This was my weekend to feel like a panda. Damyang has been on my Korea bucket list for a while, as it’s known around the country for its bamboo forests. Since its annual festival came around last weekend, two friends and I finally had a concrete excuse to go. Stalls with bamboo …read more
elephants, orangutans and hornbills – oh my!: cruising on the kinabatangan
It was Monday, and I was dumbstruck. Now, you and I both know that Mondays ...
the best new toy!
So…I kinda feel like I’m finally joining the 21st century. To say that I’m a bit slow when it comes to technology is an understatement. But, with some major changes coming up in the next few months, I needed to update the gadgets in my life. Ignore the fact that I managed …read more
elephants, orangutans and hornbills – oh my!: cruising on the kinabatangan
It was Monday, and I was dumbstruck. Now, you and I both know that Mondays suck. No matter how much you might like where-ever you wind up at the beginning of the work-week, it still marks the end of the weekend and the resumption of drab responsibilities. Any other Monday, I might …read more
it’s official: i’ve survived the jungle
So what happened in Borneo? Oh, y’know, just: – finally getting SCUBA certified – …and diving one of the most famous dive sites in the world – …and seeing massive sea turtles, whitetip sharks, moray eels, stingrays, giant groupers, neon frogfish, camouflaging cuttlefish, lionfish, stonefish, and octopi (just to name a few) …read more
back in the holy land: highlights from israel
I may be in the jungle now, but it doesn’t feel so long ago that I was in the desert. It was a truly unique trip, one of the most curious I’ve ever been on. A whirlwind of travel, an actually free lunch and a group of strangers who felt like family …read more
the next adventure: finally tackling the jungle
El Nido, the Philippines So, that next test I briefly alluded to in the last post? Well, I better hope that I’m really over my broken leg, because I’m about to tackle much harsher terrain than the city streets of Japan… Third largest island on the planet. One of the oldest rainforests …read more
travel as medicine: how japan got me over a broken leg
I survived! No-one is more surprised than me….but first, let me explain. Japan, to say the least, was an impromptu trip. As of mid-January, I’d been on crutches for almost two and a half months, which had whittled my social life down to the movie nights, dinner parties and booze fests that …read more
hippies and veggies: farmers markets of the pacific northwest
There’s one thing that I really, really miss here in Korea. Y’see, I can be a bit of a hippie sometimes, especially when it comes to food. It’s the Californian influence. Slap the words organic, local, free-range, macrobiotic, or raw vegan on something and I helplessly gravitate towards it. And where can …read more
the next adventure: crossing the pond
I was thirteen the first time I went, armed with a free ticket, a film camera, and one of my closest friends. This time, I’ve got a cheap ticket, a digital camera (or two), and a smattering of old and new acquaintances. And slightly better vegetarian survival phrases! Highlights to include: . …read more
an experiment in untethering: the epic pacific northwest road trip
There was one thing I had to do before leaving California. This trip had been a fantasy for years upon years, something I always wanted and figured that I’d do, but that had continually fallen by the wayside while I planned bigger adventures. In fact, that was why it took me so …read more
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a wander in the bamboo forest: the damyang bamboo festival
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the best new toy!
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elephants, orangutans and hornbills – oh my!: cruising on the kinabatangan
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it’s official: i’ve survived the jungle
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back in the holy land: highlights from israel
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Mark Wiens: This looks like a really fun trip Naomi - I think ...
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Daniel Dalena: Fantastic photos! Very jealous, I've always wante...
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na-o-mi: It was one of those small festivals that you might...
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