Chip Walter's Blog: Childhood Is Why We Are the Last Ape Standing - Posts Tagged "chip-walter"

Back on this side of the Atlantic for the coming week before heading off to Germany. I am not sure if anyone has found this blog, but if so, let me know. Drop me a note.

Also to stay up with my dispatches from Africa and England for my National Geographic assignment, please visit www.chipwalter.com/blog. I will be posting some pictures from Africa, London and Oxford as well.

Thanks to all of you who have putLast Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived on your to read list, or better yet, I've actually read the book and taken the time to review it here on good reads. Those of you who have, have been very kind and for that I am deeply grateful.

Stay tuned as well for some giveaways. Will be arranging giveaways of signed hardbacks of Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived and Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: And Other Traits That Make Us Human here on good reads.com. More soon!

Just a quick update. It's been a couple of good weeks among several good months for Last Ape Standing. On May 5th, the New York Times Book Review (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/boo...) gave Last Ape a wonderful review, and then shortly afterwards it was chosen one of the featured books for the prestigious Chautauqua Institution's summer program.

I'll be speaking at Chautauqua this June 27th so if you're in the neighborhood, please swing by and say hello.

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Look, I have a problem. I find nearly everything fascinating. This creates a problem because I am a writer and so then I want to WRITE about everything I find fascinating. This probably explains why I was CNN Bureau Chief and national Geographic Explorer and why I've sold Hollywood screenplays, written and produced documentaries, scores of magazine articles, five non-fiction literary science books (everything from space exploration to human evolution and behavior, even science's quest to live forever). Most recently I wrote a sci-fi thriller, a novel set in the near future. We'll get to that another time.

This blog is about travel. I haven't blogged here for over 10 years and during the past four I began another project: my wife, Cyndy and I, are traveling all 7 continents, never by jet. We've covered over 125,000 miles across land and sea so far, two poles, six continents and 40 countries. Still a long way to go. I bring all of this up because in this blog I want to share something about the most recent leg of our journey -- the one that covered the Adriatic Sea/Dalmation Coast, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Crete, Egypt (700 miles up the Nile) and Jordan. (Next up: India.)

Anyhow, as the seasons shift from winter to spring, Cyndy and I found ourselves reminiscing about these extraordinary places, and I thought I'd share our top 10 photos of 2024 —each image a window into the beauty and history of these lands.

Rather than simply choosing my best shots, I wanted this collection to reflect the emotions these places evoked—the awe of standing before the ruins of an empire, the quiet reverence of drifting along the Nile at dusk, the vibrant energy of a bustling market. Whether you’ve walked these paths before or dream of doing so one day, I thought you might enjoy see a tiny sampling (we have so many).

This format doesn't allow me to show you the pictures here, but you can visit all ten with descriptions here:
https://vagabond-adventure.com/librar...
... images of air balloons over Luxor Egypt, the Temple of Apollo at sunset, the magnificent ruins of Petra.

From past to future - next up, more about my new novel Doppelganger- An Orphan, a Prodigy, a Murder. The audio version will soon be out!

For those of you who may find this blog, I wanted to let you know that I just added a good 15 additional entries that go back as far as 12 years. I don't think this make them irrelevant. The entries on subjects like Neanderthals, my travels for National Geographic, my eclectic articles, largely based on my books and latest novel, explore artificial intelligence, human evolution, longevity, the origin of water, the power and importance of laughter.

I'll be adding more articles like these in the coming months because I want to not bombard you with Facebook-style blurbs, but deliver you solid, enjoyable and substantial reads. Articles that will make you think and engage. Goodreaders are, after all, diligent about their reading.

I hope you enjoy the entries, and if you read any of my books, I hope you'll consider writing a review.

Naturally, I also welcome your comments below, any time. I'll be sure to respond.

Many thanks,

Chip