Hello, Hoi An
For our spring break travel, we have come to the old port city of Hoi An, located about midway up the Vietnamese coast. The town’s Old Quarter, a mix of […]
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Heaven, Hell, and The Here & Now
Dad and I visited Chinatown a few days ago, where one of the first things we saw was his given name — Bliss — repeated over and over just above […]
The River and the Bay
My dad is in Singapore! For his first morning here, we started with a trip to the Bukit Timah Food Centre, a hawker stall where he tried things like chicken […]
In the Land of Legos
The advantage of having an eleven-year-old visit is that you do things that you might never have expected would end up on your agenda. In this case, I am referring […]
Going Green
Nina, Nelson and I started our last day in Bali at Ubud’s Sacred Monkey Forest. Here, hundreds of semi-tame long-tailed macaques swing through the trees and — more often — […]
Masks in the Market
Our second day in Bali began with a trip to the market. You can shop until you drop in Ubud and then shop some more. They sell everything from paintings […]
Welcome to Bali
My friend Nina and her son Nelson have come to visit from Baltimore, and we’re taking a three-day weekend in Bali! Of Indonesia’s thousand plus islands, this one is the […]
Woof! Happy New Year!
Welcome to the Year of the Dog! Chinese New Year officially happened two weeks ago, but this holiday is far from a one-trick pony. No, it goes on and on, […]
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