Travel Books That Inspire: "The Wander Year"
April 23rd, 2012
“You can learn a lot about your country by leaving it.” Needless to say among my favorite reads are travel [&hellip
Browsing the "Traveln" Category
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
(CELTA) D.O.N.E. Woo-HOO! (and some luscious travel plans…)
December 9th, 2011
Just a quick one here to celebrate the E.N.D. of my CELTA course, and drop a few pics. Can’t even [&hellip
Welcome
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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