Sunday 10:30 am – I didn’t want to get to the airport until 12:30, unfortunately, my mother, whose flight was a full hour before mine is what I’ll delicately call a “careful” traveler. Unsatisfied with what time I wanted to get to the airport for my own flight, I decided just going with her and … Continue reading
You know what the worst airline in the world is? Any American airline. Honestly, it’s kind of embarrassing. My flight from Singapore to Hong Kong was United. A four and a half hour international flight, no entertainment and a really crappy breakfast. I hadn’t flown one of my domestic carriers since I flew into Heathrow … Continue reading
I never realized how luxurious crossing the border at the airport was until I had to do it over land. There were two of those in the last week. First, last Saturday, we crossed over the border from Thailand to Malaysia, which was definitely the more exotic of the two. The vans that drove us to … Continue reading
After our time in Bangkok, we had a 14 hour trip to Kao Sok National Park (12 by overnight train and 2 by vehicle). Sort of. First though, I needed a news fix. I didn’t realize how much I missed boring charts and information until I paid a ridiculous sum for Time and The Economist. … Continue reading
As a side trip during my time in Hanoi, I booked an overnight junk cruise through Halong Bay. This entailed about a three hour journey to Halong before getting on the boat. Fortunately, this was all part of the cruise arrangements and yesterday morning there was a car here to pick me up and make … Continue reading
Yesterday, after an overnight flight, I arrived in Vietnam. As I may have told some of you, this was already the country I was most impressed with in terms of hospitality. I was contacted by every proprietor/owner directly, even though I’d made my reservations online through a service, asking what else they could do to … Continue reading
I am covered in a layer of deet, sunblock and sweat (I know, how attractive). It’s all part of the adventure though, which India has already made well on. We have a pretty great tour guide, who in addition to showing us the standard fare, has shown us around some back streets and other places … Continue reading
I have arrived in New Delhi, sans internet access for the last couple of days. I’m not sure why I wait until so late at night sometimes to write these posts, at a time when typing something witty sounds like torture to my brain that just wants to sleep. That’s the problem with having the … Continue reading
I am on another boat, this time not a ferry, but a cruise ship. For the record, I’m pretty sure Katie and I somehow booked the cruise for the over-60 set, as I am fairly certain we are the youngest people on board by close to 30 years. I have to say, I’m not specifically … Continue reading
So, I have departed from Italy, not exactly how I planned, and made it to Athens. It has been a stressful 42 hours or so, but I am here in one piece. I missed my overnight train to Bari. This was pretty much my fault because I mis-remembered when the hostel I was staying at … Continue reading
