In northern Thailand’s Nan Province, we visited with a band Mlabri, or Yellow Leaf People who lived isolated in the forest for centuries until they were driven out by deforestation. Today, they’ve achieved Thai citizenship and an economic niche making and selling had-woven cotton hammocks
In northern Thailand’s Nan Province, we visited with a band Mlabri, or Yellow Leaf People who lived isolated in the forest for centuries until they were driven out by deforestation. Today, they’ve achieved Thai citizenship and an economic niche making and selling had-woven cotton hammocks
On our second night in the Serengeti I started awake to a growling sound. Low. Deep. Close. Then an angry, snarling, agitated sound. Louder. Closer…
“Just don’t don’t fall down, and whatever you do, don’t hit your head.” That instruction from my doctor led to my quest for the perfect hiking pole.
Hongcun, a Ming Dynasty village in Southeast China’s Anhui Province, sits at the southwestern tip of Huangshan – Yellow Mountain. Scenes from the hit film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” were set in this mystical village.
I flunked jump rope in 7th grade and washed out of college PE. Exotic travel was the stuff of dreams for a klutzy bookworm like me. After college I took off for San Francisco and a career in corporate public relations. Vacations meant time with family back east or sunning on Mexican beaches. Then I married Jack, took tea with erstwhile headhunters in Borneo and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. But at 48 I was zapped by a stroke caused by an obscure and unpronounceable autoimmune disease called Antiphospholipid Syndrome – APS. Now I’m stuck with blood thinners and a fuddly brain, but I’m traveling still. read more
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