So where, you may ask, is Larry now? If you drag out your dusty world atlases, which I am certain you have readily available, and look for Burma... Oh, who am I kidding? If you open up Google Maps on your web browser and search for either "Myanmar" or "Burma," you will probably find depicted there a chunk of geography in Southeast Asia shaped like a north-bound tadpole. This particular tadpole is bordered by Thailand, Lao (AKA, Laos), China, Bangladesh and the...

Hello again, Blogonauts! Lumbering about the world, for me at least, means the precise opposite of slumbering about the world. Between the challenge of sleeping on an airplane, jet-lag, and downright giddiness at travel, I and the sandman are suddenly barely speaking. But nonetheless, "s'wonderful" lumbering off again, even without the an initial "S" ... or coveted "Z's." But on to matters now underfoot: Asia feels closer than it is. Sarah Palin notoriously t...

Hello, again, Blogonauts! Today we'll talk of seaside trails trekked vertically. The U.S. is a continent-wide country, and our coastlands involve long, flat, often sandy stretches. Perhaps a dune or a rocky pillar breaks up the terrain, but with a few exceptions, the land gently slopes toward the water, and then disappears beneath the waves. In contrast, Italy (crudely put) is a craggy, hundred-mile-wide peninsula dangling from the belly of Europe. (Think of hu...