Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Alas, we did not go to the BBQ. In fact, we didn’t go back to the housing block. Instead my escorts took me to a deserted café for ice tea. I told them I didn’t want ice tea, but they persisted…
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Part 2 of a 3-part series: Part 1 is here
The next day I wandered back to my old hotel to catch a cyclo to go meet my mom’s manicurist’s friends and family. I went back to my fancy hotel for 2 reasons:
• to find out what I should bring
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
It was my 24th birthday and I waited all during dinner for some birthday wishes, maybe a bit of cake. About 10:00 pm I figured out my boyfriend wasn’t waiting to surprise me — he had forgotten. So amidst some tears I told him it was my birthday. To his credit, he was aghast at his forgetfulness and promised to send me on a trip. He’d send me to Vietnam!
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
August 8, 2008, Mountains around Mongolia
Nothing was going to ruin this absolutely beautiful morning in the Mongolian mountains – the air was pristine, the view un-matched, and the scenery straight out of The Sound of Music. The whole group of 16 of us was eating breakfast… read more!
Friday, May 15th, 2009
This is not an image of Erin
I know it’s not politically correct, or even medically healthy, but I am a sun-tanning die-hard. In fact, I consider sun tanning a lost art and I am… read more!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Koh Phi Phi, Thailand… unbelievable
I am a beach bunny to the core. I grew up within spitting distance of Malibu beach and on the Hawaiian Islands. I am an unabashed beach snob… read more!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
At the summit and all smiles: Volcano Villarica, Pucon, Chile
I’ve never met a mountain I didn’t like. In fact, it was just last year that my friend Clara broke it to… read more!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Islands off Auckland, New Zealand
Two hamburgers with fried egg, slices of beet root, carrots and pineapple, served with fries sprinkled with vinegar. I had just arrived in New Zealand (and was 14ish) and met a group of friends who were going trekking on one of the off-shore islands… read more!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
San Francisco Airport, San Francisco California
Unagi, eewwwwwwl
OK – I know this isn’t an exotic one, but it was fierce. And I still don’t eat eel sushi to this day. I’ve never puked before (that I remember… read more!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Phuket, Thailand
This one was early on in my traveling days, and yet still so vivid. I remember buying a piece of curried chicken from a transvestite at the end of the pier after arriving on the island of Phuket…in the middle of the day….in the hot sun. The chicken… read more!