I will never pick up a package of Fish Balls again without thinking of Hong Kong. I ate a lot of fresh fish from the South China Sea while on holiday in Hong Kong three years ago. Some of it was delicious, some of it was bland and some of it was Fish Balls. They …
“Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her towering buildings, her massive cathedrals, her grand boulevards and ancient winding medieval streets- As vast and indestructible as nature itself” – Anne Rice February 2007. Those chilly winter days in …
Hong Kong to me was fishing villages and tint apartments and some pretty bland Chinese food. It was also incredibly fresh seafood, lots of crab and lobster, a land without napkins and getting yelled at by taxi drivers who didn’t care that we did not speak Chinese. A week in Hong Kong meant checking out …
Last night I ran across a busy Mexican highway Bangalore India style, dodging cars, trucks, perhaps a donkey or two. Just like when we skirted rickshaws and disabled cows on the busy city streets of Kammanahalli, Bangalore two Christmas’s ago, I made my way across Highway 1D with one goal; Buy ice and snuggle some kittens. …
Jetlag. It is no joke. I’ve done a good amount of traveling in my life and I’ve never suffered from jetlag before this last week. I don’t even know how to explain how tired I’ve been the last two days. Luckily we had nothing but snow the last two days and I had two days to rest …