Father Joe and the Mercy Center have an outsized commitment to education for the youth of Klong Toey. There is a strong belief that education is the springboard to a better opportunity. With that in mind, graduation from kindergarten is treated with all due pomp and circumstance. Over 800 children (from all of the Mercy kindergartens) [...]
Let’s be honest. I am not an expert when it comes to child care. I am a childless, sibling-less child. In fact, one of my last babysitting experiences included me duct taping a baseball glove to a broom as I rubbed my eight year old client to sleep while I focused on the A-Team on TV. [...]
The Killing Fields is rated the number one “Thing To Do” in Phnom Penh by TripAdvisor. When you encounter these two signs at the Choeung Ek Genodical Center, you will soberly realize you will be witnessing a horrific event: the Cambodian Genocide. Not a traditional tourist site. For a riveting account, author Loung Ung recounts her [...]
My visit to the Maid Café in Bangkok. There is a fine line between creepy and sexy, and the Japanese have appeared to master this combination. Maidreamin located in a generic mall (now currently closed) in Bangkok is a Japanese creation imported directly from the Akihabara district in Tokyo. Maidreamin is a wet dream for introverted [...]
You drift in silence at 3,000 feet. You glide at 20 mph, yet you feel no motion. Hot air ballooning in Catalonia is a must-do experience. And outside of Barcelona is a perfect place. Verdant, green farmland mixes with mist drenched Montserrat Mountains. The sun glistens down. I was part of a nine person group comprised [...]
It started with an international robbery, and resulted in a magnificent landmark. Saint Mark’s Basilica, officially known as Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark is located in the heart of Venice in Piazza San Marco. The original Saint Marks was ordered built by the doge (prince) of Venice in 829. Conspiring Venetian merchants smuggled out the [...]
This is a continuation of the article on Yahoo Travel on the international rally - A Crazy New Kind of Amazing Race: International Car Rallies. Picture the scene. You have been driving for over 15 hours. The monsoons are thundering down. You and your friend are in an auto-rickshaw, laboring along an ink-dark road in the [...]
Wedding Crasher In Ulan Bator. I am no Jeremy Grey or John Beckwith, but I have crashed a wedding or two in my day. The most recent one was in Ulan Bator in Mongolia. Courtesy of New Line Cinema It all started off innocently enough. I lazily snapped photos of the historic Gandan Monastery. This Buddhist [...]
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