Category: travel
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Chatting with a Monk in Thailand
Last December I traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand to run the 3rd in a series of 3 half marathons. I spent the remainder of my time bicycling around the old city eating delicious food and finding peace in the various temples. One afternoon, while walking around Wat Chedi Luang, I noticed a banner hanging from […]
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Wandering in Wales
Sometimes I get itchy feet. The urge to get out and about seizes me, and I am compelled to travel. Somewhere, anywhere. My most recent trip from December and January is evidence of that, but this wasn’t the first time; it started a long time ago, and I have no intention of stopping. Eight years […]
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The people I meet: Cambodia
This is Suon. He is a victim of the war and devastation caused by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. I met Suon while taking the tour at the War Museum in Siem Reap. The museum itself is little more than rusting old tanks, and an assortment of guns, landmines, and […]
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Triple Half Marathons
Catching up on blogging about my travels in December and January, here are some photos from running three half marathons in three consecutive weekends. Since I love to travel and run, why not combine the two and make it a great adventure? I started with the Angkor Wat International Half Marathon on 7 December 2014 […]
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Nearing the end…
A quick update from Kuala Lumpur airport again. I spent a week in Sri Lanka and experienced (among other things) the presidential election. More thoughts on that later, but I am happy for a peaceful outcome and hopeful for the future of the country. So, an overview of where I’ve been in the past 5+ […]
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Quick Update
For the last month I’ve had little time on the internet, so here in my transit hotel in Kuala Lumpur, I will post a few photos without the stories. Briefly so far: one month traveling and I’ve been to Taiwan (transit overnight), Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. I ran 3 half marathons in 3 consecutive weeks […]
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Announcing a new adventure
I have been busy, so this update will be brief until I can finish the drafts of more interesting posts. Briefly put, I have had difficulty securing a job after returning from Indonesia, and in this time of waiting I decided to make goals and put my creativity to use. Here we go: I’ve redeemed […]
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Meeting Krishna
For some of my posts now, I want to profile a few of the people I’ve met along my journeys. I traveled in India from the end of December 2008 to mid-January 2009. It was an amazing experience that cannot simply be wrapped up in few words. Here is one story I wrote about an […]
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Easter Holiday
Selamat Paskah! Happy Easter! I spent the Easter holiday in the Batak Karo region. There are 5 Batak tribes–Toba, Karo, Simalungun, Pakpak, and Mandailing. Locally, the use of the term “Batak” refers to Toba Batak, as the other tribes go by their respective names. I’ve spent nearly all of my time here among Batak culture. […]
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July: Thailand, Cambodia, and Singapore
July was my month off from teaching with no responsibility to be at either of my schools. Beleaguered by the slow-moving process to renew my visa to work in Indonesia, I had to leave again, so why not make a vacation of it? The original plan was for Chiang Mai and Bangkok in Thailand and […]
Megs the Wanderer 