PSA’s through cell-phone texting in China
This summer while visiting China I rented a cell phone (through yoyoor.com, excellent service btw). Almost immediately I began to get text messages in Chinese, which I assumed were advertising […]
Category Archives: travel
NYT Reverses Paper-to-Web Workflow
Today, I was a little blown away by the Frugal Traveler‘s article in the Sunday New York Times about ways to use new technologies to keep in touch with friends […]
fanfou, twitter, blogs, nciku.com, and google translator working together
I am leaving or China in 5 days and thought I would check to see how possible it would be to post to Twitter from China. I will be renting […]
On Publishing Travel Photos and Stories for Posterity
I returned from my trip to Ethiopia on June 15. Six weeks later I have shared the photos and stories with many people and in many formats! I decided to […]
Retracing My Dad’s Steps in Ethiopia
On my recent trip to Ethiopia I took along with me some copies of the photos my dad took while he lived there in 1962-64. Dad lived in Addis and […]
“History” in Ethiopia
One thing that is very clear to me as I travel in Ethiopia is that the people here have a very strong sense of being a part of ‘history’. And […]
Walking on Rocks in Ethiopia
We just left Lalibela, home of sacred monolithic rock-hewn churches, which were pretty stunning. While we were in the area we went on a trek through the neighborung villages of […]
Ethiopia–adventures on arrival
I just arrived in Adis Abiba, Ethiopia about 36 hours ago. I am staying at a very non-touristy place with a friend of mine who is involved in a training […]
Hiking in the Alps
Today I went for a hike in the Alps. It was so idyllic. We saw wildflowers, which apparently don’t show their faces very often. It looked just like the cover […]
Lago Maggiore, Italy
Lago Maggiore is one of many finger-like lakes in northern Italy, close to the Swiss border and the Alps. Right next door is the more famous Lake Como. I stayed […]
