The Fascination Of China By Dr. Jack Wheeler People are always interested in superlatives, so I’m often asked, “What’s the most interesting, the most fascinating place you’ve ever been to?” It’s not easy to answer, because there’s a [...]
Hidden Central Asia By Dr. Jack Wheeler C entral Asia. The very words evoke the ultimate in the remote, the exotic, the unknown full of wonders. Here you will find the ancient cities of the Silk Road still in all [...]
The Hidden Kingdom Of Lo By Dr. Jack Wheeler Lo Manthang, Kingdom of Lo, Upper Mustang, Nepal. In 1380, a Tibetan warrior Nyingma (Red Hat) lama named Amne Pal established his kingdom here beyond the Himalayas on the edge [...]
California In Europe By Dr. Jack Wheeler Both my wife, Rebel, and I grew up in California, so we know it when we see it – and we recognized it right away in Portugal. As California has the [...]
To Everest and Beyond Himalaya Helicopter Expedition By Dr. Jack Wheeler Is seeing Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain at 29,032 feet, on your bucket list? Funny thing is, trekkers who spend two weeks huffing and puffing up steep [...]
Living with Headhunters Amazon Jungle, Oriente, Ecuador August 17, 1960 Winyáhei! Winyáhei! The going was rough, very rough. The towering jungle trees, interlocked above us, permitted only an occasional shaft of light to pierce the dripping darkness; this [...]
North Pole Skydive It’s April 15, 1981. With the wind chill, it’s around 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. I’m sitting on my heels in the back of the Twin Otter and looking out the open door of [...]
Knife Edge in the Sky It was a rainy Saturday morning in March. I was 14 years old and bored out of my mind with nothing to do. Stuck indoors, I stared through the rain-splattered window of my [...]
What Life Is All About Igrew up in a beige, prosaic suburb of Los Angeles named Glendale, California. I didn’t know much about the larger world until I read a book called "The Complete Book of Marvels" by [...]
