Strange Taste Horsebeans

When I decided to retire I made sure to do it in the summer, as far as I'm concerned that's the very best time to be in the Pacific...

Today is the first weekday of my new life.  The weather is normal for summer in Seattle, which is to say absolutely fantastic.  I feel ene...

Poor customer service will kill any company.  Onesuite is a pre-paid long distance provider who I have relied on for at least 10 years, pro...

Freedom is euphoric. This has been a great trip, even considering the crowded and late flights, the questionable hotel, the dehydratio...

Partially written at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila : Awaiting our flight out of Manila to Kuala Lumpur.  The hospitality h...

I've flown Malaysia airlines before, this year we flew them from Kuala Lumpur to Manila and back.  The flight to Manila was 90 minutes ...

Kuching is the largest city in East Malaysia, the capital of Sarawak state and is on the island of Borneo, a large island that Malaysia sha...

It took a while for the will to live to return to my food poisoned body. Between hurried trips to the bathroom I spent most of a day in the...

5 days without sleeping and pushing myself hard has finally caught up to me.  Chills, shivering, dehydration, fever, runs, headache with a ...

We flew to Dubai nonstop from Seattle on Emirates Airlines.  After I purchased the ticket I wondered how Emirates keeps their daily nonstop...

Last year I purchased a Canon Powershot S100 camera for a trip to the Far East.  The S100 is a compact, lightweight, pocket camera with a 1...

I was riding home from work on my regular King County Metro bus, seated near the driver on a side facing bench that had textured lines div...

I started wearing Birkenstocks back in the 1970’s and I’ve been wearing them ever since.  I bought my first pair in a health food store in ...

Fresh from the high humidity and temperatures of the tropics Tokyo greeted us with cold, pelting rain and confusion. What fell wasn't...

That's easy, 7/11's are everywhere so just drop in and price a liter of water.  If it works out to .30 then use tap water for bathi...

I turned 60 on the flight to Bangkok and now I have a feeling of what the future might bring. Wat Arun is one of the grandest and...

Why? Because soon we're going to west to head to the far east one more time.  My personal odometer is about to turn 60 (!) around the s...

Each of Malaysia's three main cultures has a distinct food style which sometimes gets mixed.  Kueh Teow is a Chinese rice strip dish th...

On previous trips to Asia dinner was sometimes a hunk of tofu and some yogurt and fruit from the local supermarket because I couldn't d...

Penang has a great reputation for great eating and I'm finding that it's deserved.  One afternoon Eleanor and I went to a Nasi Kand...