Welcome to Ios in the Greek Islands' Cyclades. Tradition links the island to Homer the greatest epic poet of all time. The author of the Iliad and Odyssey is apparently buried on a hill top...
I’m not sure why I was driving along a coastal cliff face to reach Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport (which sits about 20 miles inland), 0r why I was driving in Thailand at all. Or why...
A visit to the land of IRE is simply glorious. The country is amongst the greenest I’ve seen and truly gives sore eyes a reason to simply relax. Add to that, the coziest, most welcoming...
Let's face it -- a lot of travelers dislike Vientiane because it’s boring or ugly, but my reservations were of a more visceral sort: My first trip to the Lao capital, in 2010, saw me narrowly escape...
We have always wanted to go to Taroko Gorge since it’s probably one of the most beautiful places on the planet. If you’re an American, it compares favorably to Yosemite National Park.
Sun Moon Lake...
We arrived by ferry from Piraeus, the port of Athens at Milos…. this is the Island of Venus or Aphrodite to use the Greek name for the goddess, whose statue was discovered in 1823 and...
Thai Airways was one of the first international business class products I ever tried—the second, to be exact. So when the opportunity came up to fly them to my new home in Bangkok after my...
Bicycling in Maryland is an eye opener. It’s not the traffic, narrow roads with no shoulders are the norm, or difficult drivers; they are not, being generally considerate. It is the acres of huge lawns...
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