Just wanted you to know all is good on our hiking/yoga retreat. It’s a great group of 14 people from Italy, Austria and the U.S. Today after yoga class we left our hotel in Assisi to hike to the town of Passo. 15 miles of grueling up and down. Our minds and bodies are...

Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam and its cultural center.  My hotel was right across the street from the Opera House and one of my favorite restaurants.  I got my usual seat overlooking the kitchen and watched the staff create some amazing...

After a short flight I was met by my third and final guide for my Laos tour, a young man working hard to improve his English skills.  Our first day was supposed to be a visit to Vat Phou up in the mountains.  I explained that I was not feeling well and would prefer...

My hotel was like staying in a French Villa.  The pool was beautifully surrounded by a teak wood deck.  My days were spent with my guide, a very nice twenty-six year old woman who really did her best to teach me about local culture. Bless her heart she tried, but I...

I was met at the airport by my new guide who thankfully spoke much better English than my last guide from Luang Prabang.  We arrived at a Buddha Park and enjoyed a stroll around the park. Also known as Xieng Khuang, this unusual park is filled with over two hundred...

I arrived at the small fishing village of Thandie and Ngapali Beach in a rainstorm that was predicted to last most of my three day visit.  My friend Kimberly who recommended the place repeatedly told me “it's laid back time, read a good book, there is NOTHING there.”...

I have decided after a long sabbatical from my Travel Blog to give it another try.  Many people have asked, “Hey Gary, why no more tales of your many travels?"  Apparently some people actually enjoyed seeing the many places I go in the world.  You can see the BLOG has...

A Mexican tradition… smashing your face in the cake when you blow out the candles. Thanks for the Happy Birthday wishes, Everyone! Gary

Greetings from Boracay Beach Resort in the Philippines.  After touring Tasmania for 2 weeks I have traveled north to the warm tropical waters of White Beach in the Philippines. The resort appears to be undamaged by typhoon “Yolanda.”  The attention to details and...

My sister Beth and I began our Tasmanian trip on November 5, 2013.  It seems so long ago that I walked aboard the First Class Cabin of the Quantas Airbus A-380.  WOW,,,,, what a plane.  It is the world's largest commercial aircraft with a luxurious First Class cabin...