San Juan Islands Spring 2012
I just spent two wonderful weeks touring and relaxing in the San Juan Islands. My friend Phil leased a VRBO 3 bedroom / 3 bath house on Lopez Island. It sits out on a point all by itself. I saw more deer and rabbits than people. The back of house …
WOW…what a Vacation!
Let me see,,,,,,,, where do I began. My five days at Miraval were filled with an variety of emotions and experiences. Let’s start with the Quantum Leap. A mixture of calm and anxiety combined. You are to climb up a telephone pole and stand on the …
Miraval Spa in Arizona
Lucky find on my part. After canceling my Asia trip early last month, I decided I needed a bit more vacation. I ran across http://www.miravalresorts.com/ on a web search and booked the trip. It was perfect timing because the Spa building just reop…
Dalat, Saigon and the Delta River Cruise
I spent 5 nights in a beautiful suite at the Sheraton. Everyday I had breakfast and often dinner since it was free. They had my favorite Polish vodka, freshly made Pho, and all the sushi you could eat. One day a took a on delta river cruise visiti…
Vietnam Adventure April 2012
I am back on my favorite side of the world that is exactly 12 hours ahead of Dallas, Texas. Being the lucky man that I am, the flight over to Japan is 13 hours of wining and dining in the First Class Cabin. Basically its like hanging out in your p…
2012 Tales of Yelapa, Mexico
This trip was a delious 10 days of great food, friends, yoga, and the constant sound of the ocean waves splashing on the beach. I arrived a few days early for the yoga retreat to settle in to my open air palapa right on the beach. During this time…
Thailand Zipline
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
I have been slumming it here at the Le Meridian with an awsome view of the mountinas of northern Thailand. ($83.00 per night). I have been doing the spa thing everyday. When getting a maniqure & pedicue on Holloween someone had the steller idea of…
One Night in Bangkok
As the song goes:Bangkok, Oriental settingAnd the city don’t know that the city is gettingThe creme de la creme of the chess world in aShow with everything but Yul BrynnerTime flies — doesn’t seem a minuteSince the Tirolean spa had the chess boys…
One little pig went to market, and one little pig went home
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) Consid…