Twenty years – to the day: July 8th if you’re curious. In 1992, it was the day I met “her” and also the day I had the foresight to ask her on a second date. Love at first sight. In …
Category: Asia
SANZAC Memorial Kota Kinabalu Malaysia by Karin Burgess
You could be forgiven for passing the SANZAC Secondary College in Kota Kinabulu without either a second look or thought as you do so. But on closer inspection this College in the Capital of Sabah, Malaysia, is a poignant reminder …
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Palawan: Discovering “The Last Frontier” of the Philippines by Steven Graham
Do you dream of making your escape to the tropics… to the island life? Does the thought of exploring a remote island full of coconut palms and banana trees surrounded by a warm, greenish-blue sea, fill you with yearning? The …
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CAODAI CALLING by John M.Edwards
A traveler to an architectural oddity in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, tunes in to the otherworldy call of a wacky bizarro cult “What on my first two visits has seemed gay and bizarre (was) now like a game that had gone …
Mandarin Oriental Spa, Macau by Sheila Oconnor
I entered the Mandarin Oriental spa in Macau. There was a sharp pain in my shoulder as I arrived. Perhaps it was from carrying my heavy baggage all the way from San Francisco. The Cathay Pacific flight from SFO to …
Jeita Grotto, Lebanon by Sheila Oconnor
While in Lebanon, world travelers should be sure to visit Jeita. These are considered the world’s most beautiful caverns, and being located just 20 km north of Beirut, they are within an easy day’s excursion. The caverns, whose haunting stalagmites …
Breakfast in ‘The City of Pearls’ by Gabriel Russell
I find that breakfast, for an American who has been travelling throughout Asia for decades, is the most difficult local meal to adapt to. Lunches and dinners characterized by intense new flavors and peppering heat, bring a welcome and novel …
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Adventure, Sun, Fun Await in Philippines by Larry and Gail Taylor
For tourists, I think that the Philippines is an often overlooked destination. This is probably because of the long flight (14 hours from the West Coast). The journey there is worth it, though. There is much to do and see, …
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Java Journey: Café Hopping in the Hot Spots of Indonesia by John M.Edwards
I went out to get a cup of java in Java and ended up on an infernal coffee odyssey through the Indonesian archipelago. Stretching out like a Komodo Dragon some 6,400 kilometers across the Ring of Fire, from the coffee …
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Ha Long Bay in Vietnam: A True Surrealistic Watercolor by Fyllis Hockman
Descending the steep, narrow plank, inch by inch, hand over hand along the long pole, I thought: “This better be one hell of a cave!” Exploring the other-worldly interior of Hang Trong Cave was to be one of many surreal …
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