Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Smiling Faces Through Centuries
May 23rd, 2012
And now for this week’s featured attraction: a wrap-up of my visit to the legendary temples of Angkor Wat. First [&hellip
Browsing the "Asia" Category
I’m Off On A Mini Adventure To… Cambodia!
May 11th, 2012
Often the plethora of dizzying options on our beloved www can seem more of a curse than a blessing. But [&hellip
Livin’ on the Cheap in Asia
April 16th, 2012
Inspired by my U.S. chums’ lately bemoaning the lofty price of gasoline on Facebook this morning (apparently it’s now over [&hellip
Patience, my dear Grasshoppers…
April 11th, 2012
Yikes! Can it really be more than two weeks since I last pecked here? Goodness, but time flies when… Wait! [&hellip
Diary of a Birthday in Paradise (a.k.a. Phu Quoc Island)
March 26th, 2012
As if my birthday getaway to Phu Quoc wasn’t fabulous enough, I just stumbled across this WAY KEWL befunky.com site [&hellip
Just when I think that I can’t take it another minute!
March 22nd, 2012
It’s been nearly 5 months now. Five months devoid of all that is familiar. Nearly a half year since I [&hellip
Let’s Have a PARTY!
March 7th, 2012
Next Sunday is the last class for my dear “Jumpsters” (my ten, too-too-cute 4-6 yr. olds) so I wanted to [&hellip
The Gift of an Extra Day
February 29th, 2012
From the wee date/time in the lower right corner of my laptop, it’s still February 28th (ok, so – even [&hellip
That settles it… now I may NEVER come home!
February 23rd, 2012
Moving abroad, I had to give up quite a lot of comfy, familiar things. My sweet car for starters (albeit [&hellip
Newbie EFL Teacher Comes Up For Air…
February 14th, 2012
Nope, I’ve not fallen face-first into six inches of muddy water in that g-forsaken rice paddy. Just waaaaay too many [&hellip
Happy (Lunar) New Year (Tết) from Vietnam!
January 23rd, 2012
Based on the Lunar calendar, today is the first day of 2012 – the Year of the Dragon. Short for [&hellip
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures…
January 17th, 2012
Foodie-wise that is. Though I don’t presume to be a consummate foodie like my dear big sister (blogger at the [&hellip
Lake Toba, Sumatra: A Lesson in R.E.L.A.X.A.T.I.O.N.
January 10th, 2012
Rolling into my 9th day here in the little village of Tuk Tuk on Somosir Island in the middle of [&hellip
Pulau Weh, Sumatra – at the tippy-top of Indonesia
January 4th, 2012
Goodness but I could peck 1,000 words for every blessed HOUR of my little holiday here in Sumatra. It seems [&hellip
O.R.A.N.G.U.T.A.N.S.
December 25th, 2011
I came, I saw, I marveled! Seriously, it was these remarkable creatures that drew me to Sumatra, Indonesia for the [&hellip
Dalat: My Own Private Shangri-La
December 18th, 2011
For more than a year now it’s been but a dream. Just a digital figment of my imagination. Early on [&hellip
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Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion, and I’ve always lived life “like a kid in a candy store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been:
This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!
And in that spirit, after years of running my own adventure travel company, and flitting off to far-away places every chance I got… Read more about me…
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