Aug 22, 2017 | Travels
Woman from the Kayan tribe wearing rings on her neck to resemble a dragon Jim’s Perspectives: Myanmar has only, realistically, been actively promoting tourism since 2010, so now is the time to go before throngs of Europeans discover this jewel of a country....
Aug 22, 2017 | Travels
“We travel not for trafficking alone. By better winds our fiery hearts are fanned. For lust of knowing what should not be known We take the Gold Road to Samarkand.” These are the final 4 lines of poet James Elroy Flecker’s The Golden Journey to Samarkand....
Aug 22, 2017 | Travels
To get from Turkmenistan to Tajikistan in ’16 I had to fly to Dubai, endure an 6 hour layover and then fly 3 hours to Dushanbe. Tajikistan is the smallest of the “Stans” in terms of population and definitely the poorest. This country has recovered little...
Jul 10, 2017 | Travels
Teaching at a school in 2016 800,000 people live in San Salvador, and it takes roughly 4 hours to travel the entire country from East to West on the coastal highway. A charming, off the beaten path type of country which is longing to be visited by tourists …...
Jul 10, 2017 | Travels
Embarra Village – 2 Hours Outside of Panama City, ’16 Country Information: Panama’s capital city is Panama City, and it’s hot and humid here most of the year. After seceding from its neighboring country Colombia, Panama was established in...
