Kicking off Christmas  (Nov 25 '06)
"Yes, it was that indulgent, and yes I did indulge. What do you expect!?"
Strasbourg, November 25,2006 Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love the build up- I love multicolored, blinking lights, ...
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After arriving in Hanoi a week ago, we have come to the conclusion that the people were way nicer in southern Vietnam, and when crossing the street they will don't always avoid you as they did in the ...
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A leisurely two hour hike...HA!  (Sep 20 '03)
"...winding our way up through cloud forest..."
Took the Perama shuttle to Candikuning on Lake Bratan located in the mountains almost directly in the center of the island. Rained for most of the fist ...
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I have so much to tell! January has been a busy month. School is up and running at full speed now. We have a visiting professor at JNU from the University of Alabama on a Fulbright that is teaching a ...
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Helsinki  (Aug 04 '06)
"I’m not sure Paella is really an authentic smorgasbord delicacy"
We pass the island of Suomenlinna as we sail into Helsinki. I had really wanted to visit it as it is a world heritage site, but we can’t ...
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First day Backpacking  (Nov 27 '06)
Well, I'm off on my travels. I'm now an official backpacker. Friday, my last day was tough - so many good byes, followed by a border crossing, and then a 10hr bus ride to Luang Prabang. I was ...
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China, Yangshuo: Cycling for Scenery  (Apr 20 '07)
"Half an hour later, four of us were sweaty and exhausted from the hard work we had put in, mimicking a hamster"
A river cruise down the Li River was in store for us when we travelled from Guilin to ...
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Fresh off the bus in Krabi, we hopped a shared taxi into the main part of town. Being the high season, most of the hotels near the center of town were already booked. It was looking like another ...
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Climbing the Great Wall  (Jul 09 '06)
Well, today was the big day: we went to the Great Wall! Or at least a piece of it. One reasonably close to Beijing. But I am getting ahead of myself... Our first stop on the bus trip was at a Jade ...
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Actual Barcelona  (Apr 10 '07)
Okay, today we actually went to Barcelona. It took us one hour from Villafranca by train to get to downtown Barcelona. We found the main street and walked along it to see the artistic works in the ...
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