Countries around the world attach great cultural importance to a particular sport; some of these sports are professional and played across the globe and some are so provincial that they seem like weird cultural oddities. Mongolian goat carcass polo, anyone?…
Category: travel
shanghai
A few weeks ago I escaped from Beijing's familiar congestion and noise and spent 42 fantastic hours in the newly enticing congestion and noise of Shanghai. Though Shanghai is China’s largest city by official population, it feels much smaller than…
thailand
Tonight at almost midnight I will get on the red eye and head back to Beijing after 9 fabulous days in Thailand. John and Jack were here for 5 of them. I was on my own for 4. Hunter didn’t…
hong kong
Last weekend was an exciting time to be in Hong Kong. We were there to watch the rugby 7’s. But, Sunday was also the day a new leader was chosen. It marked the start of Spring Break for my boys…
montreal
On March 3, I will turn 50! I remember when that was old! I am celebrating this milestone with a two-week visit to Canada. Five dear friends organized to meet me in Montreal for what we are billing as the…
happy new year
Laos proved a little more laid back than John could handle, so we cut short our visit by two days and headed to Phnom Penh. This is where we spent a very bizarre last day of 2011. It has been…