangri-La Hotel.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/me-and-pocholo.jpgme and PocholoMe with Pocholo, the man who runs the karaoke at the hibiki music lounge in Dubai.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0128.jpgDSC_0128The exterior of the hibiki music lounge.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/burj-al-arab.jpgBurj Al ArabThe Burj al-Arab was built on an artificial island. It opened in 1999.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/15875164_10154317950822198_4714378975114921213_o.jpg15875164_10154317950822198_4714378975114921213_oThis is a souvenir photo I purchased on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa. It was taken in front of a green screen, and the background was then superimposed.2017-07-24T00:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/03/country-no-30-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-mayhem-in-moldova/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/moldova.jpgmoldovahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/minichess.jpglife-sized chessThis life-sized chess et sits in front of the cathedral in Chișinău, Moldova.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/art-club.jpgArt ClubArt Club Karaoke in Chișinău, Moldova.2017-05-16T20:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/05/08/country-no-45-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-increasing-my-q-rating-in-qatar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0034.jpgDSC_0034https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/edited-doha-skyline-0116.jpgedited Doha skyline-0116The Doha skyline is spectacularly colourful at night.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170106_151840-01.jpeg20170106_151840-01The Pearl Monument on the Dhow Harbour waterfront is one of Doha's symbols.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170106_130331.jpg20170106_130331The Museum of Islamic Art was designed by a team led by the legendary architect I.M. Pei. Mr. Pei turned 100 in April 2017.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170106_122538-01.jpeg20170106_122538-01On Doha's waterfront: a statue of of Orry Oryx, a mascot who was created for the 2016 Asian Games (which were held in Doha). An oryx is a type of antelope.2017-07-10T04:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/03/12/country-no-44-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-this-year-in-jerusalem/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20161229_154253.jpg20161229_154253A view of the Dead Sea A view of the Dead Sea in Israel (with Jordan on the other side). At 423 metres (1,388 feet) below sea level, this sea and its surrounding shore form the lowest area on Earth's surface.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20161226_180112.jpg20161226_180112The menorah in front of the Western Wall, illuminated on the third night of Chanukah.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15731870_1169318563137466_5498441644025644454_o.jpg15731870_1169318563137466_5498441644025644454_oMe with Raphael, the bartender / KJ at Capricorn Karaoke.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15698283_10154276859372198_8314380340976249475_n.jpg15698283_10154276859372198_8314380340976249475_n2017-04-05T03:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/02/26/country-no-43-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-im-hungary-for-singing/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15252600_10154201687852198_7133597868357417337_o.jpg15252600_10154201687852198_7133597868357417337_oA view of the Chain Bridge at night, with Buda Castle looming in the background.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15170918_10154192435352198_855643409423270352_n.jpg15170918_10154192435352198_855643409423270352_nThe bronze statues of Columbo and his unnamed dog.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/70711119_m.jpg70711119_mStock photo of the House of Terror museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10704757_m.jpg10704757 - 3d render of blackjack table sceneStock photo of a blackjack table similar to the one at which I won over 15,000 forints in Budapest.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15192514_10154190234367198_8892017164037482732_n.jpg15192514_10154190234367198_8892017164037482732_nSelfie in front of a Cold War-era sculpture in Memento Park..https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15676306_10154266738757198_901449168564066586_o.jpg15676306_10154266738757198_901449168564066586_oOne of the rooms in a Budapest ruin bar called Instant.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15384630_10154219108957198_8725093141415132399_o.jpg15384630_10154219108957198_8725093141415132399_oA scene in Budapest's Christmas market.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15252599_10154208265577198_9215684456980098580_o.jpg15252599_10154208265577198_9215684456980098580_oSt. Stephen's Basilica is one of the most recognizable buildings in Budapest.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15259603_10154203706497198_5440111637570076418_o-2.jpg15259603_10154203706497198_5440111637570076418_o-2The Hungarian Parliament's Central Staircase.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15253570_10154188707147198_1691883852936506_n.jpg15253570_10154188707147198_1691883852936506_nThe Matthias Church.2017-03-14T00:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/06/26/country-no-41-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-hello-again-taiwan/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/extract.jpgextractHere's an excerpt from a post I published on this blog in March 2015, in which I named Taipei as a city that had a karaoke taxi!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/guardo.jpgchanging off the guardThe changing of the guard in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20160601_160949.jpg20160601_160949Selfie of me with Mr. Tu and his girlfriend.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/meta.jpgmetaCaught in the act: me taking a selfie with Mr. Tu!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20160601_160427.jpg20160601_160427Me and Mr. Tu.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02_0063_6x8d.jpg02_0063_6X8Dhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anita1989-20120121233059.jpganita1989-20120121233059https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/h-bomb-on-wheels.jpgh-bomb-on-wheelsMe singing in Joel Laguidao's karaoke cab in Washington, DC in November 2011.2024-06-06T00:29:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/10/03/country-no-33-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-sinking-my-teeth-into-india/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hbomb_at_the_taj.jpghbomb_at_the_tajMe at a famous mausoleum in Agra, about 130 miles from New Delhi.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hbomb-in-delhi-3.jpghbomb in delhihttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1000243.jpgP1000243The outside portion of the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1000254.jpgP1000254The unofficial mascots of the museum are Pee & Poo.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p1000275.jpgP1000275The Exterior of Harry's Karaoke Lounge Pub, in a shopping mall in New Delhi.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p1000256.jpgP1000256Inside the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in New Delhi.2017-02-14T02:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/12/22/singing-my-way-through-the-u-s-a-getting-better-acquainted-with-my-country-in-2016/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12507422_922752974460694_3563000341184013614_n.jpg12507422_922752974460694_3563000341184013614_nThe downtown Baltimore skyline on a cold day in January.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/44698636_m.jpg44698636 - skyline of downtown detroit from windsor, ontarioStock photo of the downtown skyline of Detroit, one of my probably U.S. travel destinations for 2017.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/15349750_10154235519177198_3684049951523255874_n.jpg15349750_10154235519177198_3684049951523255874_nThe "Miracle on the Hudson" airplane, on display at the Carolinas Aviation Museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14372448_10154010353842198_8153898701071642311_o.jpg14372448_10154010353842198_8153898701071642311_oThe Memorial Union Terrace, shortly after the conclusion of a football game on campus, is a sea of red.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13438969_10154152017377198_8391965767457122561_n.jpg13438969_10154152017377198_8391965767457122561_nThe 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14642426_10154052005312198_111712871505340306_n.jpg14642426_10154052005312198_111712871505340306_nViewing the exhibit "Shakespeare, Austin and the Cult of Celebrity" in the Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare Library.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14124516_10153968017432198_5873781346852298892_o.jpg14124516_10153968017432198_5873781346852298892_ohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14206212_10153963035277198_5072354115878710148_o.jpg14206212_10153963035277198_5072354115878710148_oA photo of me inside the Boeing factory (sort of).https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14729321_10154076565937198_1311836274246058952_n.jpg14729321_10154076565937198_1311836274246058952_nThe First Baptist Church in Providence was built in 1775.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/14195214_10153943320962198_3190142641070089038_o.jpg14195214_10153943320962198_3190142641070089038_oA mural of Kurt Vonnegut on the side of a building in downtown Indianapolis.2017-02-03T21:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2017/01/08/46-countries-and-counting-on-my-world-karaoke-tour/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/supertall.jpegsupertallThe Burj Khalifa is so tall, it's difficult to fit the whole thing in the frame when photographing it.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/23-times-2.jpg23-times-236582625 - number forty-six on the wall of a house, detail of a number of information, even number2017-01-13T13:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/12/19/a-beiing-blast-singing-in-mainland-china/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13308589_10153717134432198_30056432816923458_o.jpg13308589_10153717134432198_30056432816923458_oBeijing National Stadium, popularly known as the "Bird's Nest," was used for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and will also be used for the 2022 Winter Olympics (which will also be held in Beijing).https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13528087_10153781885782198_5515978226484355728_o.jpg13528087_10153781885782198_5515978226484355728_o2017-01-16T14:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/01/25/performing-in-the-palmetto-state-my-world-karaoke-tour-hits-charleston/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nye-downtown.jpgNYE downtownMe with some random women I met at a bar in downtown Charleston where I ended up after leaving my law school friend's NYE party.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/champagne-new-years-selfie.jpgchampagne New Year's selfieSelfie of me toasting the arrival of 2016 at Charlotte and Boyd's New Year's shindig.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/h-bomb-charlotte-and-boyd.jpgH-Bomb, Charlotte and BoydMe with my law school friend and classmate, Charlotte, and her husband, Boyd, at a New Year's Eve party in their home.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mike-and-me.jpgMike and meMe with Mike, the KJ at the Island Bar & Grill.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0309.jpgDSC_0309Looking down the colourful corridor of homes known as Rainbow Row, in Charleston's historic district.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sam_0092.jpgSAM_0092Me with Aaron, the KJ at the R Pub on the night when I went there.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_05531.jpgDSC_0553https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0553.jpgDSC_0553The exterior of R Pub in Charleston.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/me-on-the-grounds-of-the-magnolia-plantation-gardens-about-ten-miles-outside-of-charleston.jpgMe on the grounds of the Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, about ten miles outside of Charlestonhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0406.jpgDSC_0406The Island Bar & Grill -- a watering hole that, in the interest of accuracy, should change its name to "Island Bar."2016-12-19T05:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/08/08/country-no-42-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-singing-inside-the-axis-of-evil-in-north-korea/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/yanggakdo.jpegYanggakdoThe Yanggakdo International Hotel on an overcast day, viewed from atop the Tower of the Juche Idea.