by steveuj | Jun 30, 2014 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
Myanmar (still known to Americans and a few others as Burma) seems largely unheard of at home but is one of the largest countries in South East Asia with a single land mass (Indonesia & Malaysia are collections of islands). It’s population is equal to...
by steveuj | May 18, 2008 | Africa, Tales from a Road Warrior
After traveling from Abuja to Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, we drove for an hour and a half through Lagos and out into the country, where an abandoned teachers’ college was turned into a refugee camp in 1990. It is now “home” to about 5,400...
by steveuj | May 13, 2008 | Africa, Tales from a Road Warrior
It began Tuesday morning at the airport in Amsterdam. The team had met and were to fly to Kano, Nigeria, where they were to take a commuter flight to Abuja. The travel agent had assured us that there were frequent flights. Steve casually asked another traveller in the...
by steveuj | Aug 18, 2007 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
The Le Meridian and Gokarna Forest is technically in Kathmandu but more like in a suburb on the outskirts of town. It was about an hour’s drive but that was mostly because of traffic. David got us there directly in spite of the lack of signage at critical forks...
by steveuj | Nov 11, 2005 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
I have seen the Himalayas and they are awesome. Tuesday through Saturday was a holiday in Nepal. Worked Tuesday and Friday but everything was closed Wednesday and Thursday. David and Jacqui (Australians who had lived in Vietnam before coming to Nepal) suggested going...
by steveuj | Jul 18, 1996 | Europe & Eastern Europe, Tales from a Road Warrior, Uncategorized
Sunday I awoke at noon. Surprised? Lest you think I’m slipping into lethargy let me tell you the tale of the Bastille Boat Bash to aid the children of Chernobyl. Saturday evening we (Judy, Ivea and Mike & Debbie) arrived at the dock shortly after 7pm. I had...
