Jomtien Beach

Chon Buri Province

Thailand

November 3, 2025

Hello, 

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou Province, China is the highest bridge in the world.  This colossal structure opened in September, 2025.

Who knows if I shall ever visit this marvel of engineering.  Nevertheless, I am motivated to collect many of my photos of bridges that I have already seen in the People's Republic of China.

I do have my favorites: The Seventeen Arch Bridge at the Summer Palace in Beijing. The Uncountable Lions Bridge in Wanping City.  The pink! steel arch Bailing Bridge in Fuxing, Taiwan.  And how can I forget the rickety walkway-bridge at Zhangjiajie National Park?

Please click on the photo above for my Gallery of Bridges.   And scroll down for  videos of the Highest Bridge in the World.

Cheers,

Jan

PS Which bridge is your favorite?

Two videos below.  The first one is a brief travel video.   The second one runs about twenty minutes and reviews the construction process.  But don't worry.  Even those of us with humanities degrees or business degrees will understand the basic engineerimng principles.  The history is fascinating.  The problem solving is astonishing.

Prelude

At thirty-eight, I ran the first of my six completed Marathons in September, 1978 in New York City. The race traverses all five boroughs of the City.  The race begins at Fort Wadsworth Park in Staten Island and immediately crosses the Verrazano Narrows Bridge across New York Bay to Brooklyn.  Through Bay Ridge and downtown Brooklyn and across the Pulaski Bridge to Queens.  Then across the 59^th Street-Queensborough Bridge to Manhattan, north to the Willis Avenue Bridge to the South Bronx, and then the Madison Avenue Bridge back to Manhattan, through Harlem and Central Park and finally to Tavern on the Green Restaurant near Columbus Circle.  (A friend of mine quipped, “I wouldn’t even want to drive that route!”)  The race covers the standard marathon distance of 26.2 miles or 42.2 kilometers!

Here's a cute story I like to tell about that race: “I ran the race with the famous marathoner Bill Rogers!  He is the eventual winner at 2’ 10”….  But when he crossed the finish line in Manhattan, I was still slogging along in Brooklyn!”

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Jomtien Beach

Thailand

Early Sunday Morning

July 20, 2025

Windy and Overcast

Hello,

And speaking about runners slogging (or just walking) along:

 By the time I realize what is happening in my neighborhood this morning, the Pattaya Marathon had been in progress for three hours. The elite runners and well-trained long-distance runners have already crossed the finish line.  Since my location on the route is at 32 kilometers. or about 20 miles, I am watching “the back of the pack.”

Bangkok

Thailand

June 19, 2025

Hello,

In May 2022, my friends Roberta and Sergio and I traveled to Iran.  I think I can speak for them and say that it was a favorite journey.

I decided today to look back at my trip and collect photos of some of the folks I met along the way.

Today is also a special day.  My former wife, the late Alice Dawn would have been celebrating her Eighty-fifth Birthday.  Alice was a devoted teacher of French and a dedicated activist for peace in the 1960's and 70's. I am certain she would have been supportive of my project today.

Please click on the photo above for the photo gallery.

You can find my Iran travel letters, photographs and videos on this website.

All the best,

Jan