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SUMMITING HALF DOME IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

One of the greatest things about growing up in California has been my physical proximity to Yosemite National Park.  I first visited Yosemite, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at age nine with my sister and parents.  I was hooked for life by the enormity, the sheer magnitude of its beauty. I was hooked for life! […]

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IN CELEBRATION OF PLANET EARTH

TODAY IS EARTH DAY! Updated: April 22, 2019 For 49 years on April 22, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Earth Day now includes events in more than 193 countries, which are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network. Individuals, communities, organizations, and governments acknowledge the amazing planet we call […]

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MY THAI COOKING CLASS

A Review of my Recent Cooking Class in Chiang Mai, Thailand As a chef, as well as a long-term traveler, I have tried several cooking classes in my global wanderings.  So it was only natural that I would investigate the numerous cooking classes available here in Chiang Mai.  I digested (no pun intended) around a […]

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MY MONTH IN BURMA, PART IX: THE ‘ANCIENT’ TEMPLES OF BAGAN

PART IX:  THE ‘ANCIENT’ TEMPLES OF BAGAN Preface:  From approximately 1050 to 1290 A.D., Bagan’s kings commissioned over 4,000 temples.  Over the millennia  looting, erosion and earthquakes took their tool .  A massive earthquake in 1975 destroyed most of what was left.  What you see, and it is impressive, has been rebuilt.  UNESCO refused to certify Bagan as […]

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MY MONTH IN BURMA, PART V: GO SOUTH YOUNG MAN!

PART V:  GO SOUTH YOUNG MAN!   with apologies to Horace Greeley Leaving the tourist trail– Mawlamyine Bound–  Dateline: 1/23/13–Yangon, Myanmar I have been in Yangon three days now.  It seems longer mainly because I have mostly run out of things to do. It is taking me all this time to get my bearings in Myanmar […]

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