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And The Beat Goes On. . .

Published on June 30, 2008

The hardest part about breaking the travel routine is returning to a city in such a tragic swamp it cannot… read more

Published on June 12, 2008 | 2 Responses

Outside the capital city of Thimpu, on a Bhutan mountainside, a project is underway to build the tallest sitting Buddha… read more

Published on June 12, 2008

If there was a thread through two months of Asian pilgrimage, it was the foreign habit of religion. Did I… read more

Published on June 3, 2008 | 1 Response

Bangkok is the city of smiles, as it claims, of spirit houses, hanging helaconia 10 feet long, canals and rivers… read more

Published on May 31, 2008

In Punakha, Bhutan, there is another wonder of the world. It makes St. Peter’s of Rome seem dull. The winter… read more

Published on May 31, 2008

Chartreuse flowered dogwood trees with green seeds in the middle of the four petals, blue poppies in remote ranges, exotic… read more

Published on May 28, 2008 | 1 Response

In Bhutan, men wear skirts.Seriously. They have sort of a robe thing that goes over a white shirt and the… read more

Published on May 25, 2008 | 1 Response

I wake up with a huge white dome posing outside French windows of my hotel, the only one that has… read more

Published on May 23, 2008

The peacocks are peowwwwing at dawn. The pigeons sneak sips in the enormous fountain of water in the middle of… read more

Published on May 22, 2008 | 1 Response

Be ready to take off your shoes when you travel to this part of the world. You never know when… read more