I just arrived back from a week of bliss at Rancho La Puerta Mexico If you’ve been there you’ll know what I mean about the bliss. When you go,expect the first day and a half to be an adjustment. I offer my mistakes in red. Just remember this is just an example of how…
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Getting rid of a pain in the butt in Vietnam
Prior to an 18 hour flight to Nha Trang Vietnam, home town of Mi Duong, I rented a bike. After adjusting the seat, I misjudged the height of the rear wheel, caught my leg on it and landed flat on my coccyx. OUCH!!!!!!! Still, I went. Once MiDuong and her fellow client, Gena Pratt and I…
The World is Full of Helpful People
I just returned from a whirlwind trip of Paris, Florence and Munich. I met our adopted daughter, Jessica and her children Lauren and Carson in Frankfurt on July 16. I couldn’t have maintained my tour guide status if it weren’t for the helpful people I met. Right off the plane, I walked away from…
Good Morning, Vietnam
Pizzazzer Daly is trekking through Vietnam, doing something she has never done and she is traveling with a younger Lesha, with whom she has mountain biked in California and trekked Patagonia. This time, they met up in the middle of a 6 month adventure for Lesha, starting in Africa where she did volunteer medical…
Comparisons and Contrasts between the Baltic and Burning Man
The desert was as sunny as the Baltic surrounding Sweden, Finland, Russia and Estonia this summer. No rain in the Baltic and only a few legendary Alkali storms in the desert. It seemed like both environments were welcoming my quest for new experiences. http://www.windstarcruises.com/europe-baltic-best.aspx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woOHbbaj6fM&feature=share From Helsinki to The Nevada Desert If it seems odd…
The Great Wall of China was not on my Bucket List
Travel ranks high on my list. This year will take me to visit my father’s ancestry in Sweden and Finland, St. Petersburg, Estonia and The Czech Republic, to visit Don’s heritage. For me, The Great Wall was noted on an unwritten list in the back of my mind. Places I always thought I would visit…
San Francisco to Beijing
Whitney Houston is screaming, “All at once” on the airport P A system at 7 am and I’m drifting out to sea again, all the way to China. I’m ready to change my shoes and I haven’t left SFO. Vancouver airport brought on the first wave of foreign faces which ebbed onto the plane. My seat-mate…
Shanghai On My Mind
Packing for China Here is my wardrobe for Beijing and Shanghai. Stay tuned to see how many outfits I pull out of this. I’m taking one suitcase 22X15X8 and one carry on for iPad with movies, music, games and other plane needs. My traveling outfit will be various layers of a pair of cropped pants,…
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