Monday, November 5th, 2012
If you know me, you know I love all things boats! I couldn’t wait for my sailing trip to the San Blas islands and checked out several sailboats heading that way.
As I did my research, a couple of things …
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Before and after my Ciudad Perdida (“Lost City”) trek, I heard dismal reports about the camp conditions – poor food, hot weather, dirty accommodations. Weirdly, I didn’t experience any of this.
Although I’m starting to suspect that indeed the reality …
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
So if you’ve been following my posts for the last 2 weeks, you know I was visiting my friend Pirjo, who lives in Finnish Lapland. She lives in the town of Sodankylä, where her parents have a sweet summer cottage. …
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Twice in the last two weeks, I’ve spent a night on a jumbo jet – by choice! Just a short 5-minute bus ride away from Stockholm’s international airport is the world’s first airplane hostel called Jumbo Stay.
The first time …
Monday, July 16th, 2012
While England’s Cotswold district is famous for thatched houses, I saw these iconic cottages throughout my tour of the UK and Ireland – from the remote Aran Islands off the rugged Irish west coast to Scotland’s northern Isle of Skye.…
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Mabul, an hour boat ride from the northeastern Borneo coastline, is the closest island to the renowned dive spot Sipadan and the only place for divers to stay. Since you have to travel a good long way to get to …
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
The good new is this was the first time I’ve ever paid for a hotel room by the hour. The bad news is that I slept in a pod.
I had never slept in a pod before, so I was …
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
When you live on the road, it’s the simple things that you miss most: a cup of coffee, a hot shower, clean clothes. Unfortunately, these little pleasures haven’t been in abundance during the last 16 months, and so I’ve had …
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
We had fairly humble quarters during our “tea house trek” to Annapurna Base Camp. While sometimes short on amenities (like a clean pillow), the trek was long on amazing mountain vistas – especially on a clear morning!
Here’s a peek …
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
For 3 weeks I was in exile, in a self-imposed writer’s retreat. I had the first 2 chapters of my book due to agents at the beginning of March and so I sequestered myself to ensure I met the deadline.…