After traveling the globe for 8 months I decided to take a quick swing by Ohio to visit family and friends. I didn’t realize how much I had missed all that was familiar until I walked into my Cheers like hangout of the German Village Coffee Shop. I ordered my usual blueberry pancake and was… Continue reading Back to Ohio

Just finished the annual gathering of the east coast Lord Nelson Victory Tugs. We’ve met as far north as Camden Maine and this years event was in the quaint town of Urbanna, Virginia.  It is always an interesting event with lots of Tug Talk and exploring other folks boats for innovative repairs and improvements.  It… Continue reading Lord Nelson Victory Tug Rendezvous

After 8 months of near constant travel it’s time to take a break and create a new nest.     I love the view from my patio and after all the frenetic motion, it feels good to just sit with a glass of wine and look at the water. My home in German Village was… Continue reading Taking Time to Set Up a Nest in Florida

  Shanghai fascinated me with all it’s new glitter and glam. 90% of the buildings are less than 10 years old. Everything is clean, new and glitzy. It was perhaps the most cosmopolitan city I have ever visited. The Bund area along the waterfront was beautiful during the day but she really shown all lit… Continue reading Shanghai – Fastest Growing City in Asia

The Yangtze River is the longest in Asia and a popular tourist destination. The most beautiful part is the narrower gorges. We took a small boat deep into the valley where the cliff walls got vertical.   The big story in this area is the worlds largest Three Gorges Damn that generates power for most… Continue reading Yangtze River and Three Gorges Dam

    Well the Travel Gods had the last laugh in Tibet! I made the mistake of bragging to a fellow traveler about how lucky I had been, given my pace of travel, that I hadn’t even had a sniffle. I started with a cold (no big deal) and then landed in Tibet to a… Continue reading Bad Timing in Tibet

The Panda’s are definitely the celebrities of Chengdu. We were fortunate to go in the morning and many of the Panda’s were pretty active, eating and climbing and posing for pictures. It was fun to see Panda’s of all ages and the keepers interacting with the infants was a hoot. Fun day with the furry… Continue reading The Celebrities of Chengdu

  Can you believe the Terra Cotta Warriors were just found 40 years ago?  A farmer was digging a well and pulled up the head of a Warrior and knew he had found something pretty special. The warriors were made 2200 years ago and intended to guard an Emperor’s tomb. Each one is a different… Continue reading Xian and the Terra Cotta Warriors

I flew from Hanoi to Beijing to catch up with another tour, this one is 17 days in China and Tibet.  New group, new personalities and a pretty hectic pace to see everything. Beijing included the Square, Forbidden City and The Great Wall and of course a rickshaw ride! There was a 3-hour line to… Continue reading Next Stop China

    After quiet Laos, Hanoi assaulted the senses, all of them.  We arrived on a Sunday night on 4 day holiday and it appeared all 97 million Vietnamese were on the streets fighting for an inch of space. Crossing the street was a deaf defying miracle each and every time. The funniest was the… Continue reading Ferocious Frenzy in Hanoi Vietnam