Easter Island, the land of Rapa Nui
I wake up to a rooster’s loud crow on this remote island, 2200 miles have from its nearest neighbor of Chile. There are more wild chickens and horses here than… Read more »
Author Archives: Varya
Patagonia with Friends
I am just beginning a one month journey to some fabulous places in Southern Chile and Argentina and wanted to introduce you all to my 12 co-travelers, who will be… Read more »
West to Kharakhorim
Kharakhorim was once the center of the world’s largest empire and the greatest crossroad of Asia in about 1300 when Chinggis Khan (incorrectly romanized in our history books as Genghis… Read more »
Terelj & Hustai Parks
We are on the main road traveling West from Ulaanbaatar. It is a paved, very rough, two lane highway. Pat and I are sitting in the back seat to avoid… Read more »
Into the Gobi Desert
I wake up in the middle of the night to a howling wind and then waves of much needed rain in the Gobi Desert. I am in the most… Read more »
Ulaanbaatar Culture
The main historical sites are few in a city which was governed under Soviet rule for 70 years — all bourgeois cultural and religious landmarks were purposefully demolished or allowed… Read more »
Ulaanbaatar on Day One
We fly into Ulaanbaatar from Seoul with large fluffy cumulus clouds below us and as we land into the Chenggis Khan Airport of Mongolia’s capital city, we are amazed that… Read more »
Into Mongolia
I have arrived into Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 19, 2022, despite the COVID curse that has upended so much of our lives, and personal family health issues that have consumed most… Read more »
Montenegro Moments
Montenegro has had a bloody history and only became an independent country in 2006. Engaged in warfare back to the Middle Ages, it also had a hard time in the… Read more »
Dubrovnick Glimpses
The old City of Dubrovnick still stands surrounded by high walls but our guide informs us that it has been a struggle to keep it a living city. Its inhabitants… Read more »