Travel

In a remote part of the Canadian wilderness there is ball of fire that has been burning since the mid-1970’s, and hardly anyone knows that it exists. This blow torch of energy, which is fueled by more than a million…

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. -Lenin   I don’t particularly like quoting Lenin, but I can’t think of a better way to explain the past month. That’s both globally and personally. It’s…

If you’re anything like me – someone who is fascinated with strange places and curious about unique opportunities in hidden locales – you probably spent a lot of time as a kid looking at maps. My dad gave me a…

If you’ve been reading my Explorer Report for a while, you know that I’ve been keeping my eye on Venezuela. That’s because in addition to the country having the world’s largest proven oil reserves, it’s also extremely resource rich. Source:…

I finally got some crypto haters to capitulate. But not for the reasons that you’d guess… Last night, I returned from a 10 day Costa Rica trip. I hopped around the country with my family (including my two young kids)…

In the hinterland of Guyana, on the Rupununi savannah, lies the Dadanawa Ranch. In its heyday, during the early 1900’s, it was the largest ranch in the world with thousands of heads of cattle. While the exact size of the…

“This is the wildest place I’ve ever done business,” he yelled. “And that’s saying something coming from me. I’ve been in the oil industry for 40 years all across Africa, Russia, and the Middle East.” In the background, Afro-Latin music…

I’m planning our Explorer Partnership (E/P) trip to Guyana right now and it’s turning out to be a huge pain in the ass. Of all the places we’ve traveled to in the past, this trip may be the most difficult……

Of all the topics that I wrote about in a recent post, I received over a dozen responses for the mention of two simple words: rural cult. I actually wasn’t even writing about cults or anything rural, but clearly those…

“Aren’t you afraid that you’ll lose your property?”  That’s the number one thing I hear once people find out about our international property investments. This makes sense, as most people associate upside opportunities when it comes to topics they know…