My Name Tag

Jazzy J has a great idea.  We are in dire need of name tags while in Sri Lanka.  It’s getting kind of exhausting responding to the same questions every 5 minutes. My name tag would read: Hi, My name is Tania I am from America No Kids No Husband Yes, I like Sri Lanka Oh, [...]

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This isn’t Kansas!

Dear Ness, I have every intention of finishing my “Tour de Florida II” blog, and starting a “Destination Domestication” blog, & a “Multi-tasking for Dummies” blog shortly.  Just not tonight.  I will update about a most peculiar incident that I, disappointingly, just missed by mere minutes.  I woke up this morning around 7 AM as [...]

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A Whole Bunch of GoodNESS

Dear Bobe’ – Yesterday, I was determined to hang out on my beach front porch and update all the blogs from Burma.  My determination (and quite likely my environment kept me inspired) came through and I have posted four new blogs so start at the bottom and work your way up.  The first one you [...]

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I Have A Confession About My New Obsession

Dear Bobe’ – I have the hots for monks.  I believe it started in Laos one day when I was sitting on the steps of a temple watching a group of monks/novices hard at work tearing down and clearing dead palm leaves when I saw this guy. Doesn’t he have the most amazing facial bone [...]

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The Thirty-Flirty Threesome

Dear Bobe’ – I had to take an early morning bus out of Hsipaw in hopes to make it to Bagan in one day.  When I got off the bus in Mandalay to changeover to another bus, I met Junko, a 38 year old Japanese backpacker who has been traveling solo for over 2 years [...]

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The Mustache Brothers

Dear Bobe’ – Do you remember the part in the movie “About a Boy” where Hugh Grant’s character is trying to do good and seeks a part time volunteer gig at an Amnesty International call center and while he is flirting with some random female caller, the guy next to him is doing his job [...]

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They call it Myanmar, I call it Burma

Dear Bobe’ – The government, or Junta, has attempted to “open up” Myanmar and make it more accessible for tourists (The Junta does not like journalists so lie if you are one) which meant I was one of the first people to receive a visa on arrival.  From here on out, I will refer to [...]

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Tour de Florida

Dear Ness, Damn, how time flies.  I have been back in the states over a month all ready and getting ready to go back to Alaska again.  I can remember getting on those 5 airplanes to get to India from Alaska last September like it was last week.  Thailand feels like yesterday.  On the other [...]

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