Tag: museums
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Hotel Crashing: Signature Amaya Kandalama, Sri Lanka
So here’s a basic outline of our first day (2 days) getting to/and/around Sri Lanka. A 14-hour flight from D.C. to Seoul on Korean Air First Class. A 6-hour layover at the Seoul Airport. An 8-hour flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Land at 3:15 a.m. and meet our driver, Tillie. Drive about 3.5 hours in…
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An Overview of Sri Lanka, Privileged Tourism and Getting in My Own Head
On paper, Sri Lanka was a no brainer for us—our logical next vacation destination. It has a lot of the things we gravitate towards as travelers—we like South/Southeast Asia (admittedly, one of us a bit more than the other). We love the spicy food in this area of the world, with the focus on fresh…
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Definitely Not the Happiest Place on Earth: Cambodia’s S-21 and the Killing Fields
I suppose it is entirely possible to go to Cambodia, and Phnom Penh in particular, without going to see the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or Choeung Ek. There are in fact, other things to see in Phnom Penh. The city once known as “the Paris of the East” is on the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, so…
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Singapore: First Impressions
Hey there! I’m back. Actually, I’ve been back for about a week or so, but between jet lag, and digging out of email/work/laundry, I haven’t even had a minute to start going through my photos and trip notes and coming up with some blog fodder. But, this morning’s news is reporting on the death of…
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Pompeii’s Erotica: If It’s in a Museum, It Must Be Art
So, apparently, Pompeii is old Italian for “penis.” Yeah, I know, right? Nobody saw that coming. But they are everywhere at the ancient Roman town-city near Naples. Pompeii has long been on my travel bucket list. Why yes, I am aware that my travel bucket list is incredibly lame. It also includes visiting 221B Baker…
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Wars, Orphans and Orbs: Dubrovnik’s Old Town
My travel buddy for life XFE and I live in a part of Northern Virginia/Greater Washington DC area known as Old Town. It’s pretty cute. Full of cobblestone sidewalks, antique shops, and historic buildings with plaques announcing that George Washington once drank some cider on this exact location. Most of the old houses, churches and…
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Take a Bow, Bilbao
Bilbao. The name itself fills the mouth. I’ll admit, at first, I kept messing it up. Pronouncing it like the last name of a certain famous movie boxer. I could not quite get my tongue around it. For the record, it’s Bihl. Bow. As in, take a bow. And indeed, the resilient Spanish city by…