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Often people ask if I’m traveling to find myself. I, happily, really like who I am. I also know who I am. It is because I know myself that I choose, or perhaps feel driven to travel. I absolutely love the people in my life, and my home. I also deeply love experiencing other ways …
My first day I spent walking around, getting the layout of the land. My goal was to find food and the Old Market. Traffic here is mostly bikes, mopeds, and tuktuks. “Laadyy, tuktuk?” Is something I’m hearing so often, I’ll hear it in my dreams. I mostly walk, as long as I have water and …
Shhhhh!!! Don’t tell my NH Bed that I nearly wrote poetry to my Khmer Bed. The sweet comfy bed, AC, and decent wifi kept me indoors most of the day. By about 7pm I was getting hungry and I read about the “BBQ place around the corner”. People know where it is but not the …
I left my lodgings around 10am, totally sure I could get to Wat Po, enjoy a massage, and get back to my place with plenty of time to take a refreshing shower and make my way in a relaxed manner to the airport. I got everything done except the relaxed and plenty of time parts. …
I think it is the 4th day including the day I arrived. These past few days have been like a real vacation. Wake, stress a little – I should be doing something- then I realize what I should be doing is being on the beach… All. Day. So I get dressed, grab my beach bag. …
I caught a taxi at 4am to BKK airport. I was worried that I might not find one, but my host assured me it would be easy and less than 200THB. Luckily, I only had to wave down two taxis to find one willing to take me to the airport AND use the …
I’ve just passed my first 24 hrs in Bangkok, and have the energy to write! I arrived yesterday at 6:45am. Usually, when I get to a place that uses a new currency, my first stop after getting off the plane is the ATM for some pocket money. Guess what I forgot to do! I forgot …
Fun with free wifi on Norwegian Air!
This afternoon I took the vaporetto from San Marco to Murano, and changed vessels to Burano Island. The whole trip is about an hour and a half each way, and spent an hour on the island. Burano is a lovely and quiet change. Quiet canals, and no crush of tourist crowds. Many sweet lace shops …
What a vew! I’ve always loved the view from airplane windows, but this one really did take my breath away. We just took off from Catania, Sicily, for a 30-minute flight to Malta. This next photo captures something you don’t see often – almost an entire country outside your plane window: Next we were decending …
