

The Rose Red City, Petra
One of the (many) wonderful things about a cruise is gliding into port early in the morning and opening the curtains to... Who knows...


Sultanate #2: Oman
April 10, 2018 Sultanate #1 was Brunei, back on March 1. What a change from India! This is all desert — but wealthy desert. Oil, don’t...


An Untourist Look at Mumbai
April 7, 2018 The two excursions I was on in Mumbai were not about seeing the sights, though we did pass by a few on the bus: the vast...


A Whiff of Incredible ¡ndia— Chennai, Cochin & Goa
April 1-6, 2018 [with 3 sea days in the midst] [I give up. I am a hopeless photo editor. So many shots bring back so many memories, and I...


Any Hieronymus Bosch fans out there?
No. Not THIS Hieronymus Bosch... THIS Hieronymus Bosch... aka ‘Harry’... ... the character created by Michael Connelly and portrayed...


Malaysia, Part II
March 27-28, 2018 As I confessed before, I never knew Malaysia came in two parts, until I went to both halves — but it took me three...


Singapore: The Crazy Rich Asian City
March 25-26, 2018 If you’ve seen or read about the summer’s hot rom com, Crazy Rich Asians, you have some idea of the wealth and...


Siam
March 21-22 & 29, 2018 I saw many beautiful Buddha statues in Asia, but this one in Bangkok was the most marvelous of them all. The...