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Destination: Down Under—Diorama Delights
#12 Because I’m a sucker for a cheesy diorama and Alice Springs delivered with tableaus of flying doctors & pioneering women. Growing up, I was never a big fan of the Natural History Museum’s...
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Vancouver Vixen
Oh, Canada. How I’ve ragged on you over the years as slightly uninteresting (Quebec, excepted), and not just bordering the US, but bordering on boring. So in June when the hooligans of Vancouver took...
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Destination: Down Under—Aussie (IN)Hospitality
#11 Because Red Kangaroo Books in Alice Springs proves the exception to the rule that all Aussies are friendly, which just made me love it even more. After awhile, the infamous Aussie hospitality gets...
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Destination: Down Under—Balloon Freeze
#10 Because record-breaking cold couldn’t dissuade me from taking my first-ever hot air balloon ride—over Australia’s majestic Red Centre. It’s not like I didn’t know it was going to be winter Down...
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Destination: Down Under—Legendary Artist
#9 Because touring an unassuming yet sprawling gallery in Alice Springs you’ll happen upon the work of an Aborigine artist that’s been compared to Pollack, deKooning and Rothko. Other than boasting...
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Destination: Down Under—Deadly Dingoes
#8 Because Aussies are nothing if not brutally honest about the threat of wild animals even in a spiritual sanctuary like Uluru. After an almost two week lead up, arriving at Uluru (Ayers Rock) in...
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Destination: Down Under—Champagne Sounds
#7 Because the idea of standing in the middle of the desert, toasting the majestic view of Uluru with champagne, could only spring from mind of an Aussie. Truthfully, I had no idea what to expect...
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Destination: Down Under—Spears & Dots
#6 Because when my Anangu Aboriginal guide at Uluru/Ayers Rock realized I was hopeless at spear throwing, he suggested I’d be better at dot painting—a traditionally female art! It was a junior high...
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Destination: Down Under—Bigger from Above
#5 Because everything is bigger in Australia which means an aerial view from a helicopter is the only way to take in the utterly imposing majesty of Uluru. A photo essay. photo by Tourism NT Like one...
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Destination: Down Under—The Uluru Understatement
#1 Because the only thing more captivating than Hugh Jackman’s dancing legs is the humble nature of the Aborigine people, the traditional caretakers of majestic Uluru/Ayers Rock. photo by Tourism NT...
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Best Job Around The World
If I had a nickle for every time someone asked me, “How can I be your assistant and stow away in your bags on your next trip?” then, well, I would have amassed enough coinage to have launched...
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Resourceful Aida
Aida Mollenkamp Typically a trip to a pier on the Lower East Side of Manhattan would not count as a gay globe trekker excursion, but this outing promised actress Alyssa Milano, various contestants from...
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What’s New Buenos Aires? (part 1)
They had me at the pink couch. Cliché for a gay boy, but true. Buenos Aires’ new Alvear Art Hotel, opened in May 2013, is elegantly decorated in a comfortably sophisticated style—think Eva Peron by way...
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What’s New Buenos Aires? (part 2)
In my Madonna/Evita wing at the Four Seasons If there’s a pickier traveler than the Gay Globe Trekker it might be the Material Girl. So I took it as a good sign she’d stayed at the Four Seasons Buenos...
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