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Some travelers get to know a place through its monuments, parks or museums. Driving through stunning landscapes, hiking the mountains or basking in the sun on sandy beaches are other ways to experience foreign destinations. Sampling local cuisine is also a means of getting a sense for the...
When I think back to my time in Myanmar I am filled with memories how the people dressed and the fascinating way the women decorated their faces. I’m sure these traditions will change as the country, long hidden from the world by a military dictatorship, comes into the global view. Myanmar...
I read recently that River Boat cruising is growing by 25% each year. Baby boomers love the fact they can unpack once, walk off the boat on a daily basis to see quaint and cute towns not easily accessible other ways. Most of those River Boats are centered in Europe where understandable...
When our lovely river boat, the Belmond Orcaella, pulled up and docked at Bagan in Myanmar, I was surprised to see a very large mansion right off our bow. Wow, what’s that? I asked myself. So different from the rag tag shelters we had been seeing for the previous days as we cruised the...
It sure made me nervous, but I did it. I got up in front of 60 people and gave a travel talk at Aquinas College last week . Knees knocked and voice cracked a bit, but once the lights were turned low and I could share the fascinating places I’ve been in the last two […]
by Brooke Cornetet, Guest Blogger “It’s hard to put the feel of Burma as a country into words. One thing that is for sure about Burma is that it is a place of mystery.” Although it is now recognized as Myanmar there is an air of confusion about it within the country because...