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0162.jpgDSC_0162North Korean soldiers marching in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North Korea and South Korea.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160605_235629.jpg20160605_235629The entrance to the karaoke bar in the basement of the Yanggakdo International Hotel.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/selfie.jpgselfie2016-11-04T03:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/01/14/country-no-36-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-one-night-in-bangkok/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10499337_746925358710124_2554592821382471102_o.jpg10499337_746925358710124_2554592821382471102_ohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1227141637_1.jpg1227141637_1The Reclining Buddha at the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok is about 50 feet high and 150 feet long, and is covered in gold leaf.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1227141637.jpg1227141637The Reclining Buddha at the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok is about 50 feet high and 150 feet long, and is covered in gold leaf.2016-08-18T04:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/06/country-no-38-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-i-was-a-seoul-man-in-south-korea/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/0109151458c-2.jpg0109151458c (2)A monument in the DMZ.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150109_174838.jpgIMG_20150109_1748382016-08-09T15:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/13/country-no-1-the-united-states/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gramophone.jpggramophonehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/us.jpgSo far I've sung in 12 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/frenchie.jpgFrenchiehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1040486.jpgA French cafe occupies the space where the Raccoon Lodge once stood.2016-08-09T03:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/29/country-no-14-japan/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/arrival-of-the-shinkansen.jpgarrival of the Shinkansenhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pump-it-up.jpgpump it uphttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tokyo-air-raid-memorial.jpgTokyo Air Raid Memorialhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/disco-stu-goes-to-japan.jpgDisco Stu goes to Japanhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sunday-afternoon-in-gion.jpgSunday afternoon in Gionhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/who-speaks-for-the-trees.jpgWho speaks for the treeshttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/me-in-a-rickshaw.jpgme in a rickshawhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/travels-with-yoshi.jpgTravels with Yoshihttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/yoshi-the-rickshaw-driver.jpgYoshi the rickshaw driverhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pindola.jpgPindola2016-08-08T21:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/07/13/taipei-unplugged-highlights-of-my-stay-in-the-taiwanese-capital/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/small-taiwan-map.pngsmall Taiwan maphttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160531_133410.jpg20160531_133410The glass of bubble tea that I enjoyed in Taipei.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0556.jpgDSC_0556Night has fallen over the city.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0520.jpgDSC_0520As sunset yields to dusk.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0492.jpgDSC_0492The sky explodes with colour as nighttime approaches.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160603_193830.jpg20160603_193830After going to the airport myself to get it, I was finally reunited with my luggage.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0448.jpgDSC_0448The sun sinks towards the horizon.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0354-1-01-01-1.jpegDSC_0354-1-01-01 (1)This Robert Indiana "LOVE" sculpture -- one of numerous identical sculptures in various cities around the world -- is installed next to the base of Taipei 101.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_01851.jpgDSC_0185Another scene from the changing of the guard.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_0096.jpgDSC_0096A scene towards the beginning of the changing of the guard.2016-08-07T14:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/08/27/country-no-29-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-i-was-not-a-chicken-in-kiev/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/monestary.jpgMonasteryThe Cathedral of the Dormition, on the grounds of the Monastery of the Caves (Pechersk Lavra) in Kiev, Ukraine. Its cupolas are covered with actual gold.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hedgehog.jpgMe with the "Hedgehog in the Fog" monument in Kiev, Ukraine. This sculpture honours the title character in an animated Russian film of that name from the 1970s.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mafia.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Mafia karaoke bar in which I sang in Kiev, Ukraine.2016-07-01T21:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/25/riding-in-a-karaoke-equipped-car-is-uber-cool/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/shutterstock_35330281.jpgshutterstock_35330281https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/0322151417a_1.jpg0322151417a_1Joel and I pose in front of the karaoke-equipped Lexus that he drives for Uber.2024-03-27T16:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/15/karaoke-in-transit/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/washington-monument.jpgWashington monumentVistas of the Washington Monument helped make for a scenic ride in Joel Laguidao's karaoke cab.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1040215.jpgP1040215https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10386341_m.jpg10386341_mhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/h-bomb-on-wheels.jpgH-Bomb on wheelshttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/plane.jpgI hope to soon sing on one of these magnificent flying machines!2016-06-21T19:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/05/16/a-classically-good-time-in-rome-how-i-spent-my-third-visit-to-the-eternal-city/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065Looking up towards the oculus, a circular opening in the center of the dome that crowns the Pantheon.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/14866887_m.jpg14866887_mStock photo of the exterior of the Basilica San Clemente al Laterano.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/caesar.jpgCaesarThe statue Julius Caesar in Rome.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wine-with-dinner.jpgwine with dinnerhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8007295_f85c9364b1_o.jpg8007295_f85c9364b1_oLooking up the grand staircase in the front off the Vittorio Emanuel II Monument, in 2004.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0241.jpgDSC_0241The Colosseum after dark.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0127.jpgDSC_0127A bird's-eye view from the highest observation deck at the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memento-mori-1-00197413-01.jpegmemento mori 1 (00197413)-01This very creepy clock in the Capuchin Crypt has no minute hand.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memento-3.jpgmemento 3Another chamber with bones decoratively arranged in the Capuchin Crypt.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memento-2.jpgmemento 2Artfully arranged bones in the Capuchin Crypt.2016-07-01T16:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2016/03/28/country-no-40-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-a-valentine-to-the-bahamas/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/map-of-bahamas.jpgmap of BahamasA map of the Bahamas.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/about-to-taste.jpgabout to tasteMe about to do some rum-tasting in the bar at the John Watling's Distillery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/inside-the-distillery.jpginside the distilleryInside the actual distillery where the product is manufactured.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0102.jpgSAM_0102Inside the actual distillery, on the grounds of the Buena Vista estate, in which the product is manufactured.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/buena-vista.jpgbuena vistaThe main building of the Buena Vista estate houses a bar in which you can taste John Watling's Rum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0169.jpgSAM_0169One of my favourite edifices in downtown Nassau is the Bacardi Store, which also contains a bar/lounge in which you can enjoy the libations that are purveyed there. https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/supremes.jpgsupremesBehind Parliament Square is the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0166.jpgSAM_0166Parliament Square, a focal point of downtown Nassau, features a statue of Queen Victoria, hearkening back to the time when the Bahamas was a British colony. It gained its independence in 1973.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0171.jpgSAM_0171This house on Paradise Island, owned by the actor Nicolas Cage, is currently for sale.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0179.jpgSAM_0179The Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, as seen from the ferry in Nassau Harbour.2016-04-19T19:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/01/19/country-no-37-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-slinging-songs-in-singapore/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/andrea-and-me.jpgAndrea and meMe with Andrea, my fellow singer at Jab 1 who served as videographer for the two videos you see above.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0101151659b_2-1.jpg0101151659b_2 (1)Looking down on Singapore from the top of the Singapore Flyer, a 541-foot-high observation wheel that I rode just hours before making my Singaporean karaoke debut.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1231141616.jpg1231141616Me with fellow international traveller Kerwin McKenzie.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/singapore-sling.jpgsingapore sling2016-02-18T02:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/06/20/my-italian-odyssey/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/17329195_deaac1f24f_b.jpg17329195_deaac1f24f_bhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cave-canem.jpgA replica of the famous "Cave Canem" mosaic, which I bought from a gift shop in Pompeii.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mouth-of-truth.jpgMouth of Truthhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/vesuvius.jpgVesuviushttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/venetian-alley.jpgVenetian alleyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/trevi.jpgTrevi Fountain in the heart of Rome.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/so-beautiful-yet-so-deadly.jpgSo beautiful, yet so deadlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/he-got-plastered.jpgHe got plasteredhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/grand-canal.jpgGrand CanalGondolas in the Grand Canal in Venice.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bella-venezia.jpgBella Venezia2016-01-31T21:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/12/29/ten-things-im-looking-forward-to-in-2016-and-a-couple-more-that-im-hoping-for/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5221083_m.jpg5221083_mStock photo of Niagara Falls as seen from the Canadian Side. I hope to capture these awe-inspiring cataracts with my own camera!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/32633158_m.jpg32633158_mStock photo of a beach in Nassau, Bahamas.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10632878_10152882881497198_4438048864362926097_n.jpg10632878_10152882881497198_4438048864362926097_nA view towards Baltimore's Inner Harbour, as seen from my hotel room during my previous visit to "Charm City" in April 2015.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/42624867_m.jpg42624867_mStock photo of the iconic fountain in Forsyth Park, in the historic district of Savannah. The fountain was installed in 1858.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14136420_m.jpg14136420_mStock photo of the ruins of a monastery at the Petra archaeological site in Jordan.