In high school, I won the most likely to travel abroad award...I'm doing my best to earn it.
This page is still under construction, more information, links and pictures are soon to follow.

April 1988. Leningrad, USSR.
I was a high-school exchange student to Leningrad, USSR. We were one of the first American groups allowed in homes. More soon...

September-December, 1993. Newly Independent States.
I did my senior thesis on the status of post-Soviet zoos following Perestroika and their ability to participate in global zoo conservation, education and research objectives. I led three other students to fifteen zoos in seven of the Newly Independent States (NIS). More soon...

December, 1993. Frankfurt, Germany.
My friend Patrick and I (Patrick was on the zoo trip with me) stopped in to visit my Oma near Frankfurt. Several good stories to come here...

July, 1994. Perm, Russia.
I was invited to be the keynote speaker at an annual meeting of zoos of the NIS. I made some interesting observations on how things had changed since I last visited. More soon...

August, 1996. Islamabad, Pakistan.
I attended the 8th International Snow Leopard Symposium in Islamabad, Pakistan. An incredible trip with many stories. More soon...

July, 1997. Ladakh, India.
I was an Earthwatch research volunteer on a project in Ladakh, India studying snow leopard status, habitat, prey species and wildlife/human interaction. More soon...

July 1999. Frankfurt, Germany.
I went to celebrate my Oma's 80th birthday along with my mother and brother. Spent the last night having dinner at Schloss Rothenbuch. More soon...