Across The Sahara By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler A Trans-Sahara Expedition, crossing the remotest heart of the world’s largest desert, has always been one of the truly great explorations possible on our planet. Unfortunately, it’s [...]
The Land Of The Dragon’s Blood Tree By Dr. Jack Wheeler This is the Dragon’s Blood Tree, Dracaena cinnabari. It can be found in only one place on earth, a remote island called a Lost World for its uniqueness, [...]
Beyond The Taj Mahal By Dr. Jack Wheeler For good reason, India is called “the sub-continent” – a world unto itself, 5,000 years old, 1.3 billion people enclosed within an area 1/3rd the size of the U.S. Most of [...]
The Hidden Arctic By Dr. Jack Wheeler For a few short months, the Arctic explodes with life during the summer. It’s an extraordinary experience to witness. The profusion of bird life is almost beyond belief. Then there are [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
