A friend went to Antarctica and South Georgia last year on the Nordnorge —the same ship that picked up the passengers from the sinking M/S E...

I've packed my paperback copy of Sally Watson's book "Jade" to take to work today. It's for Kraiger to give to his 9-...

This is my fortune from 2001, from a Wat Po (Bangkok) numerologist who gave me nearly identical fortunes a year apart. He may or may not hav...

"No, I understand what you are saying." Last night, I was talking to a bright-eyed, earnest young Greyhound bus lines employee in ...

The M/S Explorer—the Little Red Ship— is sinking, or perhaps has already sunk. Near Antarctica. That's GAP's ship! I went on the i...

Some of my favorite non-traditional Thanksgivings: -In 2001, I was thrilled to have a chicken dinner on a sleeper train from Aswan to Cairo...

Yasir's blog made me laugh yesterday. He found a warning sign in Cairo that said "MANHOLE" in English. Then above it were Ara...

Today's e-mail from an editor/translator in Egypt: "Dear Marie, in Cartoon Network magazine in Powerpuff Girls, the Rowdyruff Boys ...

Last night I saw a marvelous movie, a documentary called War/Dance. In 2005, a group of kids from a primary school in Northern Uganda went ...

So why exactly was I riding elephants in Nepal in the last entry? It was an elephant-back safari in Nepal, with the intended purpose of sear...