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Category Archives: Adventure

Gambia with or without a Visa

February 17, 2020by michaelbencik 1 Comment

How does one get to Africa from Ireland? Well, through Germany of course. Everyone one knows that. The great part of going someplace so exotic is that even mundane boring […]

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Adventure, Africa, Germany, Travel

Inktober 2019 – My Ireland

November 3, 2019by michaelbencik 14 Comments

This is the accumulation of all Inktober 2019, 31 pen and ink illustrations, from 17 counties in Ireland, all under the combined theme of My Ireland. There is a total […]

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Adventure, Castle, Inktober, Ireland, National Parks, Nature, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 23 – Ancient

October 23, 2019by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Well, things are really looking up now, because this one is easy! This country is filled with Neolithic forts, burial grounds, and Stone Age passage tomb. Well, we think it […]

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Adventure, Europe, Inktober, Ireland, National Parks, Nude, Travel

Inktober Day 13 – Ash

October 13, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

You can’t have ash without fire, and Duckett’s Grove had two major fires in one week back in the 1930’s. There are rumors aplenty on how the fires were set, […]

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Adventure, Castle, Ireland, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 11 – Snow

October 11, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Snow in Ireland, haha, that is a funny one. They really don’t get too much snow out here unless it’s high up in the mountains. When I first started dating […]

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Adventure, Inktober, Ireland, Naked, Nature, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 1 – Ring

October 1, 2019by michaelbencik 4 Comments

October has come around fast this year, though it’s hard to tell with the stores setting up their Christmas displays. For me though, October is all about Halloween and fall. […]

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Adventure, Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

An Illustrated Journey Through Ireland – Philadelphia Solo Art Show

August 1, 2018by michaelbencik 6 Comments

“I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.       […]

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Adventure, Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

The Barrow Track

May 11, 2018by michaelbencik 2 Comments

One of the great things about the village of Leghlinbridge is it’s right on the banks of the Barrow River. The Barrow River is Ireland’s second longest river at 120 […]

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Adventure, Ireland, Travel

A Five Star Castle for Mom and Dad

April 17, 2018by michaelbencik Leave a comment

Seeing how my parents were coming out to visit, we felt they needed to have a nice relaxing vacation. My sisters have them running ragged in their 70s; between soccer […]

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Adventure, Castle, Food, Ireland, Toddlers, Travel, Traveling with Toddlers

Duckett’s Grove Anniversary

April 15, 2018by michaelbencik 5 Comments

Celebrating our 4-year wedding anniversary, I am starting to remanence about all the amazing adventures Yvonne and I have had. We have traveled to over 16 countries together, lived in two […]

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Adventure, Ireland, Japan, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel, wedding

Sligo and Donegal

April 10, 2018by michaelbencik 2 Comments

There is nothing better than having friends and family come visit form over seas, but like most things in life, when it rains it pours. So we had roughly six […]

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Adventure, Castle, Ireland, Travel

MichaelBencik.com, Sketch Book

April 6, 2018by michaelbencik Leave a comment

“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic […]

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Adventure, Art, Backpacking, Beach, Inktober, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

My New Website MichaelBencik.com!

March 20, 2018by michaelbencik 5 Comments

So the time has come, after 20 years, to create a new web site showcasing some of my best art and stories. For those of you who do not know […]

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Adventure, Art, Ireland, Michigan, Sequential Art, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Web Comic

The Urania Theater, Budapest’s Movie Palace

November 19, 2017by michaelbencik 1 Comment

I love missions when I travel. To look for a comic store, special souvenir, or even to get cold medicine can brings you to areas well off the tourist map. […]

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Adventure, Hungary, Sketchbook, Travel

Back to Budapest

November 5, 2017by michaelbencik 5 Comments

Ha, what a feeling, to head back to Budapest. It had always been my dream to come here, as I got older in years, yearning for a connection to a […]

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Adventure, Hungry, Travel

Sketches from the Road – An Illustrated Journey Through Asia Art Opening

November 5, 2015by michaelbencik 6 Comments

“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic […]

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Adventure, Art, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride

August 29, 2015by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Warning, Graphic Nudity Below It’s that time or year again, where Philadelphians all over go mad! The heat is up, crime rate soaring, the city is sweltering, and damn it, […]

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Adventure, Naked, Nude, Philadelphia

Shenandoah Bears and Butterflies!

August 24, 2015by michaelbencik 7 Comments

Walking through the wild flowers along the road was like being in the middle of a ticker tape parade, but instead of pieces of paper fluttering around you, it was […]

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Adventure, Travel

Whale Sharks of Cebu

May 31, 2015by michaelbencik 6 Comments

We took a bus from Malapascua to Oslob, Cebu. We were here for one reason, Whale Sharks. The largest shark in the world, measuring up to 40 feet and more. […]

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Adventure, Backpacking, Conservation, Philippines, Travel

Lawihan Festival

May 22, 2015by michaelbencik 6 Comments

  When ever I found my self getting a bit tired, or road weary, I would hunker down in the dirt, whip out my sketchbook, and start sketching. It would […]

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Adventure, Philippines, Travel

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