Another from the New York Times, this time from the travel section, an article called ‘Drawing Yourself into the Scene’ points out the many ways we can become more aware of what we see when we travel. If you like art and travel, or even one or…
Airbnb, the very successful website that provides a platform for owners of properties to rent rooms and residences short-term, has largely grown to it’s current size through word-of-mouth. The New York Times reports that the site has begun it’s…
Between Guilin and Yangshuo in Guangxi, China, the Li River and the classic landscape are the big attractions. Bumper to bumper tourist boats shuttle visitors among the famous karst mountains and overwhelm Yangshuo town.
Enough to live in it? Developers have bought a disused London tube station and plan to convert it, and the building above, to luxury apartments.
On my first visit to Portland, Oregon I drove east of the city one day to have a look at the much-celebrated scenery of the Columbia River. Pulling off at a view point I saw this group also admiring the view and, having recently returned from a visit to Burma, I knew a monk when I saw one.
Hopping a freighter isn’t what it used to be. Which is to say it takes a great deal more planning and bother than the adventure of my imagination. Maybe I could find a tramp freighter if hanging around in a…
Getting to Nyaungshwe from Mandalay by air is a surreal experience. But then much of travel in Burma is, in one way or another, surreally beautiful or incongruous. In this case it’s the latter.
Another from the New York Times, this time from the travel section, an article called ‘Drawing Yourself into the Scene’ points out the many ways we can become more aware of what we see when we travel. If you like art and travel, or even one or…
Airbnb, the very successful website that provides a platform for owners of properties to rent rooms and residences short-term, has largely grown to it’s current size through word-of-mouth. The New York Times reports that the site has begun it’s…
Between Guilin and Yangshuo in Guangxi, China, the Li River and the classic landscape are the big attractions. Bumper to bumper tourist boats shuttle visitors among the famous karst mountains and overwhelm Yangshuo town.
Enough to live in it? Developers have bought a disused London tube station and plan to convert it, and the building above, to luxury apartments.
On my first visit to Portland, Oregon I drove east of the city one day to have a look at the much-celebrated scenery of the Columbia River. Pulling off at a view point I saw this group also admiring the view and, having recently returned from a visit to Burma, I knew a monk when I saw one.
Hopping a freighter isn’t what it used to be. Which is to say it takes a great deal more planning and bother than the adventure of my imagination. Maybe I could find a tramp freighter if hanging around in a…
Getting to Nyaungshwe from Mandalay by air is a surreal experience. But then much of travel in Burma is, in one way or another, surreally beautiful or incongruous. In this case it’s the latter.