Bye Ubud and Bali! Relaxing at Sandat Bali Pool Yesterday, I left Ubud and arrived in Sanur.  At some point in my travel experiences, I realized the benefit of finding a spot to stop, sit, relax, and recharge before flying

My time here has flown by!  It’s been refreshing, after two months of travel, to be in one place relaxing.  I’ve had some great food, met awesome people, had healing sessions with Papa, taken a motorbike out for early morning

Back by the pool at Sandat Bali in Ubud! Coming back to Bali is a bit like coming home.  I love the culture, the energy and warmth of the people and the family feel of being in Sandat Bali.  This

I suspected Laos was changing quickly after the high-speed train went in. It was completed in December 0f 2021.  This is the beginning of the third year of operation and already the change is dramatic.   I’m shocked by how quickly

Immersion and now rest! Hello again!  It’s been a while since I wrote.  I’ve been immersed in traveling, exploring, planning, making coffee, and savoring a culture.  Leaving Luang Prabang by bus to go to Nong Khiaw, we traveled through neighborhoods

Flowing along, learning from experience being here rather than what I read from afar, and adapting constantly it seems.  Such a good practice!  I remember reading years ago, in the ages when people still traveled with “Lonely Planet”, about how

It feels like yesterday, cold and sitting inside my closed-up home staying wary, I was looking at images of restaurants on the short of the Mekong River.  Now, suddenly, I am in that image!  Cool!  Awesome!Yesterday I explored Chiang Rai

Language exhaustion!  Yes, it is a thing!  What is it?  Intense concentration on listening and trying to communicate with people who speak, pronounce, and use language differently!  I realize that is part of what happened on my brutal and extremely painful