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Ah…back in India! I spent two months in India in 1992 and four months in India in 1996. When I mentioned this to an Indian… Read More »Agra

Angkor Wat…the name is so evocative, and so exotic. It turns out that Angkor is the ancient Cambodian city. Angkor Wat is one of the… Read More »Angkor

Come for the elephants, stay for the community development and land-rights activism! I think it was when I was looking through the Lonely Planet Cambodia… Read More »Elephant Valley Project

Kampot was lovely, a nice break from the dusty honking frenzy of Phnom Penh. It was a chance to explore a bit of the Cambodian… Read More »Kampot

Writing this post from the busy lobby of the Envoy Hotel lobby. Classic hostel; dorm beds are $6/night, excellent WiFi, great breakfasts with passionfruit smoothies.… Read More »Phnom Penh

So we got picked up by a cheerful Jane Butterworth on from the Attic Backpackers Hostel on Thursday morning. I had not intended to go… Read More »Kiwi Whirlwind

Where to begin? I think we started thinking about Easter Island because Kevin and Lynn came here on their National Geographic tour. When we were… Read More »Rapa Nui

So when I was working out the travel logistics with the AirTreks person, it turned out that we had to stop over in Papeete, the… Read More »Brief stop in French Polynesia…

We landed at the Kona airport; all of the gate seating, where passengers wait for their flights, is outside. One of many clues that you… Read More »Mahalo, Hawai’i!

Such a completely different world, leaving Santa Clotilde for the north coast of Maui. I came here with my parents when I was in sixth… Read More »Should I say, “Aloha”?