This is Part III of a V-part series on my experiences in Cuba. Read Part I and Part II The inside of the 1955 Chevrolet is like a spaceship. The… Read more…
The most beautiful destinations for your green hiking vacation
Hiking! Leave your everyday thoughts in everyday life, simply walk, enjoy the large and small miracles of nature while breathing fresh mountain air. We think that there is not much… Read more…
Stories from Egypt: Visiting the Carpet School
This is an excerpt from the book I am writing, working title: Travels Through Egypt (and yes, I am taking suggestions for names!!): The next stop is one of the… Read more…
A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 2 of 4)
Of course a spiritual vacation is not all the earnest work of devotion. We are staying at the Maya Ubud, and a more integrated balance between luxurious four star service and raw nature I cannot imagine. The whole property is a lush tropical garden, set among the rice paddies of Ubud, itself the artistic heart of Bali, as well as where Liz Gilbert stayed when she wrote the Bali part of Eat Pray Love. Read more…
A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 3 of 4)
Another morning I follow the signs that say “nature walk”, down the steep mossy steps to a stone Balinese bathing fountain, past a splashing waterfall, along the river which marks the edge of the Maya property. I walk past plants whose leaves unfurl so large over my head that I could take shelter in a rainstorm. Read more…