Tibet, Myanmar, and AVAAZ

About a month ago I was talking to a friend about being in Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand in 2006 and meeting some of the Burmese refugees that had fled the violent Myanmar regime. One of the few that spoke English told me about his buddy, a farmer, that had stepped on a [...]

China and NG

A bridge near Lijiang, China I used to actually abhor the stack of magazines sitting in my room queued for me to read when I returned home from a trip. The mountainous pile, composed of freebies, trade journals, and three different flavors of National Geographic (Adventure, Travel, and the original) would sit on my desk [...]

Horses, horses, horses

Always bet on the Irish horses! My hometown of Lexington, KY is touted as being the “horse capital of the world” I’m sure that some European countries and even cities in the US don’t agree, and I’m not sure who took it upon themselves to count all of the horses, but this time of year [...]

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