by Gary | Oct 31, 2011 | Further Travel, Travel
The last day in the Philippines we went to the local market. It’s pretty much like any Wholefoods Market, just with out the granola and yuppies. I learned a lot today. 1. A small pig in a sack costs about 1200 to 1800 baht ($40 to $50 bucks)...
by Gary | Oct 28, 2011 | Further Travel, Travel
I am catching up on my blogging. The first pictures are from my hike to a HUGE waterfall. Along the way you could see how simple the people live. The city Dumaguete provides up to 800 pesos of electrical power for each home. (almost 90%). The blonde hairy stuff...
by Gary | Oct 23, 2011 | Travel
After a 30 minute flight from Cebu City to Dumaguette, I was promptly met by the staff of Pura Vida Beach& Dive Resort. This trip has ended up being more of a dive trip than a yoga retreat. There are 4 of us in the group and are all divers. The resort had the most...
by Gary | Oct 22, 2011 | Travel
I flew into Cebu City (population 8 million) and stayed on Mactan Island in a place called Lapu-Lapu for 3 nights before meeting meeting up with the group in Dumaguete. I visited the Magellan Cross. It is a replica of the original cross Magellan set in Cebu in 1521....
by Gary | Oct 19, 2011 | Travel
I have begun my 6th trip to Asia with Julia Tindall, the yoga instructor from California. I left Dallas Friday evening and arrived in Cebu City, Philippines Sunday night. (you loose a day going over) The flight was 14 hours from LA to Hong Kong leaving about 1:00AM....
by Gary | Sep 17, 2011 | Travel
This is my final post from my Polish Exploration. It is early Saturday morning and I am back home with my dogs at my feet and an ice pack on my low back. Pictured below a Kabob stand where I ate many of the Pita or Tortilla filled creations. It was roasted chicken...
by Gary | Sep 17, 2011 | Travel
To provide some contrast to seeing the concentrations camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, I decided to go on a light hearted trip back in time to an example of the perfect communist town of Nowa Huta ( which means New Steel Mill).http://www.answers.com/topic/nowa-huta I...
by Gary | Sep 14, 2011 | Travel
As fate would have it, I went to Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in Poland on 9/11/11. The day where everyone all over the world was remembering and reflecting on Wars. Television broadcasts from all over the world spent most of their time talking and...
by Gary | Sep 14, 2011 | Travel
After a very long and painful train ride I arrived just before dark in Krakow. When I walked to the main town square for the first time I went, “YEA, now this is what I’m talking about”. Warsaw was pretty much a huge dark and grey ugly city for the...
by Gary | Sep 14, 2011 | Travel
I have been remiss in writing my BLOG this trip. I spent 3 nights in Warsaw. No, the bowl of soup is not Polish soup, but Vietnamese Pho. I had one day of walk around Warsaw and then the next day it rained all day. I had a taxi take me to the Vietnamese...
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