Tour of Dumaguete and hike to waterfalls
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 blon…
My first Day in Dumaguette
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 re…
Cebu City – Mactan Island in Lapu-Lapu
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 se…
Beginning of an Asian Adventure
I have begun my 6th trip to Asia with http://www.juliatindall.com , 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 t…
Wandering Gary and Olive go home
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…
Communism and Nowa Huta
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.c…
How I spent my day on 9/11
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 t…
Beautiful Krakow
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 th…
A very long overdue BLOG entry
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 Viet…
My journey to Warsaw
My dogs and I had a long time to think about my upcoming departure. The reason being, is that I started packing a week before the planned departure date. I had MRI in Dallas for my lower back 6 days before I was scheduled to leave. The trip was pu…