We arrived under a sky awash in blue at tiny Gaggal airport where our young Nepali driver was waiting to greet us. He set off like a race car driver along the narrow roads, zipping around hair-pin bends where buses, motorbikes, tuk-tuks, carts, and cows,…
Founded by Czar Peter The Great in 1703, St. Petersburg is a beautiful, seductive city. While Moscow is pristine in every way, St. Petersburg – like a grand, aged member of aristocracy – wears her wrinkles with grace and elegance. We stayed in hotel Domina…
The Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas/pagodas of Bagan which spread across forty square miles, were built between the 9th and 13th Centuries.(A temple is a place of worship. A stupa/pagoda was built to honor Buddha and hold relics of Buddha or highly revered Buddhist monks. A…
Vang Vieng had acquired the reputation as being a mecca for backpackers from across the globe. They made their way to this remote little slice of paradise to party, get high, and drink themselves into a drunken stupor. All that has changed. The hotel owners…
Five villages like five beguiling sisters cling to the rugged cliffs on the Ligurian coast of Italy; their names are Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. Colorful houses are stacked upon the hillsides where grapevines flourish, and fishing boats bob in the little…
Sunshine, surf, palm trees, street performers and weirdoes! Venice Beach has an abundance of all of those. Start your day with breakfast on the beach at Perry's Cafe on Hollister Street in Santa Monica. Rent a bike from Perry's and set out on the bike…
