- AubrieAnne over at Who's Your Editor featured me on her Weekend Wonder series! Go over to her site and check it out if you get a ch...

source Have you ever felt like you were being hosed? Cheated? Duped? I have. In fact, when traveling, you often feel ripped off, espe...

Have I mentioned I like food? At home I cook as much as I can and I definitely miss that while I am abroad. I miss being able to just open t...

Well, I did it; I cut my hair. I was trying to decide a while ago and most people said, "go for it", so I did. I went to a &q...

Koh Chang, Thailand I was watching a show on Nat Geo about people in India who make a coconut toddy out of the sap of the palm tree. I...

pad thai man a photo by kyria! on Flickr. I love street food. From this guy, you can get an order of street Pad Thai for about One Dollar...

make way for buffalo Originally uploaded by kyria! I love this picture with the water buffalo and the lady herding them on her bike. It...

- Have you ever taken an overnight bus? They call it a "sleeper" and it does have seats that recline, but I sure do not do a lot o...

(1) Getting to Vietnam was an interesting experience. The guy told us that the bus would take about 9 hours. It turned out to be about 14 h...

In Southeast Asia they carry EVERYTHING on tiny motorcycles. Here are a few examples.  They carry Tuk-Tuks full of people They carr...

Vietnam in one word: Clean. You can’t always say this for many countries. You may have a nice beach but there is a lot of trash on it. You m...

Bags like these! Fruit markets Pho Bo for breakfast! Beaches Dragon Fruit (tastes like a kiwi) Vietnamese Coffee! ...

A quick note: I added a new page - Travel Tips . It is a work in progress and I have a lot to add/edit, but if you need a general overview, ...

A few notes: firstly, I started this blog about 5 years ago from Cambodia to try to find out what was going on at home and share what I was ...

I am impatient. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who are late. People who have decided their time is more important than yours. People...

I have a lot to catch up on. I have been on an island with no power, and definitely no internet! We did some diving, which is probably going...

I have always wanted to be a biker. However, I am a tad scared of the bike (motorcycle). What if I fall and scrape half my face off? What if...

I am white. Okay, I don't mean this in a "check your ethnicity in the box" kind of way. I mean it in a "you can almost se...

Today is the longest day ever... I am leaving Manila at 11:45 p.m. on the 20th. Next I have about a million (well, two) layovers and about a...