We are standing in the soft sand, with eagles flying overhead, colorful wooden fishing boats behind us, small lagoons of warm water created by the high tide, and a river which emerges from a green belt of lush foliage and…
It’s gotta be Goa!
After spending almost two weeks in Penang, Malaysia and 4 days on the island of Koh Lipe, Thailand, we need to make a decision. Our house in Sri Lanka is occupied by home exchangers, one after another, (from France, Spain,…
2018 Green Global Trek Retrospective
2018 was another year rich with travel adventures… January was about … Feb was about … March was about … April was about … ……enjoying springtime in Paris, France May was about … June was about … July was about…
“Poya” ~ Full Moon, in Colombo, Sri Lanka
It is a full moon in Sri Lanka, and that means one thing: “Poya”. Poya is a religious and national holiday, a Buddhist practice that celebrates every full moon, a time for Sri Lanka’s Buddhists to flock to temple under…
Back in our rustic paradise ~ Sri Lanka
Back home in Sri Lanka after being “on the road” for six weeks, we spring into action to get the little house we live in, in as good shape as possible, as we have quite a few home exchanges coming…
One last “shot of color” at our favorite Tamil Nadu Temple
Color, color, color! It is hard to explain to people who are not “color-blind” the thrill of being in a saturated-color environment. My (Ben) normal life plays out not entirely, but mostly, in “sepia”. It takes a lot of sh’bang,…
The impressive prehistoric one-horned rhino of India
We are headed to (hopefully) see the endangered one horned rhino which is indigenous to Assam. Once widespread, the one horned rhino, or Indian rhino (the largest of the rhino species) was found across the entire Northern part of the…
Discovery of Assam, Northeastern India.
Let’s start with basics: there are several INDIAS. (Obviously, this is a ridiculously simplistic summary of a complex country like no other in complexity, i.e. the reason we love learning more about India). Just to illustrate the concept of “several…