SETTING FOOT IN HONG KONG AFTER A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM TORONTO AND REALIZING THAT OUR ADVENTURE HAD BEGUN

SHARING MEALS AND WALKING TRAILS WITH OUR LOCAL GUIDES IN NEPAL

BEING ANOINTED A NEPALESE NAME, MAYA, WHICH MEANS LOVE

SPENDING AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON PLAYING CARDS AT THE TEA HOUSE LODGE WITH
A DOZEN OTHER TRAVELERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD , WAITING FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO SHOW UP

WAKING UP TO THE CLEAR MORNING SIGHT OF SOME OF THE WORLD’S TALLEST MOUNTAINS

DISCOVERING THAT THAI MASSAGE IS LIKE YOGA FOR LAZY PEOPLE, TWO HOURS OF INTENSE STRETCHING THAT TURNS YOU INTO A PRETZEL.

EATING IN BANGKOK

RIDING A MOTO AROUND CHIANG MAI

TAKING A TWO DAY SLOW BOAT ALONG THE MEKONG FROM THE NORTHERN TIP OF THAILAND TO LUANG PRABANG, LAOS

SPENDING AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON IN A CAFE IN LAOS, SURROUNDED BY OLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES , WRITING TO MY HEART’S CONTENT

SHOPPING IN THE COLOURFUL AND CHAOTIC MARKETS OF ASIA

LEARNING TO DIVE IN PHUKET

THREE DAYS AMONG THE RUINS OF ANGKOR WAT

BUYING TAILORED DRESSES IN HOI AN VIETNAM

TAKING IN THE FRENCH INSPIRED CITY OF HANOI

DIVING THE CLEAR WATERS OF BOHOL IN THE VISAYAS REGION OF THE PHILIPPINES

DANCING OUTDOORS, OVERLOOKING THE OPERA HOUSE AND RINGING IN 2011

DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE TWO ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND, IN AWE OF SO MUCH NATURAL BEAUTY IN ONE SPACE

JUST BEING IN HAWAII

HAVING DINNER IN HONG KONG OVER LOOKING THE AMAZING CITY LIGHTS

SLEEPING IN MY OWN BED AFTER SO MANY MONTHS AWAY