Above, Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji. The rail pass price hike will solve Kyoto's over-tourism. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The planned JR Rail P...

Above, circulated Morgan and Peace silver dollars. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Silver's spot price continues to stay above $25.00/toz. This ...

Above, Marilyn Monroe's crypt at Westwood Village Memorial Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. During each passing day, more and more idiots c...

Above, Billy the Kid, c. 1880. My six-day camping trip this past week is now in the history books. With gasoline prices rising again, it is ...

Legendary Pictures has revealed the title to the next sequel in their Monsterverse in a teaser trailer. According to the YouTube posting: Th...

Above, Saguaro cacti near the visitor center. Photo by Armand Vaquer. When I got into Tucson, Arizona after the clampout, I headed to the ge...

Above, a couple of JR Rail Passes I used. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The Japan Rail Pass available to foreign tourists is one great benefit tha...

Above, the Godzilla mural at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Incoming foreign tourist numbers to Japan has reached around ...

While on my clampout trip in Arizona last week, silver rose at or near $26/toz at one point about five days ago. It has since settled back d...

Above, Tucson/Lazydays KOA Resort. Photo by Armand Vaquer. During my trip to Tombstone and Tucson, Arizona this past week, I stayed at two K...

Above, The Watchman at Zion National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. There's nothing wrong with the U.S. national parks. Well, except some...

  Above, Democrats show that they don't know how to hold a beer. Dean Cain: "Worst party ever." From Fox News : Rep. Ted Lieu ...

Above, the main ranch house. Photo by Armand Vaquer. As mentioned in a prior post, I drove by John Wayne's former Hereford cattle (a Bri...

Above, a bit weathered is the Old Tucson sign near the entrance. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Following the clampout in Tombstone, Arizona, I hea...