You never know where your next great meal could come from. It could be tucked down a quiet alley in Bangkok. It could be smack in the middle of noisy Old Town Hanoi, from a cart on the street. Sometimes it’s at high-end establishments, replete with white tablecloths and clinking champagne flutes. In Southeast Asia, however, […]
The Best Theft-Proof Bags for Traveling
A few years ago when I was planning out my big trip to Southeast Asia, I read a lot into how to make myself less of a target. I didn’t want to have my trip ruined by theft and I also didn’t want to have to constantly worry that someone would slash my bag or […]
Skiing in Davos, Switzerland: An Alpine Wonderland
The train chugged along on that crisp February morning and I looked out the window, so happy to be back in the Swiss Alps, and so amazed by how dramatic those mountains always look. I’d been to Switzerland just once before when I followed my late grandmother’s journal there, but that was in the summertime […]
Forget What You’ve Heard, and Travel to Zimbabwe
You really shouldn’t travel to Zimbabwe. You won’t have a good time… This is what we were told only two weeks before we planned to travel to Zimbabwe, and not just by one person, but by multiple people. It put a seed of doubt in our heads, and when we looked at government safety warnings for Zimbabwe online, things […]
How to Participate in a 10-day Meditation Retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh
The 10-day meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh in Chaiya, Southern Thailand, has been inviting English speakers to learn more about Dharma and meditation for several decades. Thanks to generous donations of time and supplies, mostly by local Thais, the open-air meditation halls in the beautifully manicured forest of the monastery provide a perfect refuge […]