by Marybeth Bond | Nov 30, 2011 | Bali, All Countries, Indonesia, Cultural Exploration, ASIA, Java, Videos
Watch this to the end to see what the men do when they’re in a trance. I got a chance to see this rare Javanese dance performed in rural villages and accompanied by gamelan music. Dancers are calling the spirits to possess them. When a dancer is possessed, he...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 30, 2011 | Australia
Do you like walking? King’s Canyon’s remote location, mid-way between Alice Springs and Uluru in Australia’s Red Centre, means it is still a hidden gem, visited mainly by nature lovers who aren’t afraid to get off the beaten track and rough it a little....
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 29, 2011 | Travel
Contributed by: Andrea Woroch Americans are in love with both shopping and mobile devices, so naturally technology has helped us combine the two. According to a study by IBM Coremetrics, about 15 percent of American consumers who log into e-retail websites this month...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 29, 2011 | Adventure, Bali, ASIA, Indonesia, Java, Videos
Regal school girls practice English with Marybeth Bond, the Gutsy Traveler. School girls, market, artist making shadow puppets. Shopping, handicrafts,...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 27, 2011 | California, Dining
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul – John Muir Hike through Yosemite Valley surrounded by waterfalls, or cross-country ski along the Merced River beneath granite walls,...