Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

The other day I was doing a unit on countries and nationalities with my Korean students. We’re using a British book about Pierre from France, Carlos from Spain, Petra from Germany and so forth. I realized it wasn’t too appropriate for them, so I added Midori from Japan, Lakshmi from India and Kim from Korea. [...]

Remember that time?   The thing is, everything in China relies on context. It’s kind of like when you meet your boyfriend’s friends and they’re all “Remember that time? Hahahaha!” while you’re all “Hi, I’m Meg”. They use these half sentences and references to other things, and even an awesome girlfriend just can’t keep up. [...]

Sunday, 9 July 2006 – Part II Dance Extroadinaire – Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado College Summer Programs: Extroadinary Dance – Faculty Performance Gala, 2006 Summer Festival of the Arts 7:30 PM – Armstrong TheaterRichard Durnford Solo Extremity The first opening performance was Richard Durnford doing extremity dance on a pole that leans towards the audience [...]

Boulder Falls (Boulder, Colorado – Boulder Falls) http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2875&Itemid=1016#Boulder%20Falls “The Yosemite of Boulder Canyon” – Boulder Falls is a torrent of icy cold water that falls from the rock cliffs above dropping 66 feet, with a little ledge cave behind it. A spot famous with rock climbers this falls takes many climber and sightseer lives … [...]

Tubing at Boulder Creek (Boulder, Colorado – Boulder Creek) One of the more entertaining activities in Boulder during the summer … is tubing down Boulder Creek. Boulder creek runs right through the city of Boulder, and pretty much anywhere along its course you can enjoy the river and do activities like whitewater tubing. Enjoy picnicking, [...]

Tokyo Joe’s 1116 W Dillon, Louisville, CO 80027 303.926.7100 http://www.tokyojoes.com/ 1996 Colorado born, raised, and owned; Tokyo Joe is a fast – health food, sushi oriented option of dining in the Boulder area … a unique artsy deco hip place to feed, they are committed to great nutritional integrity, pushing positive eating is positive living. [...]

Niner Niner, a collaborative weblog network, has over 25 great blogs and this “Best Of” highlights just a few of the posts that were written by some of the Niner authors, in topics that range from High Heels, Ajax, HIPAA Privacy Regulation to gadgets, books and health.        In Ajax Blog, Sreejith introduces us [...]

Driving in China is like playing Grand Theft Auto, only with more bicycles, pedicabs and carts full of watermelon. Now, I’m not exactly a great driver myself, but because privately owned cars are so new in China, most drivers have had their license for much less time than I have. Here, traffic lights are more [...]

Swing Thai 845 Colorado Blvd, Denver, 80206 – (303) 333-0444 An artsy trendy Thai restaurant on the edge of Denver’s downtown. Service was good, friendly, and fast … the ambience good … and the thai ice tea, green curry, and pad thai to die for. It’s an amazing find since we’ve spent a couple of [...]