Ask any 5 people what makes the tropical island of Sri Lanka such an appealing and alluring country…. and you are likely to get 5 different answers. This is because Sri Lanka has SO much diversity to offer. For us,…
Hiking on a dragon’s back ~ Hong Kong
Green Global WRECK – Deep in the Borscht! . . (March 7, 2017)
The continuing flood of mis-steps by the nascent Trump Administration provide plenty of fodder for what is becoming a series a blog posts under the heading of “Green Global Wreck”. The intention here is to chronicle, for ourselves, and any…
Indonesia rising ~ a new twist…
Business priorities for Ben are pulling us increasingly toward spending more time in, like a LOT more time in … Indonesia This is not so much a change of plans on our Sri Lankan adventure, as much as it is…
I am an immigrant too ~ Ben
The eruption of overt expression of anti-immigrant feelings that the new US President has heralded is inviting some of us to reckon with our own distinct immigrant stories. For all of my life, I have thought of myself as a…
I am an immigrant ~ Peta
In the light of the current radical shift in immigration policy in the U.S. under the new administration, it has made me think about my own history as an immigrant myself. Leaving South Africa’s apartheid behind… I left my family,…
Green Global WRECK ~ Feb 15, 2017
The Trump Administration has concretized into an enormous wrecking ball, with a combination of incompetence, maliciousness and geo-strategic intent to dismantle the current world order, with abandon. This is so central to our reality that we would be remiss not…
Islam and Chinese New Year converge ~ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
When we start writing about a new country, we try to provide some general pointers. We are in Malaysia, specifically Kuala Lumpur, the capital, for a few days, en route to Indonesia (for work.) On the globe below, the two…