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Tasty Thailand: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, June 18, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 28: June 18, 2013 We Said: Thai Treats We love Lamai, it is Lamailicious! Enjoy our first SlideShare with photos of where we like to eat in Lamai, Koh Samui, Thailand!We have been in Lamai for over a month now and love all our nearby restaurants and new friends. We eat often at: Balance run by Rocky (they have a new baby born on June 9, 2013), Rock Island run by Bea and deklek 9 month old Poi, Ta's run by Ta, Ton […]
Savoring Samui, Thailand: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, June 4, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 27: June 4, 2013 We Said: Week #3: Staying in Samui Sawadeekah from Thailand! Hello from Koh Samui. (photo below for recent Sunset!) We are at Meedej Guest house with a large balcony directly over the sand and we can hear the waves through our two sliding glass doors. The spacious room is cooled by cross breezes and a fan and is a mere 500Baht ($17usd). We have been here for the last three weeks and we are so happy […]

Koh Lanta and Koh Samui: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, May 21, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 26: May 21, 2013 We Said: Thai food is the BEST! Sawadeekah from Thailand! We were able to acquire with no hassle a sixty-day visa for Thailand in the Malaysian City of Kota Bharu, which literally means New City. Armed with our extended stay visa, we were off on buses, trains, vans in search of fantastic Thai food. A fellow traveler, John, told us the best food was in Krabi town. We loved the food at 89 Café so […]
Malaysia Truly Asia: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, May 7, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 25: May 7, 2013 We Said: Good-bye Nepal, Hello Malaysia It was hard to leave Nepal after our wonderful two months there. We enjoyed the trekking in the mountains, the beauty of the Lakes, the wondrous animals in Chitwan, the ancient cities around Kathmandu and speaking at the Nepal Tourism Board for a Reader's Club Event. Twenty-five people gathered to hear us talk about travel, writing and our book. It was the […]

Good-bye Nepal: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, April 16, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 24: April 16, 2013 We Said: Good-bye to Nepal Our two months in Nepal have been filled with Natural Wonders--trekking Annapurna and Langtang both for over a week, seeing Rhinos and wildlife and ancient cities around Kathmandu. We have enjoyed Lumbini (Buddha's Birthplace), Tansen (Palpa), Pokhara, Poon Hill Trek, Bandipur, Chitwan National Forest, Kathmandu, Langtang Trek, Boudanath, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur, Changu Narayan […]
Rhinos and Rajnas: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, April 2, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 23: April 2, 2013 We Said: Hello from Nepal In Chitwan National Forest, we went for a morning jungle walk. We saw tiger tracks (photo below) as well as rhino and elephants footprints, rhino scat, and we even saw a peacock fly! Who knew they could do that! A very electric Blue Kingfisher bird flew by us and we saw Barking deer, monkey and TWO RHINO in the morning walk. (photo above) We watched one eating tall grass […]

First Month in Nepal: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, March 19, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 22: March 19, 2013 We Said: Hello from Nepal Hello from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Boudhanath, outside Kathmandu (photo above and sunset below). The dome of the stupa is 120 feet in diameter, and 43 meter in height. (why the brochure uses both feet and meters is almost as confusing as Nepal's large number of bandh (strikes) and political parties.) In our first month in Nepal, we have trekked to Poon Hill […]
Trekking Nepal: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, March 5, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 21: March 5, 2013 We Said: Hello from Nepal Hello from Pokhara! Our time in Nepal has been filled with wonderful people and incredible views. We hiked UP! to Sarangkot from Pokhara. This stair climb began at the lake (884 m) to Sarangkot (1590m). It was about 4 hours uphill but the views at the top and for sunrise the next day were worth every step. (Photos above and below at sunrise from Sherpa Resort). I have […]

News from Nepal: We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 20: Feb 19, 2013 We Said: Hello from Nepal Traveling in Rajanstan, in Northern India, was a bit chillier. George has always told me we do not need to carry everything for any emergency. If you get sick, we will get medicine. If you get cold, we will buy coats. So in Udaipur (photo above), we went to the Tibetan market and bought yak wool blankets, hats, gloves, a coat for me and a heavy sweatshirt for him. We […]
All around India with We Said Go Travel Sent Tuesday, February 5, 2013 We Said Go Travel Newsletter 19: Feb 5, 2013 We Said: Hello from India Hello from Agra and home of the most beautiful building in the world, the Taj Mahal. Our time in India has stretched from Thanksgiving until nearly Valentine's Day. We have seen incredible highlights on our journey nearly all the way around India. (See our map so far above or on our site at Our Trip with all our posts since July 2012 when we left on this sabbatical […]