India: Lisa & George Featured in Touriosity
In this article for Touriosity Travel Magazine from India, Lisa talks about travel and how to connect more with local cultures through festivals, in particular the Phaung Daw Oo festival in Inle Lake, Myanmar.
Iceland: Transcendentalist 101
Iceland is one of those places where it is hard not to come over all transcendentalist. You have an inspirational landscape like nothing on this earth; from remote farmhouses set in lupine fields, to volcanic craters, glaciers, ice-blue hotsprings, black beaches and sand deserts, and to a decidedly urban bustle in Reykjavik, all rubbing along [...]
Vermont Deficit Disorder: Finding Peace In The Green Mountains (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
This is part two of a two-part series on the restorative splendors of Vermont. Read Part One Here. Not much past The Long Trail Brewery, named after the 273-mile footpath that runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, paralleled for most of its length by Route 100, I trundle into the Vermonster, the [...]
We Said
Nepal: Learning to be a Trekker!
From our latest Newsletter: We Said: Hello from Nepal Hello from Pokhara! Our time in Nepal has been filled with wonderful people and incredible views. We hiked UP! to Sarangkot from Pokhara. This stair climb began at the lake (884 m) to Sarangkot (1590m). It was about 4 hours uphill but the views at the [...]
Scott Market, Yangon, Myanmar: Changing Money at the Market (video)
WATCH: Scott Market, Yangon, Myanmar: Changing Money at the Market After breakfast at Beautyland II around 10am, we gathered our team of Kat (Switzerland), Anke and Moritz (Germany), Michael (Australia) and us (USA) for an excursion to Scott Market, which is now called Bogyoke or Aung San Market to change money. We did not change [...]
Travel and Diet: Are You Ready for Battle Soldier?
Travel and Diet: Can it be done? I lost sixty pounds during my sabbatical in Asia in 2008-9! YES YOU CAN TOO! I reviewed Laura J Wellington’s book for the Huffington Post. Please enjoy my review below: Book Review: The Four Star Diet: Based Upon the Wisdom of General Colin Powell & Other Ridiculously Brilliant [...]
Yangon: Through the Open Window (video)
WATCH: Yangon, Through the Open Window Our night in Yangon began with finding a hotel. After seeing several hostels, we settled for a room at Beautyland II. There were a few issues including the room having broken air conditioning. The two fans kept us cool. The open window did turn out to be an opportunity [...]
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