Victoria Falls (a.k.a. “The Smoke That Thunders” is truly a wonderful site. The falls border Zimbabwe and Zambia was seen by my grandmother in 1925 and myself in 1998. I…

Plains of Temples OK not everyone’s cup of tea, but for an art history nerd, this sounded intriguing and I knew that we had to go. Bagan was for a…

Yangon, formerly Rangoon, formerly capital of Myanmar was our entry and exit point for our trip to Myanmar.  We ended up spending about 4 days there all in all. 1…

If you had only enough time in Yangon for one site, then you’d make it the Shwedagon Pagoda. The centre of this large complex is a big, golden stupa.  Around…

This last trip had been a long time coming. In 2007 Andrew and I planned to go to Myanmar. Despite reservations about supporting the regime, a friend of ours had…

Our student group went to Keliki, the village near our resort, for an evening of preparing and cooking a traditional Balinese meal (followed of course, by eating said meal).  The…

I was lucky enough to accompany a school trip of 32 high school students for a week at the end of October. Being on duty 24/7 was tiring, but the…

As part of a day trip out of Fes we spent an hour or so at the UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site of Volubilis. Volubilis had been the Roman city…

Just the name of Fes brings up images and preconceptions.  I had envisioned winding lanes, stalls, shops, and an onslaught of smells, sights and sounds.  Fes did not disappoint.  We…

Doors? Yes, Doors.  A. thought I was a bit mad as I stopped and photographed nearly every door in the medina of Chefchaouen.  But, they were lovely!  Each one different…