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/21100163_m.jpg21100163_mStock photo of a Boeing 787, one of the three models manufactured at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, USA. (The same plant also produces 747s and 777s.)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6420438_m.jpg6420438_mStock photo showing a view of Budapest.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/36463152_m.jpg36463152_mStock photo of some historic homes in Charleston, South Carolina.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/22434490_m.jpg22434490_mStock photo of a portion of the army of terra cotta warriors in Xi'an, China. Buried in a gigantic pit in the third century B.C., they were found in 1974.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/42762094_s.jpg42762094_s2016-01-05T19:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/12/20/country-no-39-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-living-la-dolce-vita-in-rome/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1125152141a.jpg1125152141aI'm back in the saddle! In November 2015, for the first time since my surgery, I boarded an airplane. Destination: Rome, where I had some unfinished business.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/trevi.jpegTrevihttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/roberto-me-and-monica.jpegRoberto, me, and MonicaMe with Roberto, the KJ on my first evening at Vecchio Franklyn; and Monica, another staff member who was very helpful to me.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1129151446b.jpg1129151446bLooking towards the Roman Colosseum from the Arch of Constantine.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0008.jpgDSC_0008The exterior of Vecchio Franklyn, the karaoke bar where I performed for three nights in a row in Rome.2016-01-10T15:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/my-heart-surgery/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/31573610_m.jpg31573610_m2015-12-21T12:52:56+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2015/11/16/my-heart-will-go-on-my-heart-surgery-experience-and-my-continuing-recovery/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shutterstock_1662825291.jpgshutterstock_166282529My heart was operated on robotically.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shutterstock_166282529.jpgshutterstock_166282529https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pre-operation-1.jpgpre operation 1Me about to be wheeled into the operating room for my surgery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shutterstock_153508271.jpgshutterstock_15350827117 days after my discharge from the hospital, I ended up in the hospital's emergency room. (Note: this is a stock photo and doesn't actually show the hospital whose ER I showed up at.)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cardiac-rehab.jpgcardiac rehabMe on an elliptical machine during one of my cardiac rehab sessions.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/outside.jpgoutsideOn the day of my discharge from the hospital, I stood outside for the first time in five days.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/in-recovery-room-after-surgery.jpgin recovery room, after surgeryMe in the recovery room, shortly after the completion of my surgery.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/post-cath.jpgpost cathMe in the recovery room after my heart catheterization.2015-12-19T16:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/09/03/today-i-had-my-pre-operative-procedures-at-the-hospital/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ct-scanner.jpgCT scannerA Siemens CT-scan machine, similar to the one in which I underwent my CT-scan today.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/catscanned.jpgHere I am with the IV tube in my arm immediately after the completion of the CT-scan.2015-10-19T20:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/08/22/viva-las-vegas-stunning-views-a-quest-for-a-motorcycle-and-karaoke-during-my-eighth-visit-to-sin-city/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10398556_59950312197_4374676_n.jpg10398556_59950312197_4374676_nhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/counts-kustoms.jpgcount's KustomsThe Count's Kustoms blackjack table at Binion's hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas. Photo by Scott Roeber of Fremont Street Experience, and used here with permission. You can see the virtual "bonus spin" wheel jutting up from the left side of the table.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/las-vegas-selfie1.jpgLas Vegas selfiehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p80969413.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe exterior of Dino's, the karaoke bar that I ended up at in Las Vegas. Not visible in this view are most of the many motorcycles that were in the parking lot.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/strip-northeast-view.jpgStrip northeast viewA view towards the northeast, featuring the giant observation wheel, the High Roller.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/strip-south-view.jpgStrip south viewLooking south along the Strip from the Eiffel Tower's observation deck.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-view-of-paris.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Eiffel looms over the Paris Hotel, as seen from behind the fountains of the Bellagio across the street. This photo was taken during my very first visit to Las Vegas, in November 2008.2015-09-01T02:19:08+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/07/30/fast-times-in-rapid-city-south-dakota/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/president-truman.jpgPresident TrumanHarry Truman (the 33rd President)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/33790317_m.jpg33790317_mStock photo of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, 107 miles from Rapid City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07051512042.jpg0705151204The statue of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States, in downtown Rapid City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/07051512041.jpg0705151204The statue of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States, in downtown Rapid City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dinosaur-museum-building.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis simple, barn-like structure houses the Dinosaur Museum in Rapid City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/devils-tower.jpgdevils towerStock photo of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, 107 miles from Rapid City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pres-suite.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA plaque on the door to the Alex Johnson hotel's Presidential Suite identifies the six American Presidents who've stayed in that suite.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mummies.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThese mummies being stored in the basement are props for the hotel's annual Halloween celebration. OR ARE THEY???https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/on-the-tour.jpgon the tourHere I'm on one of the hotel's most haunted floors, holding some electromagnetism sensor to detect paranormal activity.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ballroom.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis ballroom was the scene of one of the ghostly events that I learned about during the tour.2015-08-04T18:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/07/21/rushmore-and-crazy-horse-the-majestic-monuments-of-south-dakotas-black-hills/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p70465061.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI traveled a long way to see these guys! And I wasn't disappointed!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/new-diptych.jpgnew diptychAt the top half of this diptych are the quartet of Presidents of Mount Rushmore, as they appeared at the Travel Massive meetup in NYC. The lower portion shows the Presidents as they actually appeared on the historic mountain. Can you tell the difference? :)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p7046455.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANow that's what I call roadside scenery!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tunnel-vision.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p7046638.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe previous photo in context, showing the scenic road from which it was taken.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0704151509.jpg0704151509A selfie of me with the Crazy Horse Memorial.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p7046702.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA view of the model with the actual (in progress) memorial in the background.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crazy-horse-model.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis model, on display outside the visitor's centre, shows how the finished Crazy Horse Memorial will appear.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crazy-horse-in-profile.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACrazy Horse in profile, as seen from the visitor's center. In the foreground, a herd of cattle can be seen crossing the road.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crazy.jpgcrazyAnother view of the Crazy Horse Memorial as it currently stands.2015-08-17T19:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/06/21/the-die-is-cast-ive-scheduled-my-heart-surgery/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18114987_m.jpg18114987_mIn September, I'll be admitted to the hospital. (Full disclosure: the hospital shown in this stock photo is not the actual medical facility where my heart surgery will be performed.)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/34414285_s.jpg34414285_s2015-07-08T20:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/02/a-day-in-odessa-hanging-in-my-great-grandfathers-hometown/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/draft-registration.jpgdraft registrationThis is a draft registration form that my great-grandfather filled out in 1918, during World War I.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/arcadia-beach.jpgArcadia Beachhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/theatre.jpgtheatreThe Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater features gorgeous baroque architecture.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2a.jpgPotemkin stairs 3Looking up the Potemkin Stairs from the bottom.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/6a.jpgOdessa kkearao I found this karaoke bar in downtown Odessa!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/16.jpgArcadia bumper carsLike any good seaside resort, Arcadia Beach offers bumper cars.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/15.jpgArcadia Beach promenadeA broad promenade forms the approach to Arcadia Beach.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/14.jpgyet another cool buildingHere's another random Odessan building that I enjoyed looking at.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/13.jpgcathedralThe Odessa Orthodox Cathedral.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/12.jpgPassage exteriorOne of the entrances to the Passage.2015-06-09T16:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/02/19/country-no-32-a-man-a-plan-a-karaoke-bar-in-panama/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/40.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe container ship, with its colourful cargo, pulls into the Miraflores locks.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/39.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAs viewed from the visitor's center, an eastbound container ship approaches the Miraflores locks.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/38.jpg38My view from a boat about to emerge from the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal, after we have been lowered. https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/37.jpg37Looking down on Miraflores Locks from the observation deck at the visitor's center.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/panama.jpgpanama harvA cheesy souvenir photo that I purchased on my boat ride through the Panama Canal.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/36.jpgThrough the canalThe view from a boat passing through one of the locks of the Panama Canal.2015-04-13T01:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/04/05/in-george-washingtons-footsteps-visiting-the-oldest-house-in-manhattan/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151331b.jpg0405151331bThe rear of the house, featuring the octagonal drawing room that was used for entertaining.