Taj Mahal "So what's the best thing a guy ever did for you?" She asked her girl travel buddies as they looked at the Taj Mahal....They all pondered. "A book of poetry about birds", and "chocolate" were pretty good answers but kind of insignificant really when you're standing in front of the world's most famous monument to Love. The Taj Mahal is Impressive. Breathtaking. A little surreal. It might have taken me until just this moment to realize I really AM in ...

India - Slowly Down the Ganges India is FULL ON. My First impression that "Delhi is a Dump" was quickly replaced with "Holy Cow!" (literally). Culture shock was fairly high but after a few days it all seems fairly normal. The dirt, dogs, garbage, disgusting smells, craziest driving ever, cows happily wandering everywhere, incessant and ear piercing horns honking, small frustrations, and the crush of people everywhere has been replaced with surprise, delight ...

Life on Lanta I'm planted again- this time on Koh Lanta - an island that just clicks with me. My home for the last 4 weeks has been the Kantiang Beach area at the south end of Koh Lanta. I rented a house for a month - palatial by Thai standards - with not a stick of furniture or even a kitchen of any sort - just big empty spaces. It's been upgraded to appeal to long term renters - with 2 bedrooms kitted out with Western beds (not sleeping mats), a night table...

Diving in The Similan Islands! Well I'm a little tardy in writing about another first I had last month - but I should be forgiven as I'm on holiday and very busy diving! So - in November, I experienced a liveaboard dive boat trip for 4 days and 3 nites in the Similan Islands - the goal was Richelieu Rock -out in the middle of the Andaman Sea. You won't be able to find it on my blog map - the technology isn't cooperating -so find a map, search north of Phuket u...

Here Fishy Fishy! On my last night in Phuket I decided to try The Fish Spa - another first- but I lasted all of 10 minutes!! I'm not a squeamish person but it was absolutely freaky!! The minnows SWARMED my feet - I looked down and all I could see was a wriggling mass of fish engulfing each foot. I felt like I was in some sort of flesh eating horror movie!! The sensation was ticklish - but worse - I could actually feel the fish latching on and then wiggling in ...