Category Archives: Travel Blogs
My 4-Year Old Gets the F-Word, Too!
Recently, I posted a blog highlighting my experiences in Taiwan with having been called a F-oreigner too many times to tally, and I further jotted some thoughts down about humanity’s propensity to focus on race in my Love See No … Continue reading
My Wife Calls Me the F-Word!
People call me the F-word. Countless people, that is. Incessantly. So does my wife. As the old expression goes: If I had a dollar for every time this happened, I’d be a wealthy man. Shoot… I’d be able to afford … Continue reading
A Foreigner’s Foolhardy Face-Giving Faux Pas
Face. I’ve failed. I’ve faltered. Occasionally, I’ve fucked up. Why can I not simply accept the concept of saving face or giving face, learn to utilize both skills more adroitly, more subtly, and come to terms with face being a … Continue reading
A Selection of Photos from Sri Lanka
In 2009, having hopped around most countries in East and SE Asia already, for I’d been traveling extensively while living in Taiwan and Japan for much of the previous few years, I decided to look elsewhere in Asia for my … Continue reading
A Few Shots of Rural Brunei…
Along the road to Labi in southern Brunei, we came across this wonderful little lake, with its wooden pathways out into the center. Although a local man came along and warned us about alligators, which worried my 3-year old, and … Continue reading
Images of Brunei, Part III
Here is Part III of my Brunei photos.
Images of Brunei, Part II
Although we would have loved to head to the jungles of Brunei, which surely is the most exotic aspect of traveling in Brunei, we stayed in the cities/towns, with some country road driving in our rental car, especially the lovely … Continue reading