Note: I attended this Italian cooking class in Sorrento in 2007. However, the school is still running classes, and there have been a few new cooking schools that have opened up in the region. I recently went back in 2018 and updated this article. I joke around about being out of shape, however, after eight […]
ViewVietnam Color Photography View Vietnam Black & White Photography View snapshots of Saigon View Mekong Delta snapshots in Black and White View Color Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc Island snapshots I always wanted to change my name. When I was about 8 years old I told my brother and sister that I was no longer […]
View snapshots of Hoi An View Vietnam Photography I have been a clothes hound my whole life. I still remember my favorite outfits from when I was a little girl (the blue holly hobby top). My mom used to sew me outfits, yet she never passed that sewing skill on to me – I preferred […]
View Hong Kong Photography View snapshots of Hong Kong I had 4 days in Hong Kong, I felt that would be plenty to see the sites, after all – it’s just a big city – and I’ve been to big cities before. Cyndi has a large web of expat friends strewn across Asia – so […]
View ‘Food of Thailand’ Photography Throughout my adult life I have strived for change and trying different things. I hate doing the same thing twice or going to the same place twice – I’d rather have a bikini wax than do something that I’ve already done…been there…done that. However – I have a few weird […]
View Thailand Hill Tribe Photography I have arrived in Thailand – ready to kick off the new year with some new countries to discover. My friend Emily from NYC has decided to come join me for a few weeks in Thailand! I’ve never actually traveled with Emily before, and in fact, we never really went […]
View Lombok Photography Happy New Year! My travels continue in 2007! Every year for the Christmas Holiday my sister and her family go somewhere in Southeast Asia for a week, lay on the beach and relax before the kids have to go back to school. I decided that I would go with them and continue […]
View Tanzania Photography Tanzania was similar to Kenya in many ways – people were still walking everywhere, agriculture was the main ‘industry’, tribal life was the norm and the heavy meat diet was the staple. However, Tanzania had some additional issues around electricity. When we arrived in Tanzania, we were told that the electricity would […]
Kenyan food is a vegetarian’s nightmare as well as a Atkin’s dieter’s nightmare – luckily – I’m neither of these so I am enjoying this meat heavy, carbo loaded Kenyan diet I am on! The food is hearty with many stew-like dishes with rice – yet the sauces they use have a distinct Indian flair […]
