Day thee on the back of a motorcycle. Just a short ride from Phu Yen is the picturesque village of Mai Cha. Come along on a ride through the Mai Chau rice paddies. We had fun exploring the gorgeous little hamlets (even in the intense heat!)
At the geisha dance in Gion Odori, so exciting! Short video, since we are in the theater.
Taking a (grumpy) train from Nagano to stay at a traditional Japanese ryokan and bathe in the onsen baths (which were both delightful!)
An utter disaster, second mile stop, a couple of kilometers outside of Munnar hill town, India.
A visit to the Golden Pagoda and the Dai Nam Van Hien complex about 40 minutes outside Saigon. This place is incredible – a ginormous theme park based on Vietnamese culture and history. No filming allowed inside the actual pagoda, but there is fascinating displays of lady buddahs and a golden statue of Ho Chi…
Checking out the campus of Science and Technology University in Wuhan China. Only something like 60,000 people live on campus. There are 38 (!) canteens.
Sergey and I were sitting on the dock, enjoying a nondescript Southeast Asian beer – probably a Cambodian one, since local brands tend to be cheaper. The lakeshore guesthouse camps in Kampot, Cambodia are a backpacker mecca; travelers come down to relax, party, and swap stories. A fellow backpacker put down a Beer Lao next to…