• What people are saying.
    "If you ever offer a WWT tour, I will be the first to
    sign up for it."
    -Jim Ward, Brunswick, Maine

    "Certainly one of the best sites I've ever seen."
    -Samantha Williams, USA

    "Tremendous, particularly the Italian Corollary!"
    -Don and Terry, Crestview, FL
  • What people are saying.
    "One soon runs out superlatives when describing Trolinger’s web page. Superb pictures coupled with text that is truly literature. It is by far the best page
    I have ever encountered."
    -Ron McCormick, CA

    "Could be there for hours. Awesome!"
    -Jonathan Ross, London, ENGLAND

    "Clever and fun."
    Noreen Norris, Oceanside, CA
  • What people are saying.
    "I'm enjoying each line of your adventures and
    looking forward for the next ones."
    -Michel Riethmuller Rhode ST Genese, BELGIUM

    "Brilliant analyses, and comments. Write that book. Write! Write! Publish!"
    - Joe Jura, Santa Ana, CA

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    ""Great stories! Keep writing... very entertaining..."
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Welcome to the World's Worst Tourist

Welcome to my web page! I hope you will spend some time here and enjoy (or at least find interesting) some of what you read and see in these pages.

My profession takes me all over the world. I love to experience and learn of cultures, present and past and I am blessed with many dear friends in wonderful and exotic places who enhance this process. Here you can read about them and their places and cultures. Writing enhances and even changes my experience of travel as well as life, itself, and ultimately my most reliable decision making process is to choose only after asking, “Which choice would be most interesting to read about?”.

A passion for art since childhood shaped my right-brained approach to science and life. As a physicist my work involves the science of light, images, and holography, some of which are represented in these pages. Included are chapters that describe encounters, experiences and critiques of artists, scientists, and their creations. Eventually, this will get me into trouble, especially the critiques.

To see a more indepth look at my work in science and art, please see my resume. Click here for James D. Trolinger's Resume

I spend a lot of time painting in the studio and while visiting distant places. Want to own one of my paintings? It's easy! Just make a donation to breast cancer research, and I will send you a painting of your choosing. Please visit the Art section of the website to see what is new!

James D. Trolinger, 
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Holoknight, WWT
The World’s Worst Tourist

Recent Entries


April 2019

A Week in the Land of Tulips

Travel with the WWT via river through the Netherlands.

August 2017

New Holoknight and Honorary Holoknight Named

Find out more about Dr. Guohai Situ and Dr. Eugene Arthurs

August 2017

Holoknights Capture 3 Major Awards at SPIE Optics + Photonics

Holoknights Awarded at San Diego Conference

April 2017

Magnificent 7 Return

Alabama Hills

Paintout in the high desert

July 2017

Seran Dipity, a New? Art Form

Exploring a new painting technique..

June 2017

Painting Admist the Highland Midges

Painting in England and Scotland.

October 2016

Channeling Spirits of the Valley

The Magnificent Six visit Monument Valley.