Version 221a, Asia NEVER EVER turn right when your instincts say turn left…the dotted road syndrome does not live in Sicily alone. ( See http://www.wired2theworld.com/sicily2003part3.html). This is foreshadowing for the next 8 days. I left the hotel put securely in a taxi at the Sheraton […]

Tuesday Dec 4th thru Sat Dec 8 2007 In my mind now the 5 days spent in Cambodia are compressed into picture bites: the first glimpse of Siam Reap airport ( What’s that beautiful building doing here?) to the last as we pull up and […]

Early to Market, Early to Rise, makes you…. Er, not on vacation but up we go to the early morning local market of the type that we like to visit. DO not imagine your Friday evening Farmers market in Encino or Beverly Hills. Local wet […]

Yes, it cudda been a movie. Tong is a force of nature—she picks us up at 6:30 to “make merit” before we leave for the floating market. Thai monks must eat only what they are given. They cannot cook for themselves or own anything except […]

Day 1: Da Plane, Da plane It’s late, and I am tired and cranky—both K and I suffer from pre trip anxiety—and both of us worked a full day. We have to consciously remember that is a vacation, not a death march. There were several […]

I am in fever to make the pesto, but I do want to use my basil oil that I “put down” a few months ago. MMMM…The rosemary oil is crystal clear and very fragrant. The basil oil is cloudy and fragrant. What to do? When […]