Travels with Shelley and Muzzy: Picture Plethora

Muz 'n' Shell

Muzzy and I started traveling in 1990. Our first trip was to Thailand. Muzzy was in the Merchant Marines in another incarnation and had traveled all over the world. I had done a lot of internal traveling, but waited a lifetime to be able to really travel. After that first trip I was definitely hooked. We went to Bali in '93 with our daughter Sarah and her partner Don. In '96 we returned to Thailand to visit Sarah at her Peace Corps site in Petchabun province and to celebrate her marriage to Don on the island of Koh Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand. In '99 we went to Nepal and Thailand, in '03 to Laos and Thailand, and in '05/'06 back to Thailand, Laos and Burma. It was a trip the whole family took after the death of our eldest daughter Lise from breast cancer in February of '05. In '07 we returned to Nepal, Laos and Thailand with our dear traveling companion Kyp. Ever since that first trip to Laos, we have been in love with the country. There is something timeless and magical there and if there is any balm for my soul, it is in the warm breezes that blow across the peninsula in Luang Prabang. Muzzy and I have been incredibly fortunate in making the trip up the Nam Tha river twice to Luang Namtha. Laos is so special to us that I hesitate to tell anyone about it, but life does go on and no place is immune anymore from tourism. I just hope we get to keep traveling. The photos posted on this site are all by Mr. Muz unless otherwise stated, and he is a grand and wonderful photographer! I could go on forever (we both could and often do!) but really, thats why we started the blog!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Picture Plethora

It has been a shock to be home. I find myself a bit more political than when I left, a bit less patient with all the nonsense of the US. We are rich and spoiled and very silly, not to mention wasteful and ungrateful. However, I am grateful for the water pressure in my shower, for the fact that I don't have to worry about drinking the water, and for my very decadent bed among many other things. I have been working on getting photos of the trip posted for family and friends and anyone else curious because I happen to think Mr. Muzzy is an extra-fine photographer, able to express the beauty and wonder of the world he sees with a camera. This is something amazing to me, something I cannot do, a little like needle felting for me. I admire his eye and applaud his company. I'm glad we found one another, both 36 years ago and on the bridge in Nong Khiaw. If you choose to look at the blog again to see the photos, be sure to check the archives because I started posting with our earliest blog from this trip and it doesn't show up on the first page. I still have 2 or 3 blogs to go. I am learning, learning, learning. Enjoy and if you have any questions, I haven't quite gotten the knack of putting captions with the pics, so just drop me a note and I can explain...