World of Waterfalls Blog

While this was going on, we were letting Tahia play while Julie and I looked around to see if any of the boulders had fallen from atop the falls. Was that the reason why they re-opened the trail?…

This trip was a repeat of what Julie and I had done nearly 8 years prior. The difference with this trip was that we had endured a bit of a drought, there was no unexpected snow storm, and we came in with more knowledge…

Three Sisters Falls was probably the second most popular waterfall in San Diego County behind the neighboring Cedar Creek Falls. As you can see from the photos on this page, it was indeed an…

Cottonwood Creek Falls was a series of small waterfalls hidden away in the desert-like terrain near Pine Valley well downslope of Mt Laguna. While you may look at the photo at the top of this page…

As we pulled out of the Jeremy’s on the Hill lot at 8:05pm, we were precariously driving on the Hwy 78 as we realized that the visibility on the road was quite poor. With all the twistiness…

As we were ascending the Baldy Rd behind this long line of cars in front of us with steep switchbacks along the way, I started to notice that an indicator light was on saying “A/T Temp”. We didn’t…

This trip was really about letting Tahia enjoy herself at Legoland for her birthday. I tried to be opportunistic about using this trip to visit a couple of waterfalls that we hadn’t done before, but given the dry Winters that we had…

Jack Creek Falls was a bouldery waterfall that appeared to require some precise timing in order to see it perform. In our case, we thought that a series of saturation storms in the span of a…

San Juan Falls was one of those waterfalls that we had overlooked in all the years of waterfalling the Southland. Part of the reason why we hadn’t bothered to visit this waterfall for all these…

Julie and I wondered if we should start registering Tahia’s thumb ratings or something as part of our waterfall writeups. That way we’d get a toddler or child’s perspective, which I’m sure was…

At the same time, we also had to be careful not to get too close to any of the cliff walls because it appeared that the bighorn sheep also inadvertently kicked down some rocks that rolled rapidly…

Even though this is a waterfalls website, we recognize that there are many highlights in the South Pacific Islands (both involving and not involving waterfalls). So we’ve come up with this page to pay homage to some of the highlights that we…

International Adventures typically start with an inspiring photo that makes you imagine yourself being there. But it’s quite a bit of a leap to go from that inspiring photo to actually being there in person. In fact, most of the…

La Chute de la Madeleine was definitely one of the more well-known waterfalls in New Caledonia. I suspect the reason why this was the case was because of its relative close proximity to the city…

Cascade de Wadiana (I’ve also seen it spelled Wadjana) surprised both Julie and I with its size. We were kind of expecting a much smaller waterfall that was known more as a swimming hole, but…

Cascade de Ba (I’ve also seen it spelled Cascade de Baa) was a rather obscure waterfall on the southern end of the North Province’s east coast despite it being mentioned on several maps and guidebooks

The premise of this trip was to celebrate a combination of our wedding anniversary as well as Julie’s birthday. It also coincided with a particularly busy time at work where this last-minute break was much needed…

Cascade de Tao (i.e. “Tao Waterfall” in French) was by far the most impressive waterfall in all of New Caledonia. I’ve read in the literature that it was the highest waterfall in the country…

Eventually towards the end of the performance, they brought me up once again. But instead of a seemingly benign short dance routine like before, it seemed like they were doing something else with me..

Everybody knows that it’s not easy to travel internationally with kids. One of the biggest concerns that Julie and I had when we finally decided to have a child was how it would impact our travels. Would it be enjoyable…