As the political situation In Sri Lanka continues to heat up without resolution in sight, and given that Ben’s work is directly linked to matters involving governmental decisions, there is not much work that can be done until things settle…
2017 ~ our year in review.
2017 was a different type of year for us. Our travels this year, were prioritized around visiting our parents and sons in the U.S. ~ not once, but twice. Of course we managed to sneak in some short stops en…
The bounty of food markets of Asia ~ Indonesia, Hong Kong (Part 3)
Our first retrospective post in this series on the markets of Asia, focused on markets in Viet Nam. The second post featured markets in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. This third post takes us back to Indonesia and Hong Kong. Two…
Indonesia rising ~ a new twist…
Business priorities for Ben are pulling us increasingly toward spending more time in, like a LOT more time in … Indonesia This is not so much a change of plans on our Sri Lankan adventure, as much as it is…
Gender Bending? Culture Bending? …… (part 2 ~ Hers)
Ben’s proclivity for “culture bending” is only matched by Peta. This tendency to “go native” is something we both gravitate toward. Indonesia is a mostly Muslim country (in fact the largest majority Muslim nation in the world, far surpassing the populations…
Gender bending? Culture bending? …… (part 1 ~ His)
Ben? Gender bending? What are we talking about here? The thought of Ben donning a “skirt” a few years ago, would just have made us both laugh out loud. After all, no judgement here, guys wearing skirts has been a…
International Yoga Day 2016 ~ Green Global Trek retrospective
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India asked world leaders to adopt an International Yoga Day. Addressing the 193 member UN General Assembly, Modi said “Yoga is an invaluable gift of our ancient tradition; it is not about exercise, but to…
Exploring coral reefs and coves in Northern Bali ~ Amed
Our exploration of Bali continues in an unplanned, spontaneous way. We toy with several scenarios that range from flying to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra or Borneo, drawn by the endemic population of orangutans on these islands. Or we could…