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151355c.jpg0405151355cThe entrance to the Morris-Jumel mansion.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151343a.jpg0405151343aMessages from schoolchildren to the Father of their Country, on display in the kitchen.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151316.jpg0405151316The staircase and hardwood floors that you see here are original. The piano was added much later, and is sometimes used for performances.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151346a.jpg0405151346aAnother view of the parlour in which Burr was married in 1833. At the upper right you can see a portrait of Burr, which was installed in this room in 2015.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151300a.jpg0405151300aIn this parlor, in 1833, a 77-year-old Aaron Burr married a wealthy 19-year-old widow.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151259b.jpg0405151259bAn all-star dinner took place in this dining room on a summer's evening in 1790.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151311.jpg0405151311This room served as Washington's bedchamber and study when he temporarily occupied the house in 1776.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0405151254.jpg0405151254The façade of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, built in 1765.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/george-washington.jpgGeorge Washington2015-04-15T15:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/29/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-62-an-art-museum-in-mexico-city/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1030423.jpgP1030423https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1030332.jpgP10303322015-04-14T23:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/15/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-61-a-leopard-in-a-tree-in-south-africa/2015-03-16T03:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/friday-photos/2015-03-16T01:08:11+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/08/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-60-agatha-christie-slept-in-this-egyptian-hotel/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/agatha.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2015-03-08T16:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/03/01/cambodia-spiders-and-snakes-but-no-karaoke-for-me-in-siem-reap/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/resized-mike-thing.jpgresized mike thingNo singing for me!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wheres-the-temple.jpgwheres the templeAnother disappointing result of asking a passerby to photograph me in front of the temple.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bad-photo.jpgbad photoOne of the less successful photos of me in front of Angkor Wat that was taken by a total stranger.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/0106151657b.jpg0106151657bDetail of the Terrace of the Elephants at Angkor Thom, with pachyderm images carved into the wall. I'm not sure what the more human-looking carvings at the right of this view are supposed to represent.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ta-prohm-2-edited-2.jpgta prohm 2 edited 2At the Ta Prohm temple complex, this is one of the many areas where nature has broken through the man-made construction.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0106151643a.jpg0106151643aThe main temple at Angkor Thom. There are very steep stairs to the top, which I (with my fear of heights) wasn't brave enough to climb.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0106151708d.jpg0106151708dThe Bayon temple in Angkor.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0104152141.jpg0104152141I passed up the chance to patronize this cart on Pub Street whose offerings included tarantulas on the left and fried snakes on the right.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0104152136.jpg0104152136Pub Street in Siem Reap.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/anchored-at-angkor.jpganchored at Angkor2015-03-16T03:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/02/08/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-59-people-taking-selfies-at-angkor-wat/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/document.jpgdocumenthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0105151607a.jpg0105151607aLooking across the lake towards the Angkor Wat temple.2015-02-09T02:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/01/25/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-58-the-white-temple-in-thailand/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/white-temple-edited.jpgwhite temple edited2015-01-26T01:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2015/01/18/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-57-trees-bursting-through-temples-in-cambodia/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0106151540a_1.jpg0106151540a_1https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0106151553.jpg01061515532015-01-18T22:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/12/14/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-56-a-capsule-hotel-in-tokyo/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2447491048_70afed6ae5_o.jpg2447491048_70afed6ae5_ohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2447450226_8f4d1a7667_o.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-12-15T03:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/23/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-55-the-house-that-thomas-jefferson-built/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2549440617_229123ca75_o.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-11-23T18:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/22/a-golden-temple-and-a-remembrance-of-spilt-blood-in-amritsar-india/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/9890205_m.jpgWagah border ceremonyStock photo of a ceremony involving the border security force in Wagah at the Indian-Pakistani border.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000373.jpgP1000373This was my view while riding on a rickshaw through the streets of Amritsar.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gallery.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA small museum on the site provides information about the massacre. On the far wall seen here is a mural depicting the massacre.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/in-the-inner-sanctum.jpgin the inner sanctumThis is what it looks like inside the Hari Mandirhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000343.jpgP1000343One of the white marble archways that visitors to the Golden Temple pass through.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000360.jpgP1000360A gorgeous chandelier hangs at the entrance to the Hari Mandir.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000368.jpgP1000368The inner sancutm of the Hari Mandir. Notice the silver doors.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/journey.jpgjourneyMany journeys take place at the Golden Temple -- some literal, and some metaphorical.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p3254689.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnother view of the Golden Temple after dark.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p3254658.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Golden Temple at night.2014-11-28T22:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/16/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-54-a-dutch-windmill/2014-11-23T13:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/02/13/country-no-31-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-doing-it-my-way-in-peru/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cuy-2.jpgcuy (2)Here I am, about to dig in to a nice, savory rodent!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/3.jpgmore JFKAnother view of Parque John F. Kennedy in Lima.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2.jpg2Part of the photographic exhibition that was on display in Parque John F. Kennedy at the time of my visit.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/6.jpg6Another park in Miraflores is Parque del Amor (Lovers' Park), which opened on Valentine's Day in 1993. Its main sculpture depicts a pair of intertwined lovers.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/13.jpgMe. Lainie, and MiroMe with Lainie and Miro in the Chocolate Museum in Cusco.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/11.jpg11The Cathedral of Santo Domingo, also known as Cusco Cathedral, is located on the Plaza del Armas in Cusco.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/27.jpgMachu Picchu terrracesThese terraces carved into the hillside at Machu Picchu were used for agricultural purposes.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/24.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALooking down on the ruins of Machu Picchu.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1.jpg1One of the many public parks in the Miraflores section of Lima, Parque John F. Kennedy honors the 36th U.S. President. I had the unique privilege of visiting that park on the 50th anniversary of the day on which President Kennedy was assassinated.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/33.jpgAguas CalientesOne of the streets in Aguas Calientes.2014-11-14T23:22:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/09/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-53-the-colourful-skyline-of-hong-kong/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hong-kong-skyline1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-11-10T02:48:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/03/places-that-captured-my-heart-the-top-5-cities-that-i-long-to-return-to/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1060058.jpgP1060058Inside the Grand Bazaar.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/8079727_m.jpg8079727_mhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/7133486_50ed050896_o.jpg7133486_50ed050896_oPiazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) is known for its abundance of pigeons.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1039306.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALooking down on the Central Business District, and the Harbour beyond, from the top of Sydney Tower.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/736908_10151263209512198_1027048068_o.jpg736908_10151263209512198_1027048068_oMe dressed in the local style while in Istanbul.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stairs.jpgSTAIRSThe Grand Staircase in the Hermitage.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000244.jpgP1000244A view of Palace Square, including the Alexander Column and the façade of the Hermitage.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/14665005_m.jpg14665005_mhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1000321.jpgP1000321The Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood is one of St. Petersburg's gorgeous cathedrals.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sigh.jpgsighNot all of the bridges that span Venice's canals are at ground level. The Bridge of Sighs connects the Doge's Palace to the old prison.2014-11-14T03:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/11/02/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-52-a-mural-of-mandela-in-belfast/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pc304151.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMandela mural2014-11-03T03:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/10/26/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-51-a-river-view-in-prague/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sunday-on-the-vltava.jpgSunday on the Vltava2014-10-26T23:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/10/25/country-no-35-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-singing-in-the-dominican-republics-oldest-karaoke-bar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1000954.jpgP1000954A street corner in the Zona Colonial in Santo Domingo.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dominicano21.jpgdominicano2Parque Colón (Columbus Square) in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p5245882.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA glimpse inside the museum portion of the Faro a Colón.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p5245873.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Faro a Colón (Columbus Lighthouse) opened in 1992.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1000863.jpgP1000863Lago de Azufre (Sulphur Lake), one of the three underground waterways at Los Tres Ojos.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p5245903.