June 19, 2006
Market In Tlacolula
Yesterday my friend Sharon and I hopped a diesel-spewing bus for the hour ride to Tlacolula, southeast of the city, where vendors from multiple little villages around the Oaxaca...Read this update
June 04, 2006
El Pochote Market & Cinema
North and east from my apartment on Fiallo St., through the Zocolo, under tents and guy-wires, I walked to meet my new friend, Sharon, at an organic market called El...Read this update
April 09, 2006
Road South To Vang Vieng
Slash & Burn! The mountains here are obscured by the smoke from slash & burn fires as in Chiang Mai so unfortunately the sunset over the Mekong isn't as...Read this update
Phousi Market
I discovered today that the Talat Dala Market that used to be up the street toward the river has moved to the outskirts of town and is now called...Read this update
March 15, 2006
Market-Going
Tired of the Night Market for tourists, this week I walked to the Warorot Day Market...a market for the local Thais. I bought delicious garlic flavored BBQ chicken for lunch...Read this update
March 04, 2006
Chiang Mai
Flew from Koh Samui on Bangkok Air (the only airline off the island because Bangkok Air built the airport) and then on to Chiang Mai on budget Air Asia....Read this update
March 31, 2005
Not The Ubud We Pictured
Ubud was nothing like I had pictured. Even though it's community members still adhere to traditional customs and the arts, crafts, music and dances support religious rituals and ceremonies,...Read this update
October 09, 2004
Message from Ulaan Bataar
Greetings- Have been in Mongolia for the past week--initial few days in a ger bordering on a national park--lazy, relaxing days with hiking and Mongolian pony riding (when on...Read this update
September 25, 2002
Hanoi
September 24 2002 Bob left Hanoi right away on the train for Sapa near the Chinese border to do some trekking among the colorful minority villages and then to...Read this update
August 28, 2002
Taunggyi...Last Frontier
At dinner one night in Inle, Bob was considering taking the offer of the waiter to lead him on a trek into the mountains until he told us that...Read this update
August 26, 2002
He Ho & Inle Lake
August 26 2002 It is possible to take a ferry up the Irrawady to Mandalay but we chose not to do this because we heard the ferry was government-run...Read this update
August 23, 2002
Nyaung U
The largest village in the area is Nyaung U about 5 km up the Irriwaddy River from the Pagan Archeological Site and you can visit the market and food...Read this update
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August 06, 2002
Talad Nam Lam-Paya Floating Market
Our friend, Jiraporn, who lived in the U.S. ten years and has a doctorate from Oregon State University in Fisheries and is now a lecurer in the Department of Fishery...Read this update
July 18, 2002
Bhuleshwar Bazaars
Kalbadevi You would love this area if you don’t mind being scared out of your wits by long lines of honking taxis and motorcycles behind you and worker after worker...Read this update
March 20, 2002
Pink & Tent-like Marrakech
There is no chance of an American avoiding his/her cultural filters in a country like Morocco-just as I suspected! “Lets Go” travel guide describes Marrakech as a “city of immense...Read this update