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Finding well-being through travel and books. |
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Hello and welcome! I have two great passions in life. The first one is travel. After a series of life-changing events, my husband and I decided to spend the kids’ inheritance and see as much of the world as possible (I’m still bitter about Damascus). Our bible? A Thousand Places to See Before You Die. Please join us on our adventures seeing new places, meeting fascinating people and trying new, exciting, and sometimes just plain weird, food. My second great passion is books. Reading expands my interior world in the same way travel expands my external one. And, books are a great way to armchair travel - not only through distance but through time as well. My tastes are eclectic, so we’ll be looking at a wide range of writing in a possibly haphazard fashion. Come along for the ride! My best, Kirsten ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| I’m Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, sleek, lithe and dangerous as one of the tigers that inhabited this area as I race through the magnificent ruin that is Ta Prohm. My quarry – an elusive Cambodian girl who flickers in and out of the sinister doorways that surround me. She appears for an instant to point me to this tree. Here. I find the jasmine I’m seeking, I turn and the girl has disappeared, then the earth opens beneath me and I drop into a ... "Got it!" Q exclaims as the camera shutter snaps. I blink. My faithful sidekick stands beside me and Q is talking again. "It's a good shot," he says, returning the camera. “What is this tree,” I ask, pointing to the writhing roots that surround me. It’s hard to avoid writerly excess when describing these trees. Suffice it to say, I’m imagining that if I am unwary, they will wrap, serpent-like, around my neck and body and I’ll remain here for all time and – “It’s called silk-cotton tree, or kapok in English. In Cambodian we call it ‘sprung’.” Sprung? Q nodded,” Yes, that’s the sound it makes when you whack the trunk. The sound carries very far. You can use it if you are lost in the jungle. Someone will hear and rescue you.” I’m dubious. We stride on, over fallen slabs of bricks and columns. Read more here  |
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