PALACES, PAGODAS, & PROSTRATED BUDDHAS IN BAGO Midway between the Golden Rock and Yangon is the town of Bago. Though Bago is overshadowed by Yangon today, this provincial market town was once the capital of an independent kingdom and still has a hoard of superb Buddhist monuments and […]
WE’VE LANDED IN LONDON! We’ve got a week left in the UK and we’ve decided to save the best (or the worst, depending on your perspective) ‘til last! We’re spending this last week in London, seeing and experiencing as much as we can of this busy, bustling, amazing […]
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY FROM KOWLOON! It’s Mother’s Day and, although we’re all the way over here in Hong Kong, we took the time today to think of our Mums – hope everyone out there did the same! Certainly Mother’s Day is a big deal here in Hong Kong; […]
Our Russian adventure is already at an end…, but our Scandinavian one is just beginning! A week goes by so quickly when you’re having fun, and our week in Russia was definitely exciting. A little nerve-wracking at times (i.e. any time we were in a car or bus […]
Happy birthday Pa Mortensen – we went to the fish markets for your birthday! First and foremost: O tanjō-bi omedetō-gozaimasu to the eldest of our clan! Happy birthday Pa Mortensen – hope you had a great 71st anniversary of your birth. We thought we’d head out to the […]
Wandering Soles 