The Tallest Free-Standing Totem Pole (and Other Victoria Delights)
Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, has an odd claim to fame: it is home to the world’s tallest free-standing totem pole. Originally carved in 1956 from a 133-foot cedar […]
Tag Archives: Transportation
10 Reasons to Visit Yogyakarta
My mother, cousin and paid a visit to Yogyakarta, a city on the Indonesian island of Java — and I’m ready to go right back! It’s a wonderful place with […]
Singapore by MRT: The Purple Line
The plan: Visit every MRT (subway) stop on the Purple Line (aka the North East Line) in one day. The rules: Get out at every stop and spend ten to […]
All Along the Briny Deep
We’ve made the crossing from the North Island to the South, relinquishing our rental car in Wellington on a cloudy morning … … and making our way across Cook Strait […]
The Most Remote Capital City in the World
When we ask people on the North Island what their favorite city in New Zealand is, the universal answer is “Wellington,” the country’s capital. So we arrived with high hopes. […]
Back to The Bay
There are many, many bays out in our neck of the woods, but only one makes it onto the required visit list for those traipsing around Southeast Asia: Ha Long […]
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 Ships of the South China Sea
If you stand on the coastline in Singapore, you’ll see ships in every direction. The container ships are easily identifiable — they have containers on them — but I’ve spent […]
Getting Around
There are not many people who would see this in the hallway of the MRT (that’s our subway system) and think, “sure, I’ll make a special trip to find the MRT […]
Jalopies and Jesus
The Philippines has been a Catholic country for centuries now, thanks to the arrival of the Spanish nearly 500 years ago. Ferdinand Magellan himself started the conversion efforts on the […]
