It all starts high up in the mountains of Oaxaca… We are equipped with sketchbooks, new gouache paints and a variety of paintbrushes. Sharon gets the paint flowing by creating small squares of varying shades to use as mini canvases…

It all starts high up in the mountains of Oaxaca… We are equipped with sketchbooks, new gouache paints and a variety of paintbrushes. Sharon gets the paint flowing by creating small squares of varying shades to use as mini canvases…
Last year, we had a visit (in Sri Lanka) from one of our blog readers, world sailor Lisa Dorenfest, who writes a blog , Once Ocean at a Time, about her global sailing adventures (https://lisadorenfest.com/ ). As we sat down many a time…
A one hour flight from Da Nang takes us to Saigon (Ho Chi Min City). We are not going to spend any time in this big bustling city, but are here to visit two bamboo factories, in the area around…