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe site of Los Tres Ojos also includes a fourth, outdoor lake.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cathedral-of-the-americas.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe interior of the Cathedral of the Americas features a gorgeous barrel-vaulted ceiling.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dominican_flag.jpgdominican_flaghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1000867.jpgP1000867One of the underground lakes that comprise los trejs ojos.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/colon.jpgcolonThis tomb inside the Faro a Colón claims to be the residence where Christopher Columbus is spending eternity.2014-11-06T23:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/10/12/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-50-a-waterfront-plaza-in-venice/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6253443_50f493347b_o.jpgBella Venezia2014-10-15T20:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/02/25/touring-the-panama-canal/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pb3039861.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Biodiversity Museum: Panama Bridge of Life (also called the Biomuseo), designed by Frank Gehry.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pb3038791.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOrange is the new black for Manuel Noriega, who is one of the inmates in El Renacer Prison on the Panama Canal.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/411.jpg41he container ship waits in one segment of the Miraflores Locks while the water level is lowered.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/panama2.jpgStock photo showing the location of the Panama Canal.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/44.jpg44The Museo del Canal Interoceánico de Panamá (Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum) in Panama City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/42.jpg42The Bridge of the Americas spans the width of the Panama Canal, and is the only way to cross the canal by automobile.2014-10-19T23:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/10/05/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-49-an-elegant-arch-on-the-mississippi/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/archie.jpgarchiehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/towards-the-arch2.jpgtowards the arch2014-10-07T20:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/09/28/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-48-french-colonial-architecture-in-panama-city/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p10002411.jpgP10002412014-10-07T20:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/03/05/it-happened-i-met-another-h-bomb/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/printers-alley.jpgPrinters AlleyLooking down Printers Alley in downtown Nashville.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2181216.jpgThe stage in Lonnie'sKaraoke singers in Lonnie's.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2181223.jpgLonnie'sLonnie's Western Room Karaoke Bar in downtown Nashville.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/the-two-h-bombs.jpgthe two H-BombsHere I am with Murfreesboro's own H-Bomb!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2171061.jpgDuggersThe exterior of Duggers Food & Fun in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/h-and-h.jpgH and HMe with Poughkeepsie's version of an H-Bomb, in April 2009.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/h-bomb-under-his-sign.jpgH-Bomb under his signHobie, a/k/a "H-Bomb," poses under his show's sign.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/h-bomb-sign-1.jpgPlanet Wings sign2014-09-24T20:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/09/21/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-47-a-temple-carved-into-a-cave-in-india/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/inner-temple.jpgcave temple in Elephanta2014-10-05T02:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/09/14/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-46-a-space-shuttle-in-los-angeles/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p1010162.jpgendeavour2014-09-15T05:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/08/28/one-small-step-for-an-h-bomb-my-visit-to-a-space-shuttle/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040772.jpgMini space shuttlesExit through the gift shop: For $500, you can own this set of miniature replicas of all six of the Space Shuttles.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p10407341.jpgThe Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040768.jpgThe Enterprise was fitted with an aerodynamic tail cone to reduce drag and turbulence during its landing tests.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040755.jpgThe view from under the wing of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, inside the Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040788.jpgThis Concorde on display at Pier 86 is currently on loan to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rocket-man.jpgMe singing "Rocket Man" at Second on Second on Saturday night.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040680.jpgThe Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.2014-09-14T20:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/08/20/country-no-28-on-the-world-karaoke-tour-meeting-new-comrades-in-russia/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p1000159.jpgP1000159L to R: Pasha and Ruslan, the technician and karaoke host in Fever in St. Petersburg.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/train.jpgtrainThe train that I rode from Moscow to St. Petersburg.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p1000050.jpgP1000050L to R: Sasha, me, and Alexis at the Karaoke Boom Club.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/canal.jpgcanalLooking down one of St. Petersburg's canals.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/st-basils.jpgMe in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fever.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Fever karaoke bar in St. Petersburg, Russia.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5131358.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Karaoke Boom Club in Moscow.2014-05-22T23:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/04/13/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-45-the-monkey-temple-in-india/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/monkey-temple.jpgmonkey temple2014-05-22T23:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/03/14/exploring-the-fascinating-home-of-the-explorers-club/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa233549.jpgGlobeyIf there's one object you'd expect to find in an organisation of explorers, it's a globe. This particular globe, by the way, was consulted by Explorers Club member Thor Heyerdahl when he was planning his epic trans-oceanic rafting expedition aboard the <em>Kon-Tiki</em>.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa153428.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASimon Donato, one of the Kensington Tours Explorers-in-Residence, gives a presentation at the reception that I attended at the Explorers Club.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/new-explorers-club-flag.jpgnew explorers club flaghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/exterior-of-explorers-club.jpgexterior of explorers clubThe façade of the Explorers Club townhouse in New York City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/scorpion.jpgscorpionHere I am, with my friend Ethan, about to chow down on a scorpion at an event in the Explorer Club's worldwide headquarters in New York City in October 2013.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa153445.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnother view of the Trophy Room.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa153436.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWhat's above the second floor is usually off-limits to the public; but I was granted special access!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa153446.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis rug is probably just slightly out of my price range.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pa153442.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis guy never changes his spots.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pa153450.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Trophy Room would be a great place to hold your next board meeting!2014-03-17T21:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/21/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-12-an-endless-gateway-in-kyoto/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tori-tori-tori.jpgTorii! Torii! Torii!2014-03-15T14:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/28/my-journey-into-the-heart-of-darkness/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dung-handler.jpgdung-handlerhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/i-want-to-be-a-toys-r-us-kid1.jpgI want to be a Toys-R-Us kid!Sometimes even giraffes need to stretch.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/i-want-to-be-a-toys-r-us-kid.jpgI want to be a Toys-R-Us kid!I was watching the tracker watching the giraffes.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/redmoon.jpgDuring my first afternoon / evening game drive, I saw a red moon! I apologize for the blurriness of this image, as my tripid was back at the lodge so I had to hold the camera in my hands.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1040041.jpggame driveThis was my view straight ahead during the game drives. Note the tracker on the elevated seat at the front of the SUV.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9156587.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9146386.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9146381.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9146369.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9146170.jpggiraffesA trio of giraffes.2014-08-01T19:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/03/14/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-44-the-ten-thousand-buddhas-monastery-in-hong-kong/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/buddha.jpgbuddhahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1018761.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-03-14T22:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/03/07/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-43-magnificent-columns-in-an-egyptian-temple/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p9218451.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-03-07T16:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/02/28/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-42-a-russian-palace-to-rival-versailles/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1000290.jpgPeterhof PalacePeterhof Palace, built by the tsar Peter the Great, is known for its elaborate fountains.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/46.jpg462014-03-03T20:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/07/15/country-no-8-vive-la-france/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/somewhere-in-time1.jpgSomewhere in timeIn the Musee D’Orsay, a man looks out on Paris from behind a giant clock.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/institut-du-monde-arabe.jpgInside the library of the Institut du Monde Arabe.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/columbarium-1.jpgcolumbarium 1https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/somewhere-in-time.jpgSomewhere in timeIn the Musee D'Orsay, a man looks out on Paris from behind a giant clock.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/arc-de-triomphe.jpgArc de Triomphehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eiffel-tower.jpgEiffel Tower2014-02-25T01:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/03/28/touring-egypt-part-3-tomb-raiding-in-the-valley-of-the-kings/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-09-22_08-33-14_313.jpgDescending into the tomb of Ramses IXInside the tomb of Ramses IX.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pharaonic.jpgTut tuthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/temple-at-the-top-of-the-stairs.jpgAtop the stairs at Hatshepsut's templeWalking around the temple complex.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9228537.jpgThe temple up closeWhat lies through this doorway?https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9228533.jpglong shotApproaching Hatshepsut's temple.