Are you looking for inspiration about where to travel next? Join me at the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure show 2018 for ideas about your next adventure. Here is my video from the 2018 show: My Day at the Travel and Adventure Show This is the view from above! Look at all the destinations you can … Continued
Are you wondering: Who is in the Top 50 Travel Blogs for Women? We Said Go Travel is honored to make the list at Travel Fashion Girl! Thank you to Alex and the entire team for including us in the Top 50 and for recognizing all of our hard work to build a great community. Do … Continued
Palisades Elementary Charter School Writing and Arithmetic. More likely, the child will talk about computer lab, music class, or time spent in their school’s garden…the FUN stuff that integrates their core curriculum into real life experiences, and enriches their education and learning ability. Like any public charter school in LAUSD, Palisades Elementary is highly resource constrained. … Continued
Around the world, Thailand is known as, “The land of smiles” for good reason. No matter where you go within the kingdom, the people that you will meet are more than likely to welcome you with open arms. They are famous for their welcoming nature, curiousness and carefree attitude towards life. A common way to … Continued
The coffee is from the Taiwanese bubble tea stall. Served in a super size plastic cup, pushed forwards by the smiliest server before he retreats back into the throng of waving receipts. Twenty-four Hong Kong dollars- almost the same price as my shrimp noodle lunch. Half luxury, half necessity- I am too tired to indulge … Continued
Celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from the 13th to 15th of April, Songkran has evolved into the absolute largest water festival in the world.
Nights In? Not in Hong Kong! I have never been a massive fan of the ‘nice night in’. Like many things, I think the idea of an evening on the sofa with the TV on is a lot nicer than the actual reality of it. Sure, when you’re exhausted or stressed or fed up of … Continued
There’s no real reason to explain why I lost my mind one sunny afternoon in Bangkok. Maybe it was a vitamin deficiency, a desperate plea for action, or perhaps just a deep longing to get under the tough skin of Thailand’s capital city. Much like a scabby mosquito bite, Bangkok is an itch you already … Continued
This morning I had a dream about being in the classroom again. I awoke to the grandfather clock that chimes every fifteen minutes throughout the house, feeling like I had seen them. In my dream, I’m standing at the head of a non-air-conditioned classroom. All ten ASEAN flags dangling from the walls. Five rows of … Continued
The challenge posed by this site is to make sense of the scattered remains of a former strong Southeast Asian empire’s capital. The historic city of Ayutthaya gained global importance due to its strategic trading location and strong diplomatic networks that were highly prized by the Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, and even the British. … Continued