PHOTO GALLERY: Halloween Extraordinaire in St Petersburg, Florida Happy Halloween! For some unknown reason, the residents of St Petersburg, Florida celebrate Halloween with a special fervor. In the wealthy Northeast District particularly, home owners decorate their houses and properties with elaborate Halloween displays. Visitors can choose to be ‘killed’ by decapitation or the Electric Chair …
Travel Perspectives: Should I Live in San Francisco? A lot of people ask me if I plan to eventually return to the USA to ‘settle down’ and establish a home. In reply, I wrote a post entitled Would I Ever Live in the United States? I explained that, for many many reasons I actually have …
Travel Tips: Unique Scuba Diving Adventures in Florida Florida boasts over 1000 miles of coastline, America’s only coral reefs, a huge diversity of marine habitats, hundreds of shipwrecks and over 600 natural springs. It’s no surprise, then, that America’s ‘Sunshine State’ offers a huge variety of interesting scuba diving opportunities. Many divers go so far …
PHOTO GALLERY: Mesa Verde & Great Sand Dunes National Parks – Colorado Colorado is most famous for its great ski resorts and the beautiful Rocky Mountains National Park. But the state isn’t all mountains. In fact, it offers many distinct topographies and intriguing national & state parks. There are vast grasslands & plains, rivers & …
PHOTO GALLERY: Charming St Petersburg – Florida St Petersburg lies just across Tampa Bay from Tampa, Florida. It was Florida’s original tourist destination in the early 1900s. Throngs of people were lured there to improve their health by basking in Florida’s wonderful sunshine. Since then St Pete has gone through many phases to its present …
FLORIDA: 10 Great Outdoor Adventures in the Sunshine State Florida is a world-renowned holiday destination that’s most famous internationally for Disney World in Orlando, The Cape Canaveral Space Station and the state’s many sparkling beaches that offer the 3 S’s: Sun, Sea and Sand. Relatively few people know about the Sunshine State’s other abundant natural …
Travel Tale: How I Missed My Trip to the Dominican Republic I’ve never been to the Dominican Republic. Yet. But I came this close to visiting just one year ago. I did all the research. I made my whole plan. In fact, I made two whole plans. In the end, I had to give them …
PHOTO GALLERY: Three National Parks in Utah – USA Utah is a stunningly beautiful state full of amazing national parks featuring rock outcroppings, pinnacles, canyons and cliffs. They present a surprising diversity of formations and colors. I was lucky enough to visit three of them, namely, Canyonlands, Arches and Bryce Canyon. Of the three, it’s …
New Years Eve in New York City Have you ever celebrated New Year’s Eve in a famous city or otherwise extra-special location in the world? If so, where was it? How did you celebrate? What made it such an amazing place for New Year’s Eve? In my case, since I’ve been living and traveling overseas …
Travel Perspectives: Would I Ever Live in the United States? Many people ask me if I’d like to return to the USA to live some day. My answer is always a resounding, “Absolutely not!” with a vigorous head shake. Why not? There are many reasons, but the most important are: * The US political, …
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! 
