Soul Searching

Bangkok – no where near as sleazy as I would have imagined. Malls, movies, and unpaved roads. It was actually really nice.
Katmandu – one version of hell, must be ring number three or four from Dante’s Inferno. The sheer pandemonium was kind of shocking. Cars going every way you can imagine, bicycles, and rickshaws on […]

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Indonesia – the land of mangy dogs
Thailand – dozens of dogs with really short legs, there must be one very busy, short-legged male dog running around Thailand…
Nepal – dirty dogs but cute, almost all of them – sleeping…

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i’m finally headed back after my first stint. i’m going back to teach a bodywork seminar, and check in on my patients. i have about 15 hours in layovers, and about 20 more in plane time. i’m in the middle of my first of three five hour blocks of waiting. i have just enough money […]

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on a side note, everyone here says yes first thing, in response to any question. that wouldn’t be so bad, if they MEANT yes, but they don’t. they just smile really hard and say yes.
do you speak english?
YES
what time is the flight?
YES
are there seats available on the flight?
YES
can a buy a seat on the flight?
YES
i’m […]

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Okay, here we are at entry three and the fun has begun! Reality check #1, planning ahead is great but when you hit the ground is when things count. My wonderful plans to see Tokyo and Nikko were thoroughly trashed (as was the reputation of the Nikko hotel chain) when I arrived at the Narita […]

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Ok. the reality of travel, to which I am no stranger, is beginning to hit. I’ve been sitting in the airport for the better part of three hours. Just, of course, so I can sit on a plane for 16 more hours.
You would think that “they” (the ubiquitous ones that are the general cause of […]

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After 16 years of keeping my nose to the grindstone, focusing on honing my skills, and deepening my knowledge of Chinese Medicine, I have decided to take a sabbatical. By any standards, I have been successful in my practice, and for that I am truly grateful. However, over the last four or five years there […]

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