Tag Archives: beach
An Island (Not) in the Sun
My friend Clara was present for the inception of my blog, in the summer of 2009 in Paris, and a main “character” during its early days. Now, two years since we last saw each other, she is making a reappearance. … Continue reading
Filed under Bali, Indonesia, Nusa Lembongan
Fraser Island: Creatures Big and Small
In the trees: the kookaburra’s crazy laugh can be heard throughout the forest. We spotted this one sitting very still next to the freshwater creek awaiting an unsuspecting fish. In the undergrowth: a wary goanna lazes, keeping an eye on … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Fraser Island
Varkala: New Year’s Eve in India
December 30-31: Varkala Unfortunately, our visit to Munnar ended with some misinformation, which kept us waiting at a bus station for several hours at 6am, hungry, cold, and very unhappy. The subsequent bus ride was several more hours of continued … Continue reading
Trip to Bali Part 3: Nusa Lembongan
The car from Ubud dropped us off in Sanur, where we boarded a boat for an even smaller island that’s part of Bali, Nusa Lembongan (population about 7000). We settled onto wooden planks in the bottom of the boat next … Continue reading
Filed under Bali, Indonesia, Nusa Lembongan
Aux Champs Elysées
At the end of every summer, Paris imports tons of sand and palm trees from the south of France and turns the banks of the Seine near Notre Dame into a boardwalk/faux beach area, called Paris Plages. The several-week long event … Continue reading
Cagliari
My final stop: Cagliari, la porta della Sardegna. It’s the biggest city I’ve been in since leaving Nice, though still in many ways distinctively Italian and Sardinian there is much more of an urban, modern atmosphere (although not a big … Continue reading
Thank You Princeton
For letting me come do research in places like THIS: When I arrived on the ferry it was too dark to see anything, but the next morning, while waiting for the bus to my next destination, I was … Continue reading
Filed under Italy, Santa Teresa di Gallura
