Life along Irrawaddy River in Bagan, Myanmar MYANMAR PHOTO GALLERY: RURAL LIFE AND SCENERY OF MYANMAR Myanmar is a fascinating and diverse country. From vast dusty plains full of ancient temples to flat verdant riversides to stoney mountain villages to shockingly gilded pagodas and modern Yangon city, the Burmese people eek out simple, traditional livelihoods …
I was fortunate enough to live in Kyoto, Japan for 6 years. While there, I took full advantage of Kyoto’s cultural treasures by studying tea ceremony, kimono wearing, flower arrangement, massage, koto, and Aikido. I incessantly explored Kyoto’s arts, alleyways, shops, festivals, temples, hidden traditional eating establishments and theatrical performances. Today I’m here to share …
Scott and Christy at Beacons TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT AND CHRISTY OF ORDINARY TRAVELER Meet Scott and Christy of Ordinary Traveler, two adventurous Americans who love travel, surfing and photography. In today’s interview, they share some insights into their world of, well, travel, surfing and photography! Let’s get started… Q1. You’re based in …
Well! For the third time, one of my stories has been selected as a ‘Best Narrative’ by my wonderful writing mentor, Barbara Weibel of Hole in the Donut Cultural Travel Blog. Trip Through Halong Bay passed the cut. Barbara is clearly doing an excellent job teaching me the ropes and techniques of narrative writing, as …
My book’s been reviewed! My book’s been reviewed! I’m thrilled to report that Cycling Bali has been very favorably reviewed in Bali by John M. Daniels, Director of Bali Discovery Tours and Writer/Editor of their weekly, award-winning, online newsletter, Bali Update. Here’s an excerpt from the review, which just came out today: “Chocked full of …
PHOTO GALLERY- NUDIBRANCHES: CORAL REEF’S LITTLE ‘CANDIES’ Bizarre, gaudy, psychedelic-colored, wildly-patterned. Circles, stripes, dots, bumps, antenna, frilly gills. What am I talking about? Nudibranches, literally ‘naked gills’. These delicate, tiny creatures live on tropical coral reefs, adding their own splash of color and other-worldiness to an already rich and vibrant Eco-system. Essentially snails without …
LIFE OF A MACKEREL FISHERMAN IN AMED, BALI Amed is a fairly remote, arid coastal region of poor fishing/farming communities along Bali’s far northeast coast. The entire area is collectively referred to as Amed but, in fact, consists of a series of small beach-side fishing villages, each with it’s own name and identity. There’s Amed, Jemeluk, …
Witty Todd Wassel of Todd’s Wanderings has a lot in common with… me, as it turns out. We both lived in Japan for several years, speak Japanese, studied aikido, and immersed ourselves in Japanese culture. We’ve also both been living/traveling overseas for 12 years. As if that’s not enough, we’ve both just written hiking guide …
Metal skewers jabbed through cheeks and tongues, steel hooks pierced through skin, hundreds of silver cups hooked and dangling from chests… sounds like torture treatment, right? In fact these bodily piercings are done voluntarily by participants in the annual Indian Thaipusam Festival. Banned in many places, the edgy Thaipusam parade still throngs the streets of …
10 FREE THINGS TO DO IN KYOTO JAPAN pt. 1 Kyoto, Japan held the esteemed position as Japan’s capital for 1100 years, from late 700s AD to late 1800s. That was a glorious period in Japan’s history, filled with regal temples, lush landscaped gardens, opulent silk kimonos, coy geisha, delectable cuisines, exquisite arts and crafts, …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
