Sharry Miller

Lookin' for Friends in All the Wrong Places

(My apologies to Waylon Jennings for bastardizing his lyrics, but this post title was just too right not to use.) Overlooking beautiful Prince William Sound I'm sure I'm not the only one who sees familiar faces in crowds of strangers or in places where people I know would not be. The more exotic the location, the harder I search for something familiar, something to make the situation more normal. A few days ago, I was... Read more →

Leaving Asia

April 28, 2012 (sort of) Usually, when I come to the end of a trip, even a wonderful mid-winter vacation in Hawaii, when it's time to go home, I'm ready. I think part of my attitude is that just knowing it's time makes me look ahead to the next step, anticipating the flights and drive home, and in my head I'm ready to be there, even if my body is still craving the sun. This... Read more →

Finally, Bhutan!

April 19, 2012 - Bangkok and Bhutan I carefully arranged my luggage tag so that the WomanTours logo was obvious as I sat waiting near the Druk Air counter at the Bangkok Airport. I'd arrived at 2:30 am, half an hour earlier than I was supposed to be there, so I was the first to show up. I didn't figure there was much chance I was going to miss seeing a group of 16 women,... Read more →

Braving Bangkok

April 16 - 18, 2012 – Bangkok Pulling in cockeyed behind another parked car, the driver of my overpriced taxi said, “I can’t drive down there.” He pointed down a narrow street to the left. “Is that where I need to go?” I asked. Not quite sure I wanted the answer, I gazed at a street awash in a thin layer of mud. Garbage lined the gutters. Passage was blocked by hundreds of people. He... Read more →