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7 Years in Tibet

February 5, 2006 by Cheyney SteiningerLeave a Comment

Tashi Delek from Lhasa, The Holy City, at the heart of the Rooftop of the World! A wild & wacky week of travel covering maybe 2000 miles, countless mountain passes, and some of the planet's most beautiful terrain brought me here over a week ago. My route to Lhasa took me from the NW reaches of Yunnan north thru areas which are officially closed to foreigners by the oppressive Communist imperialists which have occupied Tibet for the past 53 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Animal Rescue, Baseball, Bridges, Bus Travel, California, Cambodia, Canyon, China, Cruising, Culture, Everest, Film, Food and Wine, Hiking, Hong Kong, Houston, India, Internet, Japan, Journey

Siberia, Russia – Here I Come!

February 5, 2006 by Rick ChapoLeave a Comment

"You must really hate this job." That's what my boss said when I told him I was moving from San Diego to Siberia for a year. In reality, I was bored and looking for something that would be completely and utterly new. Whether it was sunstroke or a developing tolerance to margaritas, San Diego just wasn't cutting it anymore. Heck, I hadn't even gone to the beach in nine months and it was only a few blocks away. Time to rediscover a zest for life. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airline, Airport, Alaska, Animal Rescue, Beach, Bridges, Coffee, Drinking, Fishing, Hiking, Internet, Kentucky, Rock climbing, Russia, Sailing, San Diego, Seattle, South Pacific, Train Travel, Walking tour

A Thai Wedding Story

February 5, 2006 by ElizabethLeave a Comment

Sawasdee kha friends! Part I I find myself writing this email several hours after my brother's village Thai wedding, while sitting in the comfortably air-conditioned "business center" of our hotel. It's not often on my travels that I am left without words to describe my experiences, but for once I feel that this email can never fully articulate the feel of the last 24 hours. When we left Bangkok yesterday I was eager to return to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Bangkok Thailand, Bridges, Cell Phone, Christmas, Culture, Dancing, Food and Wine, Hollywood, Internet, Lifestyle, Monks, Oregon, Restaurants, Thailand, Vietnam, Village, Wedding

Welcome to Thailand: Where taxis, tuk-tuks, boats, elephants, sky train, motorbikes, and mini-buses merge for your convenient transportation.

February 5, 2006 by ElizabethLeave a Comment

December 7, 2002 Greetings all from Bangkok, Thailand!!! Bangkok leaves me speechless because it is so utterly different and fascinating. I have no words to describe it, but I'll do my best. The 30-hour trip began by wandering the solitary back roads of Oregon and ended in the heart of crowded, congested, and polluted Bangkok. We were met by Syy and Jim in the airport and whisked away to our "hotel." Outside of this hotel were the slums of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, America, Animal Rescue, Aquarium, Bangkok Thailand, Bicycle, Bridges, Burma, Bus Travel, Cambodia, Canals, Caves, Cell Phone, China, Christmas, Coffee, Culture, Drinking, Europe, Fashion

The Flood, The Tsunami Dec 26

February 5, 2006 by JensLeave a Comment

If there is a Paradise on earth it must be here. We repeatedly confirm each other in that statement, several times a day. Mai's Quiet Zone is the name of the little resort where we live, here in the Northern part of Khao Lak. It is not a misnomer. With her husband, the Thai woman Mai has created an area where everything breathes idyllic peace. On the beach are some practical little red brick and bamboo bungalows. Two storey bungalows encircle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, Bangkok Thailand, Beach, Cell Phone, Denmark, Drinking, Film, Fishing, Flowers, Food and Wine, Internet, Mountain Climbing, Naked, Paradise, Passport, Rainforest, Resort, Restaurants, Romantic, Sand

My Foreign Language

February 5, 2006 by Al Seymour SightsLeave a Comment

The preparation for the trip back to Vietnam was almost as unsettling as the trip itself. Mom didn't want me to go because she was afraid something might happen to me. I had planned to go with several other people, including a Vietnamese guy who goes by his Catholic name of 'Matthew,' and I had assured mom that Matthew would look after me since he had gone back several times already. Father had demanded that I not go because he didn't want me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, America, California, Coffee, Cruising, Culture, Drinking, Food and Wine, Hawaii, Journey, Kansas, Oklahoma, Resort, Seafood, Taxi, Traffic, Vietnam, Walking tour

My Time in Vietnam

February 5, 2006 by Zoe Goetz1 Comment

Part I Vietnam Hanoi September 24 Bob left Hanoi right away on the train for Sapa near the Chinese border to do some trekking among the colorful minority villages and then to spend three days in Halang Bay learning to kayak. It is probably not surprising that the relationship has taken a beating on this trip so we are traveling separately until we join a friend in Hong Kong on November 20 when the three of us will spend two months in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Adventure Travel, Afghanistan, Airport, America, Asia, Bangkok Thailand, Beach, Beer, Bicycle, Bridges, Britain, Burma, Bus Travel, California, Cambodia, China, Coffee, Colorado, Drinking, England

Zimbabwe & Zambia: The Zim and Zam of Victoria Falls

February 5, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

Dear Friends, "I can't leave this place. Africa is in my heart'I love the unpredictability here; today we have food, tomorrow we might not". These were the musings of Ivor, a white Zimbabwean grocery store owner we met in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Ivor was one of the few white Zimbabwe citizens left after the country's strong-man president Robert Mugabe changed the constitution to allow himself unlimited terms and, in 2000, instituted a series of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, America, Animal Rescue, Botswana, Bus Travel, Farming, Fashion, Food and Wine, River Rafting, Shopping Mall, Train Travel, Victoria Falls, Visa, Walking tour, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zoo

A Week in Sunny Devon

February 1, 2006 by Michael LevyLeave a Comment

devon ireland england

It was six forty-five in the morning as our USA plane touched down at Gatwick airport. This was the start of my one weeks vacation in Southern England. As we drew up to the disembarkation gate the captain told us the weather forecast for the next few days was warm and sunny ... what a bonus no rain. Once we cleared customs and located our hire car which, as luck would have it, had a diesel engine. What a great reward, considering gas is around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Airport, America, Animal Rescue, Britain, Civil War, England, Festival, Florida, Garden, History, Journey, Palm Trees, Riviera, Seafood, Shopping Mall, Vineyards, Walking tour, Wildlife, Zoo

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