Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to free monthly newsletters —–>> 10 FREE THINGS TO DO IN SHANGHAI, CHINA China is in a mad race to catch up with the western world in terms of economic prosperity and modern lifestyle. Despite still officially being a Communist nation, the Chinese …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to RSS —–>> HUE AND HOI AN- Vietnam’s Central Coast I awoke in central coastal Vietnam on the overnight train from Hanoi. Looking out the window I saw, surprise, more flat rice fields stretching to the horizon. Good thing I’d taken the overnight train …
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, …
TRIP FROM HANOI TO HALONG BAY, VIETNAM Back in Hanoi, exhausted after bus-ing independently around Vietnam’s rugged northeast mountain region, I excitedly prepared for my boat tour of famous Halong Bay, which is scattered with thousands of limestone karst peaks and islands. It’s the one place in Vietnam I’d been waiting to experience for several …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to sign up for my free monthly newsletters. Thank you! —> OVERNIGHT IN DHAKA- CAPITAL OF BANGLADESH My Biman Airlines flight from Bangkok to Nepal included a free overnight stay in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, a tiny poverty-stricken often-flooded country bordering India’s east coast halfway between Thailand and Nepal. The …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> My Guide to Diving at Tioman Island, Malaysia Tioman Island thrusts up dramatically from the South China Sea. Long famed as the film location of ‘Bali Hai,’ the classic American movie, Tioman is a large jungle-clad mountainous island still …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please’LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> AMED BALI- THE REMOTE NORTHEAST COAST Amed is a fairly remote arid coastal region of poor fishing/ farming communities on the far northeast coast of Bali. The entire area is collectively referred to as Amed but actually consists of …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to the free monthly newsletter. Thank you!—–>> Bustling Hanoi I VISIT HANOI, VIETNAM Chaotic traffic, NOISE, bustle, hodge-podge of narrow streets… that about sums up Hanoi! It’s a stark contrast to the calm, peaceful, quiet countryside of flat rice fields that I passed from …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to the free monthly newsletter —–>> CYCLING BALI DAY 11: BALI’S ARID NORTHEAST COAST Singaraja City, smack in the middle of Bali’s stunning north coast, marks a clear dividing point in Bali’s climate, topography and scenery. West of Singaraja, all the way to …
PHOTO GALLERY: BALINESE CEREMONIES In Bali nearly a day goes by without one Hindu ceremony or another. Locals dress up in traditional clothing, decorate streets and homes with hand-made bamboo ornaments, and compose colorful baskets of fruit offerings which they carry to the temples. Quite frequently throngs of temple-goers completely fill the roads, …
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! 
