Travel Begins Again: Slovenia & Croatia
Entering once more into the adventure of travel, this time with my friends Jack and Melanie. Join me as I explore the Balkan world of Slovenia and Croatia with Roundabout… Read more »
Entering once more into the adventure of travel, this time with my friends Jack and Melanie. Join me as I explore the Balkan world of Slovenia and Croatia with Roundabout… Read more »
Morning traffic in HCMC is an acrobatic dance between the cars and the motorcycles. If all the cars were, let’s say, red and all the mopeds were, for example,… Read more »
I am sitting late in the afternoon at a wrought-iron table outside our hotel, eating the great treasure I obtained at the local market — one piece of perfectly ripe… Read more »
I have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to meet with a group of 11 travelers who arrived over a week ago in Hanoi. Although they are all traveling on… Read more »
Shanghai – eliciting visions of the the most exotic of cities. Now that I am here, I realize that Beijing is like Washington, D.C., the political capital; Xi’an is more… Read more »
Iconic images when presented in reality sometimes disappoint. The shape and color of some famous place is so familiar and has been seen in so many manifestations that the actuality… Read more »
After a rather bumpy 2 hour flight from Beijing, we arrive into Xi’an in North Central China and are amazed, once again, by the amount of development. Numerous large new… Read more »
Our tables are set with linen, wine glasses and a centerpiece of white roses which contrasts sharply with their location in a 15th century grey stone watchtower of the Great… Read more »
Varya visits China to experience the main tourist cities of this impressive country: Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai. Please join her as she walks through centuries of the past and… Read more »
Our last visit as a group is to Essaouria on the sea coast, a North African town masquerading as a French provincial seaport, a favorite resort location for both Moroccans… Read more »