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December 16, 2017January 26, 2020

Food in Vietnam: fragrant, fresh, fantastic

The food in Vietnam has been incredibly delicious, and I am very worried about stepping on the scale at home. There is a lot of lemongrass, chilis, bamboo shoots, fragrant herbs, water buffalo skin, lamb and seafood, as well as chicken and pork. The smell and the bustle of the markets is overwhelming. The meat …

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December 12, 2017February 2, 2020

Vietnam Travel: Spectacular Scenery and Sights, Fantastic Food, and a ‘Wound that Never Heals’

Vietnam is a country that is at turns magical, sobering, puzzling and unnerving. Travel to Vietnam will immerse you in a unique culture and fascinating experience. Of course, we were concerned about the fallout of the Vietnam War. Although it ended nearly 50 years ago, our entire lifetimes, it is still very present in American …

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December 5, 2017February 2, 2020

Visit Vietnam: Ha Long Bay takes your breath away

There's a reason virtually every travel brochure for Vietnam has a picture from Ha Long Bay ... it is miles upon miles of breathtaking beauty. If you've decided to travel to Vietnam then make sure you visit this wonderful UNESCO World Heritage site. Halong Bay features thousands of limestone monolithic islands, many with incredible caves. …

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December 5, 2017January 26, 2020

Travel to Cambodia: Stunning temples & ‘extreme foods’

Exiting the plane into Siem Reap, Cambodia, you feel as though you were diverted to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It looks precisely the same: low, pointed straw roof, no gates, open walled building in the dripping humid heat. But the giant red Buddha head staring down at you once you walk inside makes you realize …

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November 29, 2017January 26, 2020

Travel to the UK: observations from a tourist swing through London

We’ve been very fortunate to have visited the United Kingdom, and particularly London, a couple dozen times. Enough times that we’ve left the major tourist places far behind and just enjoy the atmosphere and people. We people watch. Following are observations I jotted down from a visit several years ago. Post continues below Adam geeks …

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November 21, 2017September 24, 2022

India Retrospective: Letters home from Bangalore & Delhi

This posting is from our original travel blog about our travel to India, published in 2008, and was mainly a collection of emails to friends and family also published on one of the now defunct personal blog sites. It has been edited for clarity and privacy considerations. February 2008: Welcome to Bangalore! Hi everybody! We …

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November 16, 2017February 15, 2020

We found the Loch Ness Monster … was nowhere to be seen on our trip through Scotland

Does the Loch Ness Monster exist? We have absolutely no idea. Here’s how our little “exploration” went. Traveling with a bunch of good-time friends through Scotland, we made the drive to the lake one cold early morning. We’d been thoroughly enjoying Scottish castles and distilleries, learning about Islay scotch, staying at The Newton, Charlie Chaplin’s …

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October 16, 2017February 15, 2020

Yelling at chickens on laid back Ambergris Caye: travel to Belize

The plight of our polluted oceans hits you upside the head on Ambergris Caye, the largest island in Belize. This idyllic little island is mostly traveled by golf cart, which you can rent in many places in the small main town of San Pedro. The water is crystal aquamarine. The fishing is great, and beachside …

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September 22, 2017February 15, 2020

Travel to Albania: the mysterious pillboxes of a paranoid past

We’re traveling through Albania’s remarkably diverse landscape. We very slowly drive up and up horrendous roads with pencil-thin cliff ledges through the cold snow-capped Albanian Alps, then down and down and along gently rolling scrubby panoramas, then to the hot shores of the Adriatic Sea. We notice many expensive Mercedes-Benz vehicles on the rutted roads …

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September 21, 2017January 19, 2020

Visit to North Macedonia: Tracing Mother Teresa’s childhood wanderings through the streets of Skopje

We came to Skopje, the capital of what is now called North Macedonia, in early morning with cold dew drops still dotting all surfaces. This was to be an attempt to see the city as Mother Teresa saw her birthplace. Though of Albanian descent, the woman who would become St. Teresa of Calcutta was born …

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