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Tag Archives: travel
A CS-Inspired Loop of the USA: A Plethora of Couchsurfing Hosts over Four Weeks
During my recent, fabulous four-week road trip from Minnesota to New Jersey and back, and many times since, I had and have been asked what it is like to live with Couchsurfers, the hosts who’d put me up at various … Continue reading
Posted in Couchsurfing
Tagged couch surfers, couchsurfing, CS, domestictravel, hospitality, travel, traveling
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A Couchsurfer’s Profile
Since my profile on CSing became a bit too wordy, I’ve decided to transfer the information from the site to here, just in case anyone wants to read more details before deciding to stay at my place or host/accept me … Continue reading
The CSing Difference: 10 Years On
Having been a proudly legitimate member of the Couchsurfing community for ten years now, I still have to explain to people, especially periodic naysayers, what CSing entails, how it works, and why on Earth I would ever stay in a … Continue reading
Posted in Living abroad, Travel Blogs
Tagged couch surfers, couchsurfing, CS, CSing, hospitality exchange, travel, travel hospitality
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A Bit More on Being Called a Foreigner
For those who’ve read my blog before, you now know that one of my entries is about being labelled a foreigner here in Taiwan, on a daily basis, practically, and there is a recent entry on my daughter, who is … 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
Posted in Photography, Travel Blogs
Tagged Dambulla, Galle, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans, travel, travel photography, traveling, Unawatuna
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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.
Posted in Photography, Travel Blogs
Tagged Bandar, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bandar waterfront, Brunei, Brunei Muara, Brunei water village, BSB, down, international travel, Kampong Ayer, Kianggeh Food Stalls, Kuala Belait, life abroad, Living abroad, Negara Brunei Darussalam, overseas travel, people photography, photography, photos, SE Asia, Seaview Hotel Kuala Belait, Sultanate of Brunei, Tamu Kianggeh, travel, travel photography, travel photos, traveling, traveling abroad, water village, water village Brunei
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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
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Tagged Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Brunei Housing, Brunei water village, BSB, downtown Bandar, DQ in Brunei, Fratinni's Brunei, international travel, Jerudong, Jerudong Park Playground, Jerudong Theme Park, Kampong Ayer, KB, Kuala Belait, life abroad, Living abroad, Meragang Beach, Meragang Beach Brunei, overseas travel, people photography, photography, photos, Royal Brunei Yacht Club, SE Asia, Seaview Hotel Brunei, Seaview Hotel Kuala Belait, Serasa Beach, travel, travel photography, travel photos, traveling, traveling abroad, water village, water village Brunei
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Images of Brunei, Part I: A Few Languid Days in BSB and Elsewhere
Although I plan on posting some prose as soon as I can find the time to get fingertips to keyboard, I thought I could send out some photos of Brunei first. Here is a batch which focuses mostly on Bandar … Continue reading
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Tagged Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Brunei Muara, Brunei Museum, Islamic architecture, Jame' Asr' Hassanal Bolkiah mosque, Jerudong, Jerudong Park Playground, Jerudong Theme Park, Kampong Ayer, Maura, Maura Beach, mosque, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Sultanate of Brunei, travel, travel photography, traveling
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Fo Guang Shan (in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Buddhist Monastery and Buddha Memorial Hall
Starting this blog off presented challenges, for if I were to initially have focused on the overly ostentatious display of spending that went into the new(ish) Buddha Memorial Hall at Fo Guang Shan, an outlay of cash that could/should have … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha memorial hall, buddhist monastery, buddhist photos, buddhist training center, East Asia, expat in Taiwan, expat travel, Fóguāngshān, Fo Guang Shan, Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Kaohsiung, kaohsiung city, Kaohsiung County, Mahayana Buddhist complex, Mahayana Buddhist monastery, Mahayana Buddhist temple, meditation, monastery photos, south Taiwan, southern Taiwan, Taiwan, temple photography, travel, travel in Asia, travel in Taiwan, travel photography, travel photos, traveling, traveling abroad, 佛光山
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