TRAVEL STORY: JACUZZI IN THE JUNGLE! A private jacuzzi in the jungle topped off my 3rd day of circumnavigating Bali by bicycle. I was actually visiting a bustling public hot spring in the lush mountains of north Bali, but I’d managed to secure my own private open-aired jacuzzi. I immersed myself in soothing natural …
Pura Ulun Danu Temple at Kinatmani CYCLING BALI DAY 3: Cruising Down Volcanic Ridgelines 36.6 km / 20 miles entirely downhill. Not a stroke to pedal. Nothing to do but just cruise downhill, enjoying astounding views of villages perched on sheer ridges, steeply terraced rice fields, stormy clouds floating by below, vibrant roadside flowering bushes …
CYCLING BALI DAY 2: VOLCANO CLIMB! I had big plans for today: 88 km / 54 miles of cycling in mountains. That entailed 35 km up the flanks of volcanic Mt. Batur to Batur’s crater rim, another 7 km uphill along the crater rim itself, 36+ km downhill to Bali’s north coast, then a …
CYCLING BALI DAY 1: Seaside Resort Town up to Bali’s Aritistic Heartland I awoke at 5:30am to clear skies in Sanur, resort town par excellence in South Bali, eager to begin my bicycle trip around the island. I’d planned my 1st day as a ‘warm up’. I had merely to cycle 30 km / …
[ NOTE: SORRY, NO PHOTOS DUE TO REQUEST OF BEACH BOYS] It has happened in a few instances in the general Amed area that a European woman has come here, fallen in love with one of the gorgeous local boys, married him, and then either opened a resort here or taken the fresh new hubbie …
DIVING STORY: AMAZING BALI DIVE Diving in north Bali is always beautiful but one day last season I had an especially memorable dive at the famous USAT Liberty Wreck in Tulamben/ Amed in northeast Bali. I’d like to share it with you here…First let me elaborate on a few unique features of diving in the …
The first week Kitty came to live with me she was a bouncing bundle of joy and energy, racing around the room, puffing up like a porcupine, prancing sideways, popping up in the air, attacking, hiding, and generally playing energetically as young kittens do. She also ate, drank and poo-ed in large doses. Basically, she …
TRAIN TO SAPA and VIETNAM’S NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS I never thought I’d be so thrilled to get back to Hanoi, especially since I’d left the city to escape its overwhelming noise and chaos. But by the end of my one-week tour of Vietnam’s NW mountains, I couldn’t wait to escape back to Hanoi. This time I …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thank you! —> riverside in Hoi An, central Vietnam MY SAIGON STORY: AN UNEXPECTED BLAST OF URBAN CLUBBING I was rather dreading going to Saigon after my relaxing 2 weeks inlaid-back, quiet, central Vietnam. Remembering Hanoi’s noisy chaotic …
TRAVEL STORY: TENT ESCAPADE I’d been camping in Byron Bay about a week with my good ole tent that had already sheltered me for several years all over Asia. I’d pitched it near the top of three volcanic mountains in Java, on numerous beaches in Thailand and Malaysia, amidst the Himalaya mountains in Nepal …
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! 
