When we were deciding where to go on our first trip to Burma, I kept seeing photos of places with unusual Buddhist iconography and every one of them was at Inle. That was enough to convince me it had to be on our itinerary for our first trip. We found Inle to be just magical. [...]

Reflections on the trip Sikkim exceeded our expectations. It’s a beautiful country, and the people are justly proud of its natural beauty. They are looking to position themselves as an eco-tourism destination. Unlike the rest of India, you don’t see trash by the side of the roads. All of my reading about the history of [...]

As a child, I remember seeing a photo of the temples of Bagan at sunrise, peach-colored mist rising among the towers…

In Morocco, we stayed at a tiny oasis in the desert. I walked outside at night and away from a bright light they had as a marker for travelers and I could see the stars in the velvety sky… the Milky Way spread out before me.

I’m amazed at how places don’t match up with our expectations. To me that is always more interesting than a place that was exactly how one imagines it.

Photos are a wonderful reminder of the places I’ve been, the people I’ve met, the exotic experiences of travel. But I find that there are a number of photos I didn’t take that stick with me as vividly as any I have in a photo album or on a CD.

Having more things I want to do in a place than I can do is an indicator to me that I’ve chosen well. Frankly, I wouldn’t want to go somewhere I truly could “see it all” in a week or two or three. That would mean there isn’t much “there” there.