Tagged With: Travel
Pasadena moments
Back in January, and shortly before flying to Indonesia, I hopped in the car for a final road-trip to Los Angeles. Normally, I’d couch surf, but this time decided to combo the trip with writing a review of the Pasadena’s palatial Langham Huntington hotel. I last time I was in Pasadena was for the Tournament of Roses … Continue reading
Touched by an Untouchable
(After reading the post below, check out my GTG / Reuters article on the same topic) Kathmandu’s smog-choked streets were not helping my oh-shit-I-can-barely-walk-five-step-without-sharp-pains-in-my-left-lung pneumonia paralyzing my forward movement. Fortunately, the antibiotics which I had borrowed from a fellow traveler (on the one and only weekend in 15 months that I had not lugged my … Continue reading
Green Hero: Gili Islands’ Delphine Robbe
Scuba diving near Bali is fantastic, and while researching related environmental issues (coral bleaching, over-fishing, etc), I met many hard-working individuals in NGOs and small businesses doing incredible work. Today, my article about a few of these people was published, and I hope I´ve done justice to their stories, to their efforts. There are actually three … Continue reading
Bali …
Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) – June 29, 2011 In “Shore Leave” – Star Trek Episode #17, Star Date 3025.3 (original series), Kirk and the Enterprise crew begin to see strange sights – whatever they’re thinking suddenly manifests in reality. Nearly forty years later, the TV series Lost, … Continue reading
Burma update: Your $$ is saving lives!!
I have wonderful progress to share about our Burma project – photos below, and read the full (but short and very interesting!) report on the Burma Fundraiser page. Exactly one year ago, I traveled to Burma (aka Myanmar), where I learned about the indigenous Hill Tribe of the Golden Triangle, visited many villages, met with village … Continue reading
CheapFlights.com interview with Michael
After lining up media interviews for my clients for so many years, I was surprised when, several months ago, I received a Cheapflights.com request to interview me. Just published today … Waiting to Board with Michael Straus Michael Straus has worked for 20 years in sustainable food and agriculture, and environmental issues. After successfully launching … Continue reading
In the jungle, the mighty jungle …
My latest article has been published — tracking ferocious tigers in the heart of wild India, stranded in the deep, dark jungle – alone, with only a small Swiss Army knife to protect me from savage beasts; no food except the grubs which I extracted from the dead, rotting corpse of the … Right … … Continue reading
Being wrong …
I’ve listened to a lot of TED talks – inspiring, challenging, mystifying – but I don’t think I’ve heard one that resonated so deeply with my own personal experience as this one by Kathryn Schultz, ‘wongologist’ … in fact, I might even go so far (do it, do it!) as to say that, were I … Continue reading
Delhightful Encounters
Mountainous Manali, with the chilly Beas river running between snow-capped, forested Himalayan peaks on either side was tough to leave behind. Warm days and cool evenings, serene vistas and stunning landscapes, a chill backpacker vibe and away from the seething human masses set it apart from lower India, and I was grateful for the respite. I had only been … Continue reading
India: Part I
Follows is a stream of consciousness, unedited effort to capture events while fresh in mind. Intention is to develop a multi-perspective piece on a situation that deteriorated quickly, and could have easily turned into an ugly beating of two local film producers. But like destinations over this past year, intentions are, with increasing rapidity and … Continue reading
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