We really liked the Baltic States and found the people we met to be among the nicest, warmest, and friendliest we have met during our travels, but we were troubled …
Russia Is a Geography, Not a State of Mind
Our trip across the Russian Federation was quite the adventure. We traveled about seventy-five hundred kilometers in thirty-six days across five time zones on the Trans-Siberian network of railways and local trains, …
Vietnam Mon Ami
Our trip to Vietnam was bookended by museums in Hanoi (the Ho Chi Minh Museum) and in Ho Chi Minh City (the more war-focused War Remnants Museum and the Reunification …
On the Ground in Myanmar
After 50 years of a military dictatorship that isolated Myanmar from the world, Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a clear majority in last November’s elections. …
On the Rivers
It was in Cambodia where I first became fascinated with rivers and boats. Granted, our boat traveling down the river to Battambang was, to be kind, a bit rustic, but …