Bangkok’s oldest and Thailand’s largest Wat (temple complex) is Wat Po. Wat Po houses a giant reclining Buddha – 46 meter long, and 15 meter high. When you walk in and see this HUGE, gold figure which completely fills up…
Bangkok ~ First impressions (and tastes!) from the Kingdom of Thailand
There are few things (for us) more exciting than being about to land in a new country… A Thai adventure is around the corner (or down the runway, more precisely). Our beaten up, written up, tagged pages of our travel…
Departing thoughts about Bali, Indonesia.
As hard as it was to leave Hoi An, Viet Nam, which we loved to the point of being ready to declare it our new home, it now seems incredibly obvious that Ubud is a natural habitat for us. So…
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia ~ vortex for artists, temples and healing.
Ubud has been a vortex for artists such as sculptors, woodcarvers, painters and musicians since as long as anyone can remember. The prominence of all this creativity is a result of the residents of Balinese Royalty in Ubud for…
Bali, Indonesia ~ Island of the Gods
It is easy to see why Bali is known as the “Island of the Gods”. It is lush; it is tropical; it is bright green and beautiful … There is an abundance of beauty and something in the air that…
Rural Cambodia
In the rice paddies, farmers transplant the young rice seedlings Wait! Are we in Nicaragua or Cambodia? Classic thatch wall, house on stilts. This is Cambodia, but it could be rural Nicaragua (Rosita)… “same same”, but different. Note the huge…
Limestone cliffs and rice paddies … beauty all around ~ Tam Coc Garden Hotel
We take the 9 a.m. train out of Hanoi, towards Ninh Binh in the countryside. The train is pretty easy. We are the only non Vietnamese (falang = gringo in Latin America), and squeeze into our seats with the rest…
Day trip from Hanoi, Viet Nam to an ancient farming village
After spending a week in the bustle and hustle of Hanoi, we head out to visit an ancient farming village which has managed to stay relatively intact over the past 100 or so years. The ubiquitous triangular hats and water…