Coastal Crete: From Sfakaki to Chania
Much of the northwestern coast of Crete feels like one giant sandy beach, so it’s a popular area with both tourists and locals alike. My sister and I spent two […]
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Siem Reap: 2022 Highlights
It’s been nearly five years since I was last in Siem Reap, and while much remains the same, both time and COVID have wrought significant changes. Some of those changes […]
Dinner in Bangkok
Bangkok is famous for its street food, and you practically stumble over amazing Thai restaurants everywhere you go. That’s the mango with sticky rice at Jim Thompson: A Thai Restaurant […]
Bhutan: 10 Things to Know Before You Go
Bhutan is a spectacular place to travel, a land of wonderous forests and mountains … … endless reminders of deep Buddhist devotion … … and mysterious temples high up in […]
The Beauty of Haa
Haa is one of the westernmost districts of Bhutan, nestled right up against Tibet on its northern border venturing close to India to the south . It’s remote and rugged, […]
Northern Paradise
When most people go to Bali, they head to the white sand beaches of the south or the central foothills in and around Ubud. But these parts of the island […]
Around the Peninsula
For our first day of road tripping, we decided to go around the Coromandel Peninsula. The first thing that we learned when driving here is that New Zealand is much […]
To Market, To Market, to Buy a Fat Marigold
Bangkok, where I traveled for a conference, is a sprawling, unplanned mess of a city. Some people find it charming because while it has grown, it has retained many of […]
The Pool on Top of the World
Prescott gave me an amazing Christmas present: a night at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel! The Marina Bay is remarkable for many reasons, the most notable of which is probably […]
On the Beach
We’ve moved from the island of Bohol to the island of Panglao, and though that transition involved no more than a short drive over a bridge, it feels like we’re in […]
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