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,…
First… everything… in our humble abode, in Dalawella, Sri Lanka
This past week was a week of firsts… our first night in our new home, our first animal sightings, first morning walk, and of course our first time to try out the bath tub. So before we normalize into our…
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…
Return to Bali (Ubud) ~ Island of the gods.
We’re back in Bali. We’re back in Ubud. In fact we are back in the very same, beautiful joglo (Balinese teak house) where we ended our stay in Ubud last year. Bali has remained one of those places that make…
Short hop to Chiang Mai ~ Empty Nester check in…
While nearing the end of our time in Bagan, Myanmar we have some travel decisions to make… Our flight to Bali, Indonesia will be leaving from Yangon, which is where we landed, but is also at the other end of…
Discovering Cabo de Gata ~ Andalucia’s largest coastal protected natural reserve in Southern Spain
Spain has been experiencing a major financial crisis, ever since 2009. A boom in construction, that has now gone bust, was fueled by an expectation of continued investment by Northern Europeans ~ Germans and Brits primarily, who flock annually to…
Tel Aviv, Israel ~ Boardwalk, ancient Jaffa and reconnecting with childhood friends.
After some time on the Moshav, we are ready for the city. I do not know Tel Aviv at all, so we are glad to have an opportunity to spend some time here to get a feel for it. Tel…
Living in the sacred city of Pushkar, India.
In our now 14 months old Asian adventure, we have redefined for ourselves the definition of “living here”. Whereas there is usually some concept of extended time associated with “living here’, we have come to think of living in a…