August 12, 2006
Whats To Love About Oaxaca
Juanita, the Mexican-American woman I met at Pachote Market, will ride down here with me in my car in September...a road trip to Las Vegas to see Greg, to Phoenix...Read this update
August 05, 2006
Francisco
Francisco wears a red T-shirt and straw hat and sells books in Spanish on the sidewalk in the Zocalo. Yesterday I noticed that some of the books were by the...Read this update
July 22, 2006
What I Do Every Day
People ask me what I do all day! It is different every day. The first six weeks, since I arrived May 30, all my time was spent running errands and...Read this update
March 25, 2006
Breakfast at Smile Guesthouse
I have changed hotels. I am now at the brand new Bau-Tong Lodge with free WiFi that is down little soi 3 off Loi Kroh...for half the cost of the...Read this update
March 19, 2006
Chiang Mai Felt Like Home?
Have been here three weeks and Chiang Mai did feel like home for awhile...just long enough to get oriented and find the good places to eat. I spent all...Read this update
February 25, 2006
International Night
We're back on Samui and I have rented a brand new furnished one bedroom house for $12.00 a night at "Solitude Resort" on a mountainside about a mile from Doug...Read this update
January 19, 2006
Bumrungrad Hospital
Nearly as diverse as New York, sitting in a Bumrungrad waiting room is a show of national and ethnic costume...many from the middle east...burkas, jalabas and Arabic head wear...males greeting...Read this update
January 12, 2006
Bangkok Business
Nearby, in ironically named Washington Square, is the Bourbon Street Bar and Restaurant where an entire wall, surrounding a dart board, is covered by business cards. Here is a sampling...Read this update
October 17, 2005
Third Culture Kids
Third Culture Kids are children of expatriate families who live for a significant proportion of their lives in a culture other than their own, where they travel to many countries...Read this update
July 17, 2005
Thainess And The West
The July 2005 edition of the slick upscale magazine for English-speaking foreigners called The Big Chilli ran an article with interviews of prominent Bangkok residents to get their views of...Read this update
June 13, 2005
A Fine Balance
Listening to an expat radio station on the internet today, I discover that in Bangkok 2006 there will be an International Summit on Public Toilets......Read this update
August 06, 2002
Expatriates
There are many expats in Bangkok who love this city and it’s people for many reasons. One day I struck up a conversation with a Brit woman sitting next to...Read this update
May 20, 2002
Yellow Chicken Camp
May 20, 2002 Then to Yellow Chicken Campsite and dinner in the dark. The charming camp, in the middle of a huge 40 year-old German farm, is run by...Read this update
May 17, 2002
Chitimba Beach Camp
When we pull into the camp compound there are three trucks aready there-drifters.com, ontheaway.com, and Africa.overland.com written in huge letters across the sides.The camp bars in Africa are open-air...Read this update
May 11, 2002
Back To Snake Park
The next morning, on the road back to the Snake Park there are small villages and shops; give me pen; give me something; what do you have to give me...the...Read this update
May 02, 2002
Street Children in Nairobi
The next morning we went out to explore on foot and spent the entire morning dodging begging children. I am an older grandma figure so I get "mama, buy me...Read this update
May 01, 2002
Nairobi...First Impressions
On April 30, 2002, the plane from Cairo landed in Nairobi Kenya to music from "Out of Africa" (groan) and a horrific monsoon-season rainstorm. A taxi ride to the downtown...Read this update
April 30, 2002
Cultivating Hate In Children
On the same day that Arafat finally condemned the terrorism against Israel, his wife, who lives in Paris, granted an interview with an Arabic-language magazine, Al Majalla, wherein she...Read this update
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April 21, 2002
Cairo
On April 21, 2002 while waiting for our flight from Athens to Cairo, we visited briefly with a gentleman sitting next to us who was on his way to...Read this update