It is an interesting milestone when adapting to a new home country, when one starts revisiting favorite locations more often than one discovers new ones. The beauty of Sri Lanka, of course, is that there is so much to discover…
Vesak temple hopping ~ Buddha’s birthday ~ Sri Lanka
Vesak is the religious and cultural festival which celebrates Buddha’s birthday. It is always celebrated on the the first full moon, in the month of May! Ben is on a business trip in Vancouver, Canada. I however, am here in…
Green Global Wreck ~ The French Resistance 2.0 ~ May 2017
Unexpectedly, but very fittingly, the country that brought the Western world the philosophical under-pinning of Democracy, after the ancient Greeks of course, France – became last night the country that also reminds us all that the slide toward a nativist,…
An Ayurvedic wellness retreat ~ Tangalle, Sri Lanka
For years we have turned to Chinese traditional medicine for a range of treatments because we have been impressed by the merits of a holistic approach to health. The Chinese medical history is anchored on concepts of energy flow through…
Green Global Wreck ~ To bomb or not to bomb? ~ April 2017
Prophetic and prescient? I wrote, in March, that Trump’s way out of his current morass and steady stream of bad news (failed roll out of the “Muslim ban”, failed legislative priority around repealing Obamacare, and of the course the large…
Exploring the Southern coast, Sri Lanka ~ Hiriketiya beach, Jasper House
With a birthday coming my way, I definitely want to take a trip to celebrate. Celebrate being alive, celebrate being healthy and happy, and the fact that I am living the conscious life of my choosing. Short of going to…
Inspiration from Buddhist temples on the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka.
Peta’s paintings always reflect our travels and lives ~ Stray dogs in Nicaragua, goats in India, sculptures in the Jardins des Tuileries in Paris, ancient artifacts and archaeological treasures in Peru, textured colorful wooden fishing boats in Morocco…. Here in…
Back to our Jungle Nest ~Delawella, Sri Lanka
After a jam packed period of travel, which started two months ago, we are finally both back in Sri Lanka. Our travels took us to Malyasia, then Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. After which, Peta continued to Chicago, Los Angeles and…