Chandigarh, India: The Strangest City I’ve Ever Visited Chandigarh was not part of my original travel plans for India. In fact, I knew nothing about it except that it was a large Indian city on the hot plains just south of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. ‘Big city in India’ was enough to put …
Travel Tales: Search for a Chicken Meal It took me three days to find a chicken meal in Amritsar city, India. I had come to this small northern city to visit the astounding Golden Temple, the most revered temple of the Sikh religion. To be more specific, I was staying at the Golden Temple, which …
My Eventful Arrival in India – Troubles Galore Without Leaving the Airport! Anyone who’s been following my recent travels knows that because I’ve been so scared to visit India for 15 years, I finally devised a Sneaky Plan for an Easy Trip to India. A plan in which I hoped, for my very first trip …
Travel Tales: Waking Up in a Medieval Town I was awakened at dawn by live accordion music. Whhaaat the..? Before I could make any sense of it, a loud bell rang out three clear notes. The accordion continued its melodic song. Despite my weariness this was just too bizarre to sleep through. I rolled out …
Travel Misadventure: Case of the Kitten Eating Python Snake I was abruptly awakened in the middle of the night by my cat frantically jumping on me, running circles on the bed and dashing about the bungalow. Wearily I struggled from a sound sleep and asked her what was wrong. She never replied, just continued her …
Travel Tales: Stories from the People of Myanmar During my recent 2013 trip to Myanmar I discovered that Myanmar is actually a huge melting pot of more than a dozen different nationalities, including various tribal people, Indian, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Thai, Chinese and Burmese. Although I’d visited Myanmar once before and had noticed Indian and Chinese …
Travel Misadventures: Panic at Midnight Instantly, I let loose an deep, gut-wrenching, morbid scream as pure panic swept over my body. I quickly swept the giant creature off my body. I was astounded that such a loud and clearly petrified scream did not bring one single person to investigate. Not one single guest in all …
Travel Tale: That Wonderful Thai Train Experience I’ve always loved taking Thailand’s trains. Then again, I love taking trains just about anywhere. There’s something about the rhythmic swaying motion, the clanketey-clanking sound of the train on the rails and the occasional horn blasts that I find very relaxing and pleasurable. What’s more, with train travel …
My Visit to a Tropical Paradise Island: Koh Bulon – Thailand I arrived at Koh Bulon by speedboat on a rough, wind-tossed sea one afternoon in early April. The wind had been blowing fiercely for three days, bullying the normally tranquil Andaman Sea into a wild tumble of 2-meter swells rolling every which way, crashing …
TRAVEL TALES: Living in a Thatched Bungalow I had completely forgotten the novelty of living in a thatched bungalow. I’ve spent so many years living off-and- on in such quaint, cozy rooms around SE Asia since 1998 that I’d come to consider them just ‘standard’, ‘normal’ and ‘common’. In a word, I’d come to take …
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! 
