Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to free monthly LashWorldTour newsletter —–>> St Petersburg, Mahaffey Theater TRAVEL STORY: LASH’S NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY Last week my mom unexpectedly invited me to attend the symphony. Now there was a proposal. Ever since I’d started living and traveling in Asia 20 …
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 …
THE FLIP SIDE OF CULTURE SHOCK IN AMERICA Last week I wrote about how strange is it to visit the USA after 20 years living in Asia. Some of it bad, some just weird. Here’s my post on Reverse Culture Shock. This week , to balance things off, I’m presenting 10 GREAT THINGS about …
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please’LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> CULTURE SHOCK IN AMERICA! The STRANGENESS of being in the USA… I’ve heard it said many times that the biggest culture shock of all is returning to your own country after an extended time away. For me, having …
Travel Story: Mighty Big! Crossing the US of A… Everyone knows the United States is a BIG country, but there’s no way to actually understand what that means until you take a road trip across the States. I recently did just that when I drove from Pennsylvania to Florida with my brother. Having just …
ICICLES ! While I”m over here Stateside for Christmas, I may as well get some lovely winter scene shots- things that used to be quite familiar to me in my childhood but which I’ve literally forgotten about after living 20 years overseas, the past 12 years being in the tropics… Cases in point: Icicles! Blue …
[ 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 …
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! 
