Diabetic travel blog articles, tips and insights for safe and happy travel.
Articles of our 63-day 2017 trip to Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Qatar.
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
Dry heat, that’s what I think of when I think of Qatar, and sand, that is, of course. Sand doesn’t impact me as a diabetic (as a contact lens wearer, yes) however heat does, impact me for sure. I’ve written an article Diabetic Travel Tips for International Travel which discusses
Our Qatar Travel Blog covers three nights spent in Doha, Qatar in mid-January, 2018, as a final treat to ourselves at the end of our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey. We had chosen Qatar Airlines and on our way over to Bangkok from Boston, we just waited in the airport until
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
I had already selected Backyard Travel for our Cambodia portion of our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey, so it was easy to carefully consider and select Backyard Travel for the Laos portion as well. We settled on the “Traverse Laos” itinerary, adding in a three day detour to the Plain of Jars. I
If any country in our Southeast Asia Odyssey required us to purchase medical and evacuation travel insurance, Laos was it. My studies of healthcare in Laos led me to understand how challenged the country’s healthcare system is, and how prevalent such diseases as malaria and dengue fever are. These statements
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
Thank you for visiting my Laos Travel Blog. We visited Laos as part of our sometimes dependent, sometimes independent, 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey from November 2017 to January 2018. Specifically we visited Laos from Dec 25 to Jan 2. We arrived in Luang Prabang via Vietnam Airlines on December 25th,
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
For our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey I could have searched for a single company which could have covered our entire itinerary – Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and then southern Thailand. I felt that would be cost prohibitive and I wanted to have some downtime on the trip to explore
Many of the travel tips Cambodia apply to every traveler, not just diabetics. Cambodia is a vibrant, engaging place, however it requires attention to your health and safety so that you not end up relying on Cambodia’s poor health system. I’ve written a full soup-to-nuts article on Diabetic Travel Tips
Yes! We found Dr. Pepper in Phnom Penh, Cambodia! It wasn’t easy. However, it was more the heat that made that day seem more grueling than