Here is a list of ten things to know when you head toward Angkor Wat. 10. Don’t eat Mexican food, no matter how cute the servers uniforms may be. This is my […]
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Not My Proudest Parenting Moment
It wasn’t my proudest parenting moment. We wanted to go to a Bangkok night market. All the tour info said to go. Great bargains. Lots of interesting things to buy, they said. […]
In Abundance
Back to the Homeland recently for the Autumnal Equinox. Don’t know about the country as a whole, but in the Midwest this means pumpkin spice latte everything! Coffee and tea, of course. […]
Something Fishy
One advantage of jet lag is being able to to wake up easily for things like the Tsukiji fish market tuna auctions in Tokyo. They only allow 120 people per day to […]
Where Are All the White Women?
It’s a bad habit I have. My alarm clock is my iPad, so when it goes off at 5:15 I click snooze and then catch up on all the news that happened […]
What’s up with the Donald?
Let me start off by saying that I don’t really want to be too political here. I don’t really want a lot of shrill shout downs or shout outs about your preferred […]
Manta, Manta Manta!
Day two of our Komodo boat trip. We woke before sunrise to the return of the fruit bats who make their homes in the mangrove trees near our anchorage. We got […]
Komodo Dragons are Assholes.
Komodo Dragons are assholes! I’ll tell you why in a minute. We headed to the Island of Flores for a long weekend. One of the main things to do is scuba and […]
Sayin "Yes" to Gangstas Paradise
I‘d been talking to my Secret Asian spawn lately about the need to say yes to things. Resisting the urge to pull back or turn down offers, just because initially they seem […]
CrocoDili
Back to Timor Leste for a visit. This was my third time there. I met with an expat therapist who sees primarily foreigners, but some locals often around the issue of trauma […]
Secret Asian Man 