From the moment I arrived in China, I made it my mission to avoid Westerners. Hitting the Beijing historical sites a week before the Olympic Games, then traveling by overnight train to Xi’an (three Chinese and me in a tiny cubicle with four bunks—now …
Culture Chakra
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Lady, lady, I take you today. No ticket! No tourist!
I’m standing in the town square in Lijiang, China, reviewing my inventory of polite rejections when, lo and behold, my rogue limbic system wrests its way to the forefront and I hear myself saying, “Okay, so where …
I got my visa last week, so the China trip is a go! I was a little worried about obtaining permission to visit because I own a cute Go Team Tibet! scarf and mitten set, and I was sure the Chinese government would …
The kids have been out of school for a month now. We’ve been running ourselves completely ragged with endless recreation. I felt like we needed to stop and rest and hang out together for awhile, so I did what my parents used to do to keep us entertained …
I’ve tried at different times in my life to become interested in things that I thought I probably should be interested in. Gardening, baking, needlepoint, mountain biking among many others. Finally, in my forties, I have given up trying to cultivate new …
Veni, vidi, vici!
I just returned from three weeks in Argentina. This hike to Lago de los tres in El Chaltén was my very favorite day. It took about 9 hours round trip with stunning scenery the entire way, including …
A while back one of my favorite travel sites, Vagabondish, displayed this photo with the title Impossible Waterfalls. Initially the editor wasn’t sure that the picture was authentic, nor did he know where the waterfalls were. Soon a reader came forth …
Last July, the New Seven Wonders of the World were unveiled. They are wondrous, no doubt about it. But these seven sites made the list because they received the most votes from the general public. In other words, from tourists. ...
This time of year I get a little stir crazy. The holidays are over; the kids are back in school. Spring is on the distant horizon. The house feels like a stale box, the car an all-too-familiar muddy …
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