I hadn’t planned to go to Halong Bay. But now here we were, walking the streets of Cat Ba Island, being turned away by yet another hotel as late afternoon light slid sideways onto Jessica’s face.
Its a celebration like no other on the festival-packed Laos calendar: Seeing out the old year in Luang Prabang and ushering in the new, with waterfights, solemn temple-going and elaborate parades. And the setting couldnt be more magical, in the former royal capital at the junction of the Mekong and Khan Rivers, nestled among the mist-shrouded mountains of Laos north.
Oh, I've had such fun with a new tool for creating playlists, from Playlist.com. I searched high and wide for a list of the top 10 travel songs, but I could not find exactly what I was looking for - most people had songs of PLACE, but not of TRAVEL. So I created my own playlist of my favorite (and new favorites) songs about traveling the world.
When you first meet Sharon Battaglia (the 'g' is silent), you wouldn't think that she has hundreds of hand tools and enough power tools that would make any normal man drool!
