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, …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to RSS —–>> LIFE IN SHANGHAI CHINA I arrived in Shanghai on March 3rd, 2008, in the midst of winter. I arrived with some sort of respiratory virus that made me quite tired, so I didn’t get out to explore much. But I did manage to wander …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to sign up for my free monthly newsletter —–>> CYCLING BALI DAY 12: LAST PUSH THROUGH RURAL BALI Yesterday I had bid a piercing, bittersweet farewell to my glorious summer romance, not even knowing it was the last time we’d ever see each other …
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 …
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 …
VOLUNTEERING GONE WAAAYYY WRONG and 10 TIPS TO AVOID BAD VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES Recently I had very bad WWOOF volunteering experiences at WWOOF host farm, Kanalu Kennels, near Tallahassee, Florida. I found out when I arrived that they expected me to work 10-12 hours/day, 6 days/week for room and board. That was quite different from …
I’m really happy to participate in the fun My-7-Links project from Tripbase. We’re asked to chose our best post in 7 categories. After searching through my blog a bit, here are the posts I came up with. A few were no brainers, a few took some deeper reflection, so it was an interesting project. Thanks …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> Arrival in Sydney, Australia on Christmas day 2002 MISADVENTURES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA In 2003 I toured Australia for several months by caravan with my then German boyfriend, Denis. We splashed off our Australian odyssey with a …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscrivbe to my free monthly newsletters. Thank you! —> street sign in Shanghai’s old neighborhood TRAVEL STORY: CYCLING SHANGHAI, CHINA Before moving to Shanghai I’d been repeatedly warned about the city’s extremely chaotic and dangerous traffic. I’d formed the distinct impression that bicycling in Shanghai would amount …
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 …
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! 
