One of the fascinating places to visit in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia is what the locals call the black market (Naran Tuul). Though the black market's name sounds like this market may be a shady place -...

When I was planning my Mongolia trip, one of the items they had on my list was a pair of binoculars. That was also one of the items I decided that I would ignore and not worry about to save space in...

Many years ago, a friend told me that he thought to see the Vietnamese water puppets show was not really worth anyone's time. I listened to him, and though I lived quite close to the theatre, it...

Travelers to the central coast of Vietnam in places like Hoi An, Danang, or Quy Nhon may find the coastline scattered, has these strange looking round woven basket boots or coracles. Whenever I...

We went to a village in Vietnam to give away some school supplies from the money we raised for the charity work we do with Project Sprouts. Project Sprouts helps impoverished school children in...

This past May, I took a trip to Mongolia.  I thought Mongolia would be in the middle of their spring weather, but I was wrong.   The first day I got there, I looked out the window of...