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9228511.jpgrunning the gantletAt Hatshepsut's temple, as with so many Egyptian tourist sites, you have to pass through a gantlet of souvenir stalls to get to the exit.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tut-tut-tut-tut.jpgtut tut tut tutA postcard of King Tut's mummy from inside his tomb at the Valley of the Kings.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/three-headed-snake.jpgthree headed snakeThe three-headed snake.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9228569.jpgColossi of MemnonThe Colossi of Memnon.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-09-22_07-59-41_804.jpgAt the entrance.Entering the Valley of the Kings.2014-02-24T13:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2014/02/21/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-41-a-mediterranean-villa-in-miami/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2174499.jpgThe villa at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens2014-02-27T21:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/11/29/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-40-a-llama-at-machu-picchu/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/28.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-02-13T23:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/11/22/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-39-the-view-of-the-pacific-ocean-from-lima/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pacific-pride.jpgPacific pride2013-11-23T00:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/11/01/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-38-the-view-from-table-mountain-in-cape-town/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cape-town-view.jpgCape Town viewThe view from the cable car that goes up to Table Mountain.2013-11-01T21:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/25/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-37-the-monument-of-the-discoveries-in-lisbon/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/monument-of-the-discoveries.jpgMonument of the Discoveries2013-10-25T19:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/18/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-36-an-exquisite-church-in-st-petersburg/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/st-petersburg-church2.jpgSt. Petersburg churchThe Church of Our Saviour of Spilled Blood.2013-10-18T15:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/13/singing-in-seattle-the-sounds-of-h-bomb-on-the-puget-sound/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hula-hula.jpgHula HulaThe Hula Hula Lounge in Seattle, where I sang karaoke in July 2013.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/h-bomb-at-the-space-needle1.jpgH-Bomb at the Space Needlehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/36.jpgSeattle Public LibraryThe Central Library (the main branch of the Seattle Public Library) was designed by a team that included the Dutch architect Rem Koolhas. In 2007, this building was voted #108 on the American Institute of Architects' list of Americans' 150 favorite structures in the United States. It opened to the public in 2004. 2013-12-25T23:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/01/11/country-no-27-on-my-world-karaoke-tour-a-turkish-delight/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/final-crop.jpginside FrappeRaine, Billy, and me inside Frappe.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/the-club.jpgKlub KaraokeKlub Karaoke, the venue where I made my Turkish karaoke debut!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1060127.jpgIstanbul's obeliskDid you know that there's an Egyptian obelisk in Istanbul? The Obelisk of Theodosius, installed in 390 A.D. in what is now Istanbul, originally stood at the Temple of Luxor in ancient Egypt.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4149299_s-2.jpgStock photo of the Turkish flag.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc280217.jpgIstikal StreetIstikal Street, late on a Friday night.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc280214.jpgFrappeThis is Frappe, where I sang in the presence of a drag queen. The rainbow flag is a dead giveaway regarding the clientele to which this bar caters.2013-10-13T01:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/11/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-35-a-gilded-temple-in-kyoto/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gilded-temple.jpggilded temple2013-10-17T15:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/29/grounded-how-united-airlines-almost-ruined-my-vacation/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/at-the-point-of-a-gun.jpgAt the point of a gunhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/united-dm-14.jpgUnited DM 14https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbombdm7.jpghbombDM7https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbombdm6.jpghbombdM6https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/united-dm14.pngUnited DM14https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uniteddm13.jpgUnitedDM13https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbombdm5.jpghbombDM5https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uniteddm12.jpgUnitedDM12https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/unietd-dm-11.jpgUnietd DM 11https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uniteddm10.jpgUnitedDM102014-02-25T01:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/26/i-sat-in-the-money-chair-my-experience-as-a-quiz-show-contestant/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/winnersrow.jpgwinnersrowThis screen cap taken from NBC's webcast between my second and third bouts shows how the monetary standings appeared at that point. As you can see, I was far behind the amount of money I would have needed to be in contention for a slot in the top four (and only by finishing in the top four would I have been able to take home a cash prize from MSQ).https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tweet-no-1.jpgtweet no. 1https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb28.jpghbomb28https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb27.jpghbomb27https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb26.jpghbomb26https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb25.jpghbomb25https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb24.jpghbomb24https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb22.jpghbomb22https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb21.jpghbomb21https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hbomb20.jpghbomb202013-10-04T22:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/10/04/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-34-a-greek-lighthouse-at-sunset/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sunset-lighthouse.jpgsunset lighthouse2013-10-08T01:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/21/countries-no-2-3-and-4-united-kingdom-austria-and-iceland/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/europea.jpgEuropeahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/icelandic-geyser.jpgIcelandic geyserhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/schonbrunn-palace.jpgSchonbrunn palacehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tower-bridge.jpgtower bridgehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/big-ben.jpgBig Ben2014-03-23T14:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/06/07/country-no-5-greece/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/acropolis-dude.jpgacropolis dudeMe in front of the Parthenon in Athens in 1996.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/me-in-front-of-the-parthenon-in-1996.jpgMe in front of the Parthenon in 1996https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sunset-lighthouse-2.jpgDusk falls on Chania.The lighthouse in Chania's harbour at dusk.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sunset-lighthouse-1.jpgsunset lighthouse 1https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/greek-alley.jpgGreek alleyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/greek-fire.jpgGreek firehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/knossos.jpgKnossos2013-10-04T16:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/11/so-10000-santas-walk-into-a-bar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc107310.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe youngest Santa!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/santa-fe.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis hombre, who was rocking a giant sombrero in place of St. Nick's usual headgear, called himself "Santa Fe." : )https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc107262.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jesus.jpgJesusSome of the get-ups are quite irrreverent. The birthday boy can always be counted on to make an appearance.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/grand-central.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc107280.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc107264.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis hombre with a giant sombrero called himself "Santa Fe." : )https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/santa-procession.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASantas processing through lower Manhattan, near Bowling Green Parkhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc1073292.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis woman dressed as a fireplace. She even used an iPad to provide continuous video of the Yule log!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1040340.jpgP1040340Santas at the Seaport. The Chiquita banana can be seen at the lower right2013-10-02T21:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/07/01/countries-no-6-and-7-the-netherlands-and-belgium/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gentleman-and-a-scholar.jpggentleman and a scholarhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/halletoren.jpghalletorenhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eiffel-rising.jpgEiffel risinghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/men-on-stilts.jpgMen on stiltsMen on stilts at a beer festival in Brussels, Belgium in September 2004https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/european-union.jpgEuropean Unionhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/atomium-over-the-airport.jpgAtomium over the airporthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/manneken-pis-1.jpgManneken pis 1https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/worlds-narrowest-house.jpgworld's narrowest househttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/floating-colors.jpgFloating colorshttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dutch-traffic.jpgDutch traffic2013-10-02T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/27/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-33-a-riotous-marketplace-in-marrakesh/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p2164525.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-09-29T20:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/20/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-32-lamps-for-sale-in-istanbuls-grand-bazaar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lamps.jpglampsLamps for sale in the Grand Bazaar.2013-09-20T16:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/10/03/country-no-26-singing-at-an-irish-bar-in-germany-during-oktoberfest/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oktoberfest.jpgOktoberfesthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/14777930_s.jpgStock photo of the cathedral in Frankurt am Main, Germany.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9299697.jpgThis is the place where I sang in Germany!The exterior of O'Reilly's in Frankfurt am Main,2013-09-13T20:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/13/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-31-a-house-on-a-29-foot-pole-in-los-angeles/2013-09-17T20:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/09/06/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-30-a-transported-temple-in-egypt/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p9259292.