ROBBED in Vietnam! (a.k.a. Thanksgiving Foolishness)
November 24th, 2012
Lots ‘n LOTS of tales to tell about my adventures skipping ’round Oz. But now that I’m back in my [&hellip
Browsing the "Travel Tips" Category
Packing (LIGHT!) for Oz
October 26th, 2012
g-knows I have a bazillion pre-trip chores to do before I hop on the bus + plane + plane for [&hellip
A Month in Mongolia – Chapter 1: The Gobi
October 13th, 2012
Goodness, it’s now been nearly 5 weeks since I returned from a month’s frolic amid Mongolia’s Chinggis Khaan sandbox. And “sandbox” couldn’t [&hellip
Travelin’ Solo? Yup, Sometimes It’s Scary…
September 30th, 2012
Lately I’ve been receiving quite a few notes from folks who question how I can be so upbeat all the [&hellip
Stuff That Makes Me Go WOW! – "Kinetic Rain"
September 27th, 2012
Though I’ve run across a host of nifty stuff in my… goodness, nearly 20 years of surfing the Great DoubleU.DoubleU.DoubleU, [&hellip
Heh, heh – The TravelnLass Dabbles in Being an International SPY!
July 30th, 2012
Well o.k. not exactly Mata Hari here, but nonetheless today I dipped my lily-white tippy-toe into a bit of clandestine [&hellip
Packing for Mongolia
July 20th, 2012
After 30+ years of travel, if nothing else, I’ve (necessarily) learned to travel LIGHT – no matter the length of [&hellip
My Stash for the Wilds of Outer Mongolia
July 4th, 2012
I’m soon headed north (more details coming soon, I promise) to play in the vast Mongolian sandbox for a month, [&hellip
My Passport is now a TOME!
June 5th, 2012
I have sooo much to catch up on here – pics and details of my decadent 4 days at Mui [&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
Newbie Expat Comes Up For Air…
November 26th, 2011
Sorry for the silence here (but I wasn’t kidding when I earlier said there might well be a blackout here [&hellip
Learning a Smattering of Vietnamese
September 30th, 2011
Among my most valued “travel tips” to anyone presuming to drop into some far away foreign land (as a guest, [&hellip
Cheapo Passport Photos
August 7th, 2011
Now that I finally have an air ticket with a definitive date of arrival in Vietnam, it’s time to apply [&hellip
The Chain Continues: The TravelnLass’ "7 Links"
July 27th, 2011
Nope. No pyramid “chain-letter” scheme here, just a friendly round-robin of sorts that’s been goin’ round the travel blog circuit [&hellip
Packing Practice
July 23rd, 2011
With little more than 12 weeks til blast off, the time will no doubt soon begin to blur and I [&hellip
Desperately Seeking… a Mail Forwarding Service
May 22nd, 2011
I swear, our dear www is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, Msr. Google is surely the [&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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