Carpe Diem
Tucked away in nooks and crannies, packing niches and crevices in tunnels and catacombs across Europe, are the bones of monks and common folk alike. [Read More…]
AuthorChuck Ros
Top 12 Travel Tips!
I’ve got a new business idea. It came to me when I spied a dog walker wrangling half a dozen of his charges down the [Read More…]
Travel On, Blog…Eventually
There’s a famous bit from Seinfeld where Jerry and Elaine are at the rental car counter and there are no cars to fulfill his reservation: [Read More…]
Thailand, Florida of the East
We’ve been staying the last 12 days on Bang Por Beach on the north shore of the Thai island of Koh Samui. Look it up on [Read More…]
The Rescue
Lakyim—her name in Thai means “dimples”—is taken from her parents just before her third birthday. They are shot trying to protect her and left for [Read More…]
Travel: So Easy, Any Moron Can Do It
There used to be a time when you’d land in a foreign airport disoriented, jet lagged, unable to speak the language, where your precious greenbacks [Read More…]
Time For Some Culture In Hong Kong, But Not What You Expect
Does going to Hong Kong mean we can say we’ve been to China? A while back we decided that “going to” a country requires, among [Read More…]
Bali: So Many Bars, So Little Time
Travel is learning. And what we’ve learned this week is that Bali is actually an acronym for “Bunch of Australians on a Little Island”. We’re [Read More…]
Three Days in Singapore
It’s mandatory to wear Bermuda shorts and those British colonial military hats that look like fried eggs whilst visiting the city of Singapore. It is [Read More…]
Farewell (For Now), Philippines
There’s something bizarrely appealing about a country where it’s not uncommon to spot men peeing on fences as you drive by in the comfort of [Read More…]