

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...


Cambodia — Another, Nicer Look
March 25, 2018 I was pretty hard on Cambodia in my original posts. Sihanoukville was hot, crowded, dusty, and our first stop, the vast...


Vietnam, a Study in Contrasts
March 17-8, 2018 We drove by too fast for me to have our tour guide translate this billboard, but I deduce it is an 88th-anniversary...
Patricia Highsmith
I already have one convert: Lou just acquired her first Highsmith novel, on my recommendation the other day, in ‘European Jaunts To Die...


China in a Nutshell
March 8-14, 2018 There’s no nut large enough for the most populous nation on earth (1.415 billion.) Even though I visited only 4 cities,...
European Jaunts To Die For
Indulge me, if you will... again. I am way behind in my self-indulgent re-cap of 5 months aboard the Sun... I had finished the Antipodes...


M & M: Half of Malaysia + Manila
March 2 & 4, 2018* *When there is a gap, that means I was at sea getting from Point A to Point B Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia So, as I...
Reflex Redux
Let’s try that again. One respondent loved the photos. The other respondent got a gobbledigooked presentation due to the mammoth size of...