Langkawi Tour Review: Evening Jungle Walk The company van picked me up at my hotel at promptly 4.30 as scheduled. We collected the remaining guests at their hotels en route to our evening jungle walk with Dev’s Adventure Tours. Jerome, our guide, was waiting for us when we arrived at Berjaya Resort. That seemed to …
LashWorldTour NEWS: I’ll be in Myanmar May 12 – June 12
LashWorldTour NEWS: I’ll be in Myanmar May 12 – June 12 I’m making this announcement because I’m anticipating very little internet access while I’m in Myanmar for one month! Hopefully I’ll be able to get online once or twice a week for a few hours… Enough time to post some new photos and travel updates …
Travel Tale: That Wonderful Thai Train Experience
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 …
Travel Tips: 10 Great Thai Products I Swear By
Travel Tips: 10 Great Thai Products I Swear By Since 1998 I’ve been in and out of Thailand so many times I can’t even count them any more. From 1998 to 2004, Bangkok was my ‘home base’ as I traveled around SE Asia and beyond. I’ve cycled southern Thailand’s entire east and west coasts as …
PHOTO GALLERY: Images of Sri Lanka
PHOTO GALLERY: Images of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is tear-shaped island nation situated just off the southeast coast of India. It’s a country of diverse natural beauty including lovely rolling hills covered in tea plantations, vast plains, hundreds of miles of coastline with beaches, and lush forests. The cultural landscape is equally diverse with Hindu, …
My Visit to a Tropical Paradise Island: Koh Bulon – Thailand
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 …
PHOTO GALLERY: Charming St Petersburg – Florida
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: 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 …
How to Afford Long-Term World Travel pt 7 – Minimizing Costs on Transportation
How to Afford Long-Term World Travel pt 7 – Minimizing Costs on Transportation Transportation costs vary tremendously from country to country around the world. In N. America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other highly-developed countries, transportation is usually quite expensive. But in many developing countries, public transportation is very inexpensive. So depending on which …
Koh Adang & the Other Islands of Koh Tarutao National Park – Thailand
Koh Adang & the Other Islands of Koh Tarutao National Park – Thailand Koh Adang is the second largest island in Koh Tarutao National Park, after the park’s namesake, Koh Tarutao. The 52 islands within the national park are located in Satun Province, the southernmost state in Thailand on the Andaman coast. Like Tarutao Island, …