Chinese New Year 2009 in Kentucky

Elephant Mountain near Lijiang, China Happy New Year. Again! Tomorrow kicks off the Chinese Lunar New Year with a new moon and I fear the worst. After two frustrating hours of consulting Google to find a place where I could torment some local Chinese with the worst my Mandarin has to offer, I had no [...]

5 Common myths about travel

Myths about travel I decided to do something different this time.  What about a WordPress travel blog that has some sort of generic, lets-all-hold-hands “Top xx” list?  OK, so its not quite original….but then again its not exactly easy to work creative miracles when I’ve been stuck inside all day and can hear the 16 [...]

Traveling alone

Traveling alone has its moments Traveling alone? A jolt of unexpected excitement vibrates through my body.  I struggle to keep it my secret. I am sitting cross legged on a sandy bamboo mat, watching another masterpiece of a West Thailand sunset dismiss an island day.  The owner of the restaurant is making his rounds lighting [...]

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