Last week’s Sunday Travel section of the LA Times featured their annual Summer Vacation Photo spread. I always wonder how the editors make their selections from among the many hundreds,…
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In 1968, Sister Gertrude Mary displayed a map on the front wall of my 8th grade classroom at St. Stephen’s in Saginaw, Michigan. It was a map of Asia, with…
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The humidity hit me with a blast as I stepped furtively from my air-conditioned hotel room into pre-dawn darkness, inching my way over the teak threshold so as not…
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Vietnamese coffee… balloons over Bagan… and slow internet… oh my! Please excuse the recycling of a previous blog post, but as you may recall, I am busily escorting some very…
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It was the dead of a nearly moonless night when we left our hotel . . . … to catch the 5:30 AM ferry from Bagan to Mandalay. Yesterday, I…
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Got to thinking … if I could choose only one place to go (no issues with money, time, etc.) … where in the world would I go? I decided it…
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Background: In December of 1976 my life was not going according to plan. Having graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics Education (Summa Cum Laude),…
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Wrapping up an almost two-week journey to Cambodia and Vietnam. Powerful. Emotional. Transformational. I’m escorting a group of 18 women who are all members of Dining for Women. On Wednesday,…
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6 AM. I’m propped up in bed at Le Carnot Hotel (with the world’s HARDEST mattresses, by the way….) in the old quarter of Hanoi. The unceasing flow of motorbikes…
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I’m off again. I haven’t traveled internationally since the end of October when I operated the amazing WOW! Travel Club adventure to Puglia in southern Italy. On Sunday morning,I’m heading…
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Christmas morning in Thousand Oaks, CA 9:30 A.M. It was the first gift she unwrapped: a coffee-table book of beautiful Vietnam images. My step-daughter, Ashley, feigned appreciation and gamely thumbed…
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I was heartened to read the September (2013) issue of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. It features the “World Savers Awards” – spotlighting travel suppliers helping people and the planet in…
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Without question, Halong Bay is one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever experienced. You’ve seen the pictures . . . steep limestone islets jutting spectacularly from the sapphire sea…
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My first morning in Hanoi, I woke up very early. I wanted to go to Hoan Kiem Lake – a few blocks from my hotel – to witness the locals…
Read MoreIf you’re like me, some of the best travel memories are always 1) unexpected and 2) momentary. Brief snippets – fleeting encounters that leave indelible impressions. Here are a few…
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