A Fantastical Ferry Ride from Sendai to Matsushima in Japan: 2003
NOTE: In March of 2011 a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck east of Sendai, creating a tsunami that wiped out most of the city and caused severe damage to the nuclear […]
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The Bonamargy Friary Ruins & the Bushmills Distillery Tour in Northern Ireland, UK
September 23, 2015. Morning. Several times while we were exploring this region of Ireland we had passed an interesting-looking cemetery with a ruined church on it. Before we left Ballycastle for […]
Belgium Route: Mons to Antwerp via a Brewery and a Chateaux
Is there beer in Belgium? Maybe a bit too much. On the way back to Antwerp from Mons we stopped in at a small brewery, Abbaye des Rocs. When we arrived everyone […]
The Best of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
NOTE: For certain people that can not do anything without a map, there is one of the Historic Centre and Zone Romántica about half-way down this post. A list of my Puerto […]
Bicycling Around Inle Lake in Myanmar (Part 2)
The ferry jetty was down a rather steep hill. When the brakes were applied to our $1 rental bikes they made a horrendous sound but otherwise didn’t work. I walked my bike […]
Bicycling Around Inle Lake in Myanmar (Part 1)
Bikes were REALLY cheap to rent at Inle Lake, only a dollar a day at Mr. A. Tun’s. And a small map of the 26 km route was included in the price… The shortage […]
Sights Seen on the Return Trip along Inle Lake
After a very late lunch and a visit to the weaving ‘factory’ we only had one major stop left on the lake, and that was to a village that specialized in […]
Introducing Mr. Win and his Boat Tour of Inle Lake in Myanmar
On a stroll along the lake our first evening there we were approached by several boat tour guides, and ended up choosing the most expensive one ($35) with Mr. Win. He was pretty convincing […]
Aung Aung and Our Tour to U Bien Bridge in Mandalay
Our first day in Mandalay was a swirl through the major sights near the town centre, after which we were abandoned in the middle of a busy intersection. Somewhere in […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold of a New Adventure
Getting on a boat at sunrise, about to head off to the town at the end of Inle Lake. On the threshold of a new adventure. The anticipation of what we might […]
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