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Enjoying a Diversity of Experiences in Yangon, Myanmar

June 21, 2018 by Dave20 Comments

After landing at the modern airport in Yangon we quickly purchased a sim card with a local phone number. We were told that in the last few years the price of Internet and cell phones have dropped dramatically. One tour guide told us that in the last 10 years mobile phones have gone from costing more then $1000 to now being relatively affordable. Our taxi driver informed us that traffic in Yangon can be intense - horrific at times - traffic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, Art, Burma, Bus Travel, Drinking, Food and Wine, Internet, Journey, Peace Corps, Restaurants, Street Food, Taxi, Traffic, Walking tour

Volunteer Abroad For Less

February 20, 2018 by Caroline CLeave a Comment

Increasingly people want to escape the rat race and spend some time helping others from South America to the South China Sea. However, there is a catch, unless you have a couple of years spare to make a serious commitment with the US Peace Corps, who pay for everything, volunteering abroad isn't cheap. Typical program fees start upwards from $600 to an eye-watering $3600 which exclude flights, visas, and personal spending. We've found four … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mini Post · Tagged: Airport, America, Animal Rescue, Cambodia, China, Drinking, Peace Corps, Shopping Mall, South America, Visa, Volunteer

Touring Koror, Palau

January 23, 2014 by Lisa Ellen Niver5 Comments

Whenever we arrive to a new place, we attempt to learn about the country. Therefore, our first stop in Palau was the Belau National Museum where the exhibit: “A Cherechar A Lokelii: Palau Through the Years” gave us a detailed introductory education. Strolling through the halls we learned about the past presence and influences of the Spanish, Germans, Japanese and the United States from a historical context. The Spanish first visited Palau in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: America, Aquarium, Art, Culture, Dolphin, Germany, Japan, Museum, Palau, Paradise, Peace Corps, Rainforest, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Seafood, Spain, Sushi, Zip line

Peter Greenberg, The Travel Detective

January 16, 2014 by Dave2 Comments

Peter Greenberg is one of America's foremost travel correspondents and travel experts. It is admirable what he has accomplished and done for consumers (as well as his valuable contributions within the travel industry) during the past few decades. With someone who logs 400,000 airline miles a year, he maintains a rigorous schedule that would leave most people gasping for air! He has taken time out of this busy schedule to answer a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews · Tagged: Airline, Airport, America, American Airlines, Art, Bahamas, Beijing, Cruising, Culture, Israel, Jamaica, Jet lag, Jordan, London, Mexico, Museum, New York City, New Zealand, Peace Corps, Traffic

Three Days in Apimsu – Ghana, West Africa

June 5, 2011 by Maureen Rogers1 Comment

The brilliant sunlight stings my eyes as we make our way out of the airport in Accra, Ghana, but it's the view ahead that has me fighting tears. Our son Casey has been waiting at the entrance gate. Since he entered the Peace Corps in West Africa his father and I have been separated from him for many months and 7,000 miles. Now, just fifty feet across the courtyard, I see that his pale northwest skin is shades darker, his brown hair cropped close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Airport, America, Baseball, Beer, Coffee, Culture, Dancing, Drinking, Fashion, Flowers, Garden, Ghana, Harvest, Mountain Climbing, Paris, Peace Corps, Seafood, Seattle, Sports

Once in a Lifetime

May 30, 2011 by Terri EldersLeave a Comment

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What did I know about birds? Enough to feed spinach greens, not stale muffins, to the domestic ducks at Recreation Park in my hometown of Long Beach, CA. Enough to avoid annoying the thirty-pound swans in London's Hyde Park. Enough to understand that silence was golden while trailing knowledgeable birdwatchers in the woods near The House of the Doves at Uxmal. And once, at my grandmother's house in Los Angeles when I was ten, I learned the hard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: America, Animal Rescue, Beach, Beer, California, Central America, Chicago, Coffee, Flowers, Garden, Hawaii, Honduras, London, Los Angeles, Peace Corps, Spain, Volunteer

Suds and Solace

May 30, 2011 by Terri EldersLeave a Comment

german Wine-Barrel

"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face." --Jim Bishop The morning of September 11, 2001, as a Peace Corps trainer I'd scarcely opened an HIV/AIDS seminar in a shabby hotel two hours north of Port-au-Prince, when the Haiti health program manager pulled me aside. "The World Trade Center and the Pentagon have been attacked by planes," she whispered. "It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Afghanistan, Airport, America, American Airlines, Australia, Beer, Bus Travel, Canada, Castle, Drinking, Garden, Germany, Hiking, Honeymoon, Music, New Zealand, Peace Corps, Seychelles, Washington DC, Wedding

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