Arrived safe and sound in Singapore!! Great news on the leg front…swelling has diminished substantially in legs and feet. So very happy I will now be able to get into a bathing suit without looking lopsided…I promise that the rest of my trip will be incident free. I will be lounging on beautiful beaches in … Continue reading A STOPOVER IN SINGAPORE
Category: Asia
WE ARE OFF TO TACKLE ANNAPURNA
This was written Oct 21, 2001...This is a Long several part Blog in one broken up by Pictures We Left for Pokara by bus!...7 very long hours...I would rather trek back to Kathmandu than risk my life returning in the bus!! he roads, if that's what you call them are very questionable at best...and … Continue reading WE ARE OFF TO TACKLE ANNAPURNA
FINAL TRAVEL THOUGHTS FROM MY JOURNEYS TO SPAIN, IRAN, TURKEY & TUNISIA
FINAL REFLECTIONS OF MY TRAVEL 2015 15 Flights 3 Trains 5 Buses Umpteen Vans Many Many Taxis 1 Hot Air Balloon Several Trollies 13 Metros 2 Boats 2 Few Private Cars 2 Camels Lots of Walknig Some Hiking 5 Languages that I butchered but attempted nonetheless 4 (actually 5 since Iran had the Rial & … Continue reading FINAL TRAVEL THOUGHTS FROM MY JOURNEYS TO SPAIN, IRAN, TURKEY & TUNISIA
LAST IMPRESSIONS OF TURKEY
Last Impressions of Turkey June 1,2015 Well, first off, Turkey is an amazing place...simply a historians dream...there are few places in the world that can claim the history and a true chaotic and complicated one at that...I read a brief historical book to catch up on a few thousand years of their fractious past before … Continue reading LAST IMPRESSIONS OF TURKEY
Pictures Turkey-May 23-31
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NEW ADVENTURES IN TURKEY
New Adventures in Turkey! May 25, 2015 Landing in Istanbul was like the western world greeting me with lovely and oddly familiar sights. The convenient thing about booking a tour is that you are met at the airport and can relax about how to get to your hotel...My guy was right there but then he … Continue reading NEW ADVENTURES IN TURKEY
Pictures- Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Sunrise Ride May 25, 2015
EPHESUS ET AL
Ephesus Et Al June 1, 2015 Well our departure from Cappadocia to Pamakkule was by a 9 pass Mini Van with the 4 Singaporean women and the other couple from Singapore...We had the same driver, who we called Poncho...seemed to be a nickname he picked up because of his way with women. (-: Well he … Continue reading EPHESUS ET AL
HELLO FROM UBUD BALI
I am renting a lovely little bungalow just off the center of town. This is a local neighborhood full of all the wonderful ambience of life here in Ubud...but that also means...I awoke to a very early rising rooster who must have gotten confused because he began his lovely …good morning… at 4am! That, of … Continue reading HELLO FROM UBUD BALI
NOW SOME WORK IN HONG KONG!
Well, here I am in lovely Hong Kong! ...What a stark contrast to Tokyo... the people here are vastly different...Tokyo was quite regimented and very quiet and conservative in style and dress(yet chic and tailored)...and Hong Kong is just like New York... the people are defiantly similar to New Yorkers...no time to waste and...well, they don't really like … Continue reading NOW SOME WORK IN HONG KONG!