John was here.

BUSINESS AND PLEASURE I love India so much I wanted to name my first born Prashant. Business side included Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. But even during that trip I spent a great long weekend in Mumbai. Also went to a wedding in Lucknow and then went with friends through the north of the country. Still [...]

TOTAL IMMERSION TRIP China is a total immersive experience because everywhere you look is another culture and by that I mean mainly the written characters. Even if you're in a European country where you don't know the language, you can at least read it. Not in China - I really embraced that and tried to [...]

THE START OF MY SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIP This was our first step to our 6 month journey (which we thought would last two weeks when we left). Great intro to the region and we started to have a sense that we may stay longer than those planned two weeks. FOND MEMORY Friends of James let [...]

THERE IS A GOD Indonesia (especially Bali) is so beautiful that I truly had a realization that there is definitely a God out there. We planned to spend a few days in Bali and we stayed a week. We went through a number of Islands including Komodo (yeah - where the dragons come from) all [...]

ANOTHER BUDDHIST FAVORITE Cambodia is a beautiful country with a troubled recent history. Siem Riep ranks among the most amazing places in the world.  FOND MEMORY The crazy thing is that James and I wanted to visit Cambodia during my first trip to Southeast Asia, but there had been a recent Khmer Rouge attack and [...]

WHERE THEY LISTEN TO THE RICE GROW Someone told me Burma is where they grow the rice, Cambodia is where they eat it and Laos is where they listen to the rice grow. It's a very peaceful Buddhist country with a very quiet capital, Vientiane. I was luck enough to go to Laos with both [...]

QUICK STOPOVER I didn't get a lot of time to visit Malaysia - mainly going through by train to get to Indonesia from Thailand. Cool country though which loves KFC. Also a muslim country which I hadn't known - lots of Islamic influence. FOND MEMORY Although I try not to eat American food when traveling, [...]

FIRST TASTE OF ASIA I flew Korea airlines so figured we should start in Seoul. First experience with a marketplace, temple, staying in a cheap hostel, and buddhist culture. Considering we had some struggles, it's interesting we ended up staying so long on the trip. We got ripped off on the trip from the airport [...]

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, KIND OF When James and I went on our Southeast Asia trip, we thought we would go to Thailand for two weeks. Turned out to be a 6 month journey of a lifetime. We spent about 2 weeks in Bangkok (I wonder how Chai is doing), the northern tribes and then [...]