The small ally’s and streets of Hanoi’s old quarter feel like a different country than everywhere I’ve visited in Vietnam. Authentic,...

Day 3 I’m the first in the camp to rise again. How fortunate. I sit alone by the steam, listening to the echo of the birds all around me,...

Next day. Morning breakfast - Great food again. Off for 3 caves today. All require swimming. After a short mountain jungle hike, we swim...

Day 1 Three days of caving, climbing, camping, trekking, swimming in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park with Oxalis tours. A lesson of a...

My hips gave out on me long ago, and almost stopped me cold. A titanium hip replacement some years back saved me from a sedentary life. I...

Now I’m in Vietnam. A train journey here is an adventure in itself. Such an experience it’s hard to decide where to start the story....

At times I feel like everything has been done. Every idea already dreamed, every adventure and corner of the planet explored, every...

This country is so full of life, smiling peoples, exotic experiences. While HCMC shocked me in its prosperity and magnatude; Hoi An is...

It been new territory for me, traveling solo. Good and bad coming with the experience. How I am perceived by locals is always...

Walking the sidewslks of any city in Southeast Asia is an adventure. Here, sideways are for anything except walkinG. Their used mostly...

Tonight I walked from my hotel for dinner in downtown Phnom Penh - about .5 mile. It was exhilarating. Entertaining. Hopeful of a a...

Visiting S-21 and the Choeung El killing fields would be a required visit by every human if I had the power to make-so. Humans brutality...

Evil exists. I have found myself in numerous discussions during this journey regarding how a nation should address injustice. And in a...

Everywhere you go here in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the transactions are in dollars. The menu's, the passport entry visa's, the laundry...

Touchdown in Cambodia. Only a 35-40 minute flight from Bangkok, on Bangkok Airways - on time amazingly. But the Passport Control and...

In Thailand art is such a strong presence . for example; their trucks are typically painted with colorful artwork, shipping trucks or...

After spending a few weeks in the Philippines , landing in Thailand is eye popping. New roads, clean buildings, WiFi in my private truck...

After completing my live aboard diving, I finally had some energy and time to explore a small sliver of life in the Philippines. The...

I booked my Philippine Siren live aboard thru my local dive shop (Seminole Scuba), but it can be done directly with provider around the...

I board the Philippine Siren this morning. Packing up once again in a hotel, and so-it-begins. Guess the packing - unpacking will...