You don’t go to Papua New Guinea for the cuisine. That is at least if you’re looking for tourist-standard fare. For sure, there are some restaurants and hotels that serve good food – meaning appealing to tourists. But often those establishments have terrible service. It took us an hour and a half to get served Read More…
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Huli Fortune Teller ~ Papua New Guinea
One of the most interesting days for me (including all of my trips to Papua New Guinea) was the day we visited the village of Tari, where the Huli wigmen live. This is a tribe where the women and men live separately. In order to visit their village, we tourists had to duck through hobbit Read More…
Papua New Guinea ~ Huli Wigmen of Tari
Ever since seeing this video about the Huli Wigmen, I’ve wanted to go to the little village of Tari in the middle of Papua New Guinea. (Note – the video is of terrible quality, but the content is worth a view.) Like much of PNG, it’s unimaginable to me that people still wear elaborate traditional Read More…
Papua New Guinea Mt. Hagen Festival
The first time I went to Papua New Guinea, I could barely speak for 24 hours after I arrived home. I didn’t know what to say. What I had seen was unfathomable and 3 years and 3 trips later, it’s still sinking in for me. What makes PNG so remarkable is that the 850 tribes Read More…
Santa Fe’s Chocolate Trail ~ Photo of the Day
Ayup – we dipped those chocolates! During the Santa Fe Culinary Tour in June, we visited CG Higgins Confections, one of 4 stops on The Chocolate Trail. This little shop was packed with truffles, caramel covered popcorn and many other goodies. None of us could resist bringing home a bag of of our very own Read More…
One Week Left to Win a Dream Vacation in Mexico!
Have you found what you are looking for when you travel? Not yet? Then make sure you enter the Wanderlust and Lipstick & Expedia Find Yours Pinterest Contest before end of day on July 30th. This is your chance to win a luxury holiday package for two in Los Cabos, Mexico! The fantastic prize includes Read More…
Demystifying Bhutan’s Magic Phallic Symbols – Photo of the Day
Last week I posted a photo on Facebook from Bhutan. It was a wooden carving that was in a bathroom at a restaurant somewhere in the middle of the country. There’s no way around this other than to say it was a penis (see below). The photo got a lot of comments. And I received Read More…
The Art of Tamale Making at the Santa Fe School of Cooking
There were so many highlights on our Santa Fe Culinary Tour that I barely know where to begin. Over roughly 4.5 days, we sampled, consumed, imbibed, sipped, drank and toured. We had a magical little group that gelled well and had lots of laughs (and TWO birthdays). We had local tour guides talk about the Read More…
Paro Festival in Bhutan ~ Photo of the Day
Guru Rinpoche (aka Padmasambhava) is revered in Bhutan as the one to have brought Buddhism to this tiny Kingdom in the 8th century. His image can be found painted on dzongs (temples) and cast in metal, adorning altars everywhere. He’s also featured on this large thongdrel (tapestry) that is unfurled at the Paro Festival each Read More…
Round the World (and back) this Spring ~ Photo of the Day
To say the least, my travels this spring have been surrealistic. In 2 months’ time, I was in Thailand, Bhutan, Italy, Germany and Zambia. Oh, and Texas. I haven’t done the math, but I might have racked up 60,000+ miles. The strangest moment came for me was when I was in Zambia looking over images Read More…