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Travel On, Blog…Eventually

June 23, 2017July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

March 24, 2017July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

March 11, 2017July 3, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

March 9, 2017December 27, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

February 28, 2017July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

February 26, 2017July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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…]

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A Bullfight in Valencia, Spain

July 25, 2014December 28, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

I went to a bull fight in Valencia, Spain this past Saturday. To go wasn’t exactly an easy decision, but I’m glad I did. If [Read More…]

Flamenco in Valencia

July 24, 2014December 28, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

They exchange glances, only for a moment, their eyes returning quickly, demurely to the floor. Their hands slowly raise over their heads, the heavy soles [Read More…]

Dad’s Last Wish

June 12, 2014July 3, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

Dad suffered kidney failure on the 4th of July, 2010. Fourteen months later he left us. The interim was a painful blur of dialysis, hospital [Read More…]