The journey to Da Lat wasn’t great. The bus broke down after the rear had filled up with smoke, we couldn’t go faster than 40 km/hour, and we knew we’d paid far too much for the tickets. But the scenery was good, and we were excited about taking a tour with the Easy Riders. We’d Read More »
We spent Sunday night in a terrible hostel. It wasn’t dirty or cluttered. But it was unbelievably incompetent. The staff didn’t know what was going on. They had to refund a bunch of our money for internet that didn’t work, but was charged for at an exorbitant rate. The bed I slept in was missing Read More »
Our border crossing back in to Guatemala was less than pleasant. What was to be a more adventurous journey, cheaper and more scenic, was a journey in to the heart of darkness – more tortuous, more expensive and aside from the occasional glimpse of natural wilderness, more unattractive. Of course, my opinion of the route Read More »
Hi everyone. Peter and I have been hanging out here in the mountains for 8 days now, a cool relaxing departure from our mad week in Delhi (no offence to our lovely hosts in Delhi, but it is a demanding city to be in). It took a bone shaking 12-plus hours bus ride to get Read More »
Have I attained enlightenment? No. But I did spend the past week walking around barefoot and open minded at a meditation retreat at the International Dharma Hermitage near Suan Makkh wat in the South of Thailand. I didn’t realize until I showed up, but this is a SILENT retreat, so no talking at all – Read More »
We flew from Aswan to Cairo. One of the fascinating sights were the streets of Aswan and Cairo and in Cairo all the activity on the street of a major world city. (See The New York Times, March 1, 2007). The Cairo Museum was incredible, and there are so many things worth seeing it’s not Read More »
We woke up and had free breakfast in the hotel, and then hit the streets. We headed first for the Palau de la Musica Catalana, the music theater with beautiful mosaic tiles covering the facade. From there, we headed to L’Eixample, the district containing most of the “modernista” architecture. We saw a building that Antoni Read More »
So the question is: “Is Vancouver really like Melbourne?” Well at a first glance “Yes it is” the postcards pictures of the city at night, the nightlife, little suburbs, it almost has the same kind of vibe as Melbourne, the people are relaxed, slow paced which is very much like Melbourne. But when you look Read More »
Vietnam ended better than it started, although I got taken out by a killer cold that sent me to bed parts of the last few days there and in Vientiane, Laos. We spend one night abord a boat in Halong Bay in N. Vietnam as a trip from Hanoi — really beautiful. We slept on Read More »
Ahh.. a road trip! Eric drove Nicole, Valeria, and I up the Malaysian countryside to Malaka for the weekend. Since I screwed my Vietnam Visa up… sorry guys BTW< did I mention that the most sad thing I have seen is the US embassy in Singapore?? It looks like a prison. Pictures later… as I Read More »