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-09-06T16:27:29+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/02/08/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-18-montreals-notre-dame/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/notre.jpgnotre2013-09-05T17:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/08/30/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-29-a-gigantic-glacier-in-alaska/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p10103861.jpgMatanuska glacierhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p7042308.jpgMatanuska glacier2013-08-30T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/08/23/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-28-an-abandoned-amusement-park-near-chernobyl/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/decaying-bumper-cars.jpgdecaying bumper cars2013-08-24T13:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/05/11/h-bombs-saturday-photo-week-27-giant-fishes-in-tokyo/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sleeping-with-the-fishes.jpgsleeping with the fishes2013-06-09T17:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/04/26/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-26-nashville-after-dark/2013-05-02T12:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/04/19/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-25-a-ceremonial-gate-in-madrid/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/puerta.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-04-19T15:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/04/14/touring-egypt-part-4-the-earliest-egyptian-pyramid-in-saqqara-plus-the-ancient-capital-of-memphis/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/edited-sphinx-pic.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnother view of the Alabaster Sphinx; in the background is the building that houses the recumbent colossus of Ramses II.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p92895461.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADjoser's step pyramid at Saqqara.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p9289446.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe sign that heralds the Memphis Museum is just slightly overgrown. As with the ruins themselves, it's a reminder that nature is always victorious in the end.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/saqqara-columns.jpgSaqqara columnsThese columns in Saqqara are believed to be the oldest stone architectural columns in the world.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p9289528.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnother wall painting in the tomb of Idut.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p9289521.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA wall painting in the tomb of Idut.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p1050602.jpgP1050602Me inside Idut's tomb in Saqqara.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p1050601.jpgP1050601The entrance to the tomb of Idut.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p1050603.jpgP1050603The tomb of Idut, with Djoser's step pyramid in the background on the right.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p9289442.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe standing statue of Ramses II, outside the museum in Memphis.2016-05-23T04:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/02/touring-egypt-part-1-cairo-gateway-to-historic-egypt/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1050058.jpgCairo alleyA narrow alley in Old Cairo.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1050052.jpgThe exterior of the Ben Ezra synagogue.The Ben Ezra synagogue in Old Cairo has hosted Jewish worshippers since the 10th century.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9187952.jpgThe Hanging Church's interior.Inside the chapel of the Hanging Church.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/map.jpgmap.jpghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1050089.jpgCity sheepA herd of sheep being led through the streets of Old Cairo, just outside the souvenir store where I was scammed out of $20.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1050110.jpgThe exterior of the Muhammad Ali MosqueThe Muhammad Ali Mosque in the Citadel. This mosque is the greatest! :)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/part-of-the-citadel.jpgpart of the CitadelPart of the Citadel.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p9198024.jpgView from the Citadel in Cairo.A view from the Citadel.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p9279417.jpgThis is how the koshary was brought to my table at the Abou Tarek restaurant.This is how the koshary was brought to my table at the Abou Tarek restaurant.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ben-ezra.jpgInside the Ben Ezra synagogue in Old Cairo.A postcard of the sumptuous interior of the Ben Ezra synagogue (I was not permitted to take photographs inside).2013-04-14T20:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/28/touring-egypt-part-2-staring-across-the-abyss-of-time-in-giza/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gizas-finest.jpgGiza's finestGiza's finest: Police mounted on camels patrol the Giza Plateau.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/h-bomb-on-a-camel.jpgH-Bomb on a camelMe sitting on a camel in Marrakech in February 2011. If you want to believe that I actually went for a ride on that thing, I won't stop you.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/full-egypt-picture.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9289637.jpgAnd they're off!Toos and Sharon, two members of my tour group, about to embark on a camel ride.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mohamed-me.jpgMohamed & meMohamed and me inside the Papyrus Museum in Giza.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9289587.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALooking up from the base of the Great Pyramid.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9177890.jpgGiza's finestGiza's finest: police mounted on camels patrol the Giza Plateau.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9177931.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9177930.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL 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Studio B.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p2160993.jpgRotundaInside the Hall of Fame Rotunda.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p2160978.jpgCountry Music Hall of Fame and MuseumInside one of the galleries in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/roy-and-minnie.jpgRoy and MinnieThe statues of Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl seated in the lobby of Ryman Auditorium.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p2181246.jpgUnion StatinNashville's Union Station.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/honkytonkman.jpghonkytonkmanA sign in Robert's Western World, a honky tonk on Broadway.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/oppry-mann.jpgOpry ManMe grabbing the mic on the Ryman Auditorium stage.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2181228.jpgRymanRyman Auditorium in downtown Nashville.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2013-02-16_12-45-28_100.jpg2013-02-16_12-45-28_100Kris Kristofferson is among the luminaries honoured with a star on the Walk of Fame.2013-04-13T16:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/18/in-beautiful-downtown-burbank/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/viking-man.jpgViking manhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/viking.jpgVikinghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-hollywood-sign1.jpgAs area attractions go, the Hollywood sign is almost as iconic as Dimples.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-hollywood-sign.jpgthe Hollywood signThe famed Hollywood sign is nearly as iconic as the Dimples Supper Club in nearby Burbank.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dimples-after-dark.jpgDimples after darkhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-exterior-of-dimples.jpgThe exterior of Dimples2013-04-01T02:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/03/29/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-22-an-erupting-geyser-in-new-zealand/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p1070165.jpgDamn long place namehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p1070200.jpgThar she blows!2013-04-01T04:53:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/03/24/h-bombs-sunday-photo-week-21-reflections-of-macau/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pc297853.jpgMacao casinos2013-03-28T05:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/03/09/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-20-an-impossibly-colourful-building-in-helsinki/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/colourful-helsinki-building-2.jpgcolourful Helsinki building 2https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/colorful-helsinki-building-1.jpgcolorful Helsinki building 12013-09-03T15:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/02/22/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-19-nashvilles-union-station/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2181246.jpgNashville Union Station2013-03-09T00:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/23/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-8-decomposing-neon-in-las-vegas/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fast-food-gulch.jpgfast food gulchhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fast-food-nation.jpgFast food gulch: the Boneyard in Las Vegas.2013-02-09T04:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/02/01/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-17-mischievous-monkeys-in-gibraltar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cliffside_monkeys2.jpgCliffside monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar2013-03-31T00:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/01/25/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-16-istanbuls-spice-bazaar/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/spice-spice-baby.jpgspice spice baby2013-02-22T19:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/01/18/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-15-a-creepy-abandoned-house-in-maryland/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chia-house.jpgChia house2016-03-26T21:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/01/11/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-14-a-lesser-known-sphinx-in-egypt/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p9289433.jpgthe alabaster sphinx in Memphis2013-01-22T03:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2013/01/04/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-13-australias-three-sisters/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2010-01-05-13-17-17.jpgThe Three SistersThis rock formation in Australia's Blue Mountains is called the Three Sisters. 2013-01-08T22:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/19/santacon-2012-a-photo-and-video-essay/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc159771.jpgSantas tinkling.This is what happens when Santas start drinking at 10 a.m.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc159805.jpgA gorilla, an elf, and a Hanukkah guyA gorilla, an elf, and a Hanukkah guy.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc150033.jpgstrange monster guyI'm not sure whether this person is supposed to be a monster, or a space alien, or something else.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ralphie-and-friend.jpgRalphie and friendHanging out on the club's outdoor terrace: At left is Ralphie from the classic holiday film, "A Christmas Story!" (Some of the more ignorant attendees thought he was supposed to be the Easter Bunny.)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1050988.jpgnursing baby JesusThen she started nursing the future Saviour. So wrong! :)https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1050974.jpgnever too oldMeet Andy and his wife Jennifer. https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1050986.jpgJesus and MaryIt's the Virgin Mary as a single mother! Joseph was nowhere to be seen.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc150129.jpgSantas clubbing in WarsawThe main dance floor in Warsaw during the Santacon afterparty.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fireplace-lady.jpgFireplace LadyAs with last year, one of the most impressive outfits belonged to Robbie, the human fireplace. Once again, she used an iPad to provide a virtual Yule log.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc150053.jpgTimes Square SantasSantas on the TKTS steps in Times Square, along with some tourists who annoyingly insisted on crowding into the frame.2013-02-03T17:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/14/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-11-stairway-to-a-giant-buddha-in-hong-kong/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/journey-begins-with-a-single-step.jpgjourney begins with a single step2012-12-14T19:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/04/8-things-im-looking-forward-to-in-the-next-12-months/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/st-basils.jpgSt. Basil's CathedralStock photo of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/istanbul-not-constantinople.jpgIstanbul not ConstantinopleStock photo of lamps in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/toronto-seen-from-lake-ontario.jpgToronto, seen from Lake OntarioThe Toronto skyline, viewed from a ferry on Lake Ontario the last time I was in that city, in September 2010.