Colibri Cafe (蜂鸟), Beijing, China

Where to eat lunch today… hmmm… it was my typical 12:30 thought as my stomach growled. Being a Monday, today was not going to be a working lunch; instead, I was looking forward to catching up on some reading while enjoying a simple meal. As I thought about where to eat, restaurants began to fight […]

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Yangshuo Resort Hotel, Yangshuo, China

The ride from Guilin to Yangshuo was an easy hour and a half.  A gorgeous hour and a half. An hour and a half that we wished had been slowed by traffic. Sprawling karst formations, lush greenery, bountiful farm land… it was wonderful being in the heart of China’s most beautiful countryside, especially coming from […]

Sheraton Hotel, Guilin, China

“Beef noodle chicken rice?” the flight attendant asked me on our trip down to Guilin. “Beef noodle” I reluctantly replied and immediately was delivered a steaming tin-foil pan of ground beef slurry over dense, brick like noodles. Yes, I thought, I will wait till we arrive at our western hotel before I eat today. 4 […]

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Lebua at State Tower, Bangkok, Thailand

58 floors up – we had a great view of Bangkok, at least when the haze subsided. I wasn’t planning on making a trip here, but as Rachel was able to extend her stay after a conference she was attending, I thought making the trip down south to meet up with her might be a […]

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Le Petit Gourmand, Beijing, China

“I tend to meet potential clients over coffee” the web developer I was meeting with said through the phone.  I knew this meant there was no office, just a man who works from a computer at home. No worries though – I was once a freelancer myself and knew the routine well. While we were […]

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Blue Lagoon Resort, Chuuk, Micronesia

This island/archipelago has an identity crisis in more ways than one. For starters, Germany occupied them during World War One, naming the location Truk, with a long “u” sound. After America conquered it from the Japanese in World War Two, the original name of Chuuk, again with a long “u” sound, went back in place. […]