Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to to my free monthly newsletter. Thanks!> Adventurous Canadian Leigh McAdam has been dashing off on international travels for over three decades and still going strong. Leigh has completed some hefty long-distance overseas cycling trips, long-term backpacking adventures and impressive trekking trips around …
Yearly Archive: 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: KYOTO FESTIVAL OF AGES- JIDAI MATSURI
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to RSS —–>> Samurai warrior and entourage in Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri PHOTO GALLERY: KYOTO FESTIVAL OF AGES- JIDAI MATSURI Kyoto is Japan’s ancient capital city, home to over 2000 temples, shrines and gardens, and Japan’s cultural heart. Throughout the year elaborate traditional festivals …
TRAVEL STORY: LASH’S NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to free monthly LashWorldTour newsletter —–>> St Petersburg, Mahaffey Theater TRAVEL STORY: LASH’S NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY Last week my mom unexpectedly invited me to attend the symphony. Now there was a proposal. Ever since I’d started living and traveling in Asia 20 …
TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH SUZY GUESE
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thanks!> TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH SUZY GUESE Fiesty and creative Suzy Guese ‘suffers’ from a strong wanderlust, like the rest of us travel fanatics. Naturally, her travel blog is filled with great personal travel stories, perspectives and destination information. …
VIETNAM- TRIP OVERVIEW
Nov – Dec 2003 Halong Bay near CatBa ilsand, northeast Vietnam VIETNAM- TRIP OVERVIEW I greatly enjoyed traveling through Vietnam for 6 weeks in Nov- Dec. 2003. The country sports stunning and varied scenery; an abundance of beautiful arts including paintings, lacquerware, stone carvings, traditional architecture and paper lanterns to name a few; delicious food and a few …
PHOTO GALLERY: BRAZIL AMAZON
PHOTO GALLERY: BRAZIL AMAZON I spent 2 months in the thick of Brazil’s Amazon, way up the Rio Negro, at the quirky Ariau Amazon Tower Resort. The sprawling resort sits entirely off the ground on a series of wood platforms, connected by long wooden walkways. Several large octagonal wooden towers house the rooms, dining halls, …
10 FREE THINGS TO DO IN HONG KONG
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thank you! —> 10 FREE THINGS TO DO IN HONG KONG Hong Kong is one of the most exhilarating, bustling, and visually spectacular cities in the world. Centered on the Chinese mainland section of town, known as Kowloon, …
TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH JASMINE OF JASMINE WANDERS
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletters, above. Thanks!>> Meet gorgeous, adventurous Jasmine Stephenson, who’s been out traveling the world since 2007. Clearly an animal lover and vegetarian, Jasmine loves traveling solo, interacting with local people and immersing herself in nature. Hey, “sounds just like …
PHOTO GALLERY: VIETNAM’S PERFUME RIVER
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to RSS —–>> Perfume River, Vietnam Vietnam’s beautiful Perfume River runs almost the entire length of the country. From its source in Vietnam’s rugged northwestern mountains all the way to the South China Sea on the East Coast, the mighty river flows through …
CYCLING BALI DAY 13: HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, DIGGITY DIG…
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thanks! —–>> CYCLING BALI DAY 13: HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, DIGGITY DIG… And so, on Dec. 1, 2010, I completed my bicycle circumnavigation of Bali in the same manner I’d begun three weeks earlier: * in Sanur, …