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/one.jpgHappy birthday to H-Bomb's Worldwide Karaoke!2013-02-03T17:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/12/07/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-10-niemeyers-ufo-in-brazil/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9121647.jpgThe Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi, and Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.2012-12-12T01:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/10/19/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-3-a-very-strange-house-in-mexico/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nautilus-house.jpgThe Nautilus house in Nauculpan, Mexico.2014-11-27T02:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/31/24/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/in-lisboa.jpgin Lisboahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/h-bomb-singing-in-lisbon.jpgH-Bomb singing in Lisbonhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1040416.jpgCafe de Ponte in Lisbon.2012-12-03T02:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/30/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-9-a-postmodern-pyramid-in-paris/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pei-pyramid-2.jpgpei pyramid 2https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pei-pyramid.jpgPei after dark2012-12-02T00:02:01+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/02/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-5-horsin-around-on-easter-island/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/62585_434428212197_6544637_n.jpgA horse is a horse, of course, of course.2012-11-28T15:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/10/05/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-1-a-moroccan-mosque/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hassan-ii-mosque1.jpgThe Hassan II mosque in Casablanca.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p2144281.jpgThe Hassan II mosque in Casablanca.2012-11-18T23:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/16/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-7-a-tablecloth-in-cape-town/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tablecloth.jpgtableclothLooking across Victoria & Albert Harbour, towards Table Mountain.2012-11-23T16:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/11/09/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-6-man-over-new-zealand/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2010-01-09-14-36-10.jpgThis was scary even to look at.2012-11-21T04:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/10/26/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-4-skulls-and-bones-in-the-czech-republic/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/347243247_1bda2e87ec_o.jpgThe road to Hell2012-10-27T19:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/10/12/h-bombs-friday-photo-week-2-a-scenic-japanese-view-at-dusk/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/floating-torii.jpgThe "floating torii" in the harbour off Miyajima, Japan.2012-10-12T15:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/09/01/big-trouble-in-little-china/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/terra-cotta-warrior-and-horse.jpgterra cotta warrior and horseA terra cotta warrior and horse from the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang (259 BC - 210 BC), in Xi'an, China. Seen in July 2012 at the exhibit "Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor," at the Times Square Discovery Center in New York City.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/a-man-wielding-a-meat-cleaver-similar-to-the-one-that-was-used-to-commit-the-karaoke-related-homicides-in-china.jpgA man wielding a meat cleaver similar to the one that was used to commit the karaoke-related homicides in Chinahttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/crime-scene.jpgcrime scene2012-10-06T12:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/06/12/kiwi-karaoke-chaos/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sheep-shearing.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA sheep-shearing demonstration in New Zealand. Despite the nay-sayers in the New Zealand Herald, I believe that karaoke is just as wholesome an activity as the agrarian pursuit shown here.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p1080491.jpgThe downtown Auckland skyline.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/crime-scene.jpgcrime scene2012-10-05T18:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/08/23/in-westchester/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/live-band-karaoke.jpgAn example of live band karaoke at a random bar in Wilmington, North Carolina.2012-09-03T17:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/08/13/so-yeah-i-sang-in-las-vegas-this-weekend/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lasvegas.jpgNo trip to Las Vegas is complete without a stop at this famed neon sign, which has been welcoming visitors to Sin City since 1959.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/circus.jpgIn the lobby of Circus Circus, the hotel that hosted TCONA.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/edited-mob-museum-pic.jpgThe Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fast-food-gulch.jpgFast food gulchhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p1040639.jpgMe singing at Zinger's Rock 'n Roll Cafe, an outdoor karaoke venue on the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel that's visible across the street is the Aria.2012-08-17T18:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/08/07/why-barry-manilow-is-dead-to-me/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/barry.jpgBarry Manilow performing at one of his concerts that he actually showed up for.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/barry-2.jpgBarry Manilow performing at one of his concerts that he actually showed up for.2012-09-05T04:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/06/23/h-bomb-on-tv-overseas/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/anita1989-20120121233059.jpganita1989-201201212330592012-07-13T21:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/08/hello-taiwan/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/taipei-1011.jpgTaipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan was, from 2004 through 2010, the tallest building in the world.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/taipei-101.jpgTaipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan was, from 2004 to 2010, the tallest building in the world.2012-07-12T21:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/07/08/in-which-im-placed-in-fear-for-my-life-in-my-own-neighbourhood/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hostage.jpghostage2012-07-28T22:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/17/karaoke-in-brooklyn-fuhgeddaboutit/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fixedd.jpgHere I am at The Cove, making my Brooklyn karaoke debut!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/oh-captain-my-captain.jpgOh captain my captainO Captain My Captain: Shown here is Christian Larson, a/k/a Cap'n Goodtimes, with his sidekick Todd.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1157621.jpgThe entrance to The Cove. If you are looking for an all-night karaoke dance party, this is the place for you!The entrance to The Cove. This place promises an all-night karaoke dance party; and it delivers!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/welcome-to-brooklyn.jpgIf Brooklyn were its own city, it would still be the fourth largest in the United States.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/brooklyn-bridge.jpgThe Brooklyn Bridge on its 125 birthday celebration in 2008.2012-07-12T18:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/01/08/what-i-did-in-lisbon-after-i-put-down-the-mic/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/national-theatre-and-stuff.jpgNational Theatre and stuffOne of the corners of Pedro IV Square (also known as Rossio Square), one of the main public squares in Lisbon. The neoclassical building on the left is the Maria II theatre.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tut-tut.jpgBring on Egypt!https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/church.jpgchurchThe Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major. The oldest church in the city, its construction dates back to 1147.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jeez.jpgjeezhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/christo-rei.jpgChristo ReiThe Christo Rei statue, across the river from the city center, is a poor man's version of the much more celebrated Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pc317452.jpgThe trams in Lisbon's historic city centre are more than a little reminiscent of San Francisco's cable cars -- right down to the hilly streets that they negotiate.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pc317450.jpgAnother cable car photohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1040444.jpgP1040444A beautiful alleywayhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1040440.jpgThe main castle on the complex of St. George's Castle.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1040433.jpgP1040433Looking down from St. George's Castle.2012-07-12T18:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/09/my-favorite-place-to-sing-karaoke-in-the-whole-world/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/leaving-las-vegas1.jpgleaving Las Vegashttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/leaving-las-vegas.jpgleaving Las Vegashttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fabulous-las-vegas.jpgfabulous Las Vegas2012-07-06T04:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/05/26/well-that-didnt-work-out-so-well/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/doctorb.jpgDoctor and caduceus2012-05-29T23:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2012/02/08/sorry-for-the-hiatus/2012-02-08T23:28:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/24/another-year-almost-in-the-books/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2012.jpg2012https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc237340.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/prison-cell.jpgStock photo of a prison cell similar to the one that I was almost incarcerated in.https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/london-fireworks1.jpgLondon fireworksNew Year's Eve fireworks in London, nearly one year ago, seen from the Westminster Bridgehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/new-years-in-hong-kong.jpgNew Year's in Hong Konghttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/red-white-and-blue.jpgred white and bluehttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/london-fireworks.jpgLondon fireworks2011-12-28T23:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/23/please-dont-attack-the-audience/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/its-a-sad-night-when-a-karaoke-bar-becomes-a-crime-scene.jpgIt's a sad night when a karaoke bar becomes a crime scene.2012-01-04T18:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/contact/2011-12-18T16:59:48+00:00weekly0.6https://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/08/now-thats-what-i-call-chillaxing/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hbomb-in-the-freezer.jpghbomb in the freezerhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/list1.jpglisthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/list.jpglisthttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/interior.jpginteriorhttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/exterior.jpgexterior2011-12-09T22:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.com/2011/12/04/its-time-to-get-things-started/https://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/louis-louis2.jpglouis, louishttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/louis-louis1.jpglouis, louishttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/louis-louis.jpglouis, louishttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mexico2.jpgmexicohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mexico1.jpgmexicohttps://hbombworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mexico.jpgmexico2013-03-06T04:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hbombworldwide.comdaily1.02024-12-29T04:19:14+00:00