Travel

And from my new friend Zohar …

Last summer, after staying in lovely Bukit Lawang for three weeks, I took four days to visit some other parts of Sumatra: Berastagi/Brastagi, on the slopes of the volcanic Mt. Sibayak, where I planned to spend two nights and hike up the volcano, and gorgeous Lake Toba and the island…

Yves, who’s at the Hub Pub in Chiang Khong, showed us how to harvest a banana flower, during a trek into the nearby mountains.  

Chiang Khong is kind of like that kid at school who doesn’t talk much but then you get to know them and find out they’re really witty and cool and easy to be with. Chiang Khong is up there in northern Thailand on the Mekong. It’s where you pick up…

Bicycling was one of my passions as a kid. At the age of 10 or 11, I would ride my green three-speed Schwinn into the countryside and go until I got lost. Then I’d find my way home again. That was my game, a way of bringing adventure into my bland…