Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 1- Flying to the Amazon After working crew on ‘Survivor Thailand’ from May to August 2002, I was offered a position on the ‘Dream Team’ for Survivor Amazon starting in mid-October in the Brazilian Amazon. At the time I was vacationing in Bali. Before heading off to Brazil, I […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Gorgeous Temples of Thailand
PHOTO GALLERY: Gorgeous Temples of Thailand Although Thai temples do have several distinctive features that immediately identify them as Thai, the variety of styles, architectural features, detailing and colors is quite surprising. You’ll find gilded temples, colored glass mosaic temples, white temples, stupas, Chinese Thai temples and others. This photo gallery presents an assortment of Thai temple styles […]
Kuala Lumpur City Walking Tour: A Review
Kuala Lumpur City Walking Tour: A Review In 2012 I discovered the great merits and fun of joining small localized specialty tours. Until recently, I’d generally avoided them, even scoffed. “I’m an independent traveler! I don’t need to join a tour. I can manage on my own. I don’t want to be herded around like […]
LashWorldTour Best Travel Tips of 2012
LashWorldTour Best Travel Tips of 2012 My ongoing series, ‘10 Free Things to do in…‘ destinations around the globe, include many of my most viewed, most commented on, and most popular posts on LashWorldTour. I currently have 18 posts dedicated to free things to do in various cities and regions. People pop in to LashWorldTour from search […]
Travel Bloggers Best Dozen Project
Travel Bloggers Best Dozen Project To kick off the new year I’ve come up with a fun project for all us travel bloggers, a project that should be equally fun and beneficial for our readers and fans as well. Most, if not all, bloggers have recently conscientiously reflected back on 2012: their best (and worst?) travel […]
LashWorldTour Best Photo Galleries of 2012
LashWorldTour Best Photo Galleries of 2012 I was happy to note that my photography skills improved vastly in 2012. The improvements were due to many factors, the most significant of which was reading and applying Bethany Salvon’s photo guidebook Getting Out of Auto. Her book got me quickly and easily shooting in manual mode for the first […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012! – I’m Taking a Vacation!
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012! * I’m Taking a Vacation! Merry Christmas ! I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas with family and friends or out in the world traveling. Happy New Year ! I hope you have a blast on New Year’s Eve. Don’t forget to reflect on your […]
NEWS: My Vietnam Travel Story Recommended by Adventurous Kate
NEWS: My Vietnam Travel Story Recommended by Adventurous Kate Recently fellow travel blogger, Adventurous Kate, wrote up an excellent post about whether or not solo women travelers should visit Vietnam. Kate gave her own impressions of traveling through Vietnam. Then she asked other female travel bloggers our experiences visiting the county. After reading through all our stories, […]
Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 7 – It’s a Wrap!
Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 7 – It’s a Wrap! A very peculiar aspect of the Survivor Reality Show production, for me, was that halfway through filming, my department heads were already planning the packing-up and shipping-out of the containers and crew. In fact, some of the Unit Department staff had already begun repacking […]
Travel Interview: Mark Wiens of Eating Thai Food Website
Travel Interview: Mark Wiens of Eating Thai Food Website Recently I interviewed American Mark Wiens of Migrationology about his very interesting childhood living in Africa, his success selling on Ebay, and his travel life. During that time, I discovered Mark’s huge passion for eating food, especially Thai food, and his second website dedicated exclusively to Thai food,. aptly […]