The Foundation of Human Society
A Travel Essay Watching a presidential press conference the other day, I began to wonder, what brings about the collapse of a society? I’ll tell [Read More…]
Asia
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…]
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…]
Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
Today’s blog is short on the normal array of pictures for such a visually interesting destination as we’ve experienced the last week and a half. [Read More…]
Manila
We love Manila because they don’t charge us for plastic bags at the grocery. Just kidding. Well, maybe not really. “Love” of a city is [Read More…]
Final Thoughts on Turkey
One of the “bonus” museums we got with our Istanbul museum card was the Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam. [Read More…]
Istanbul’s Archaeology and Mosaic Museums
Assyrian Reliefs: It’s Not a Purse, It’s Assyrian! This empty nest travel blog couple bought a 3-day Istanbul museum card in part because it gave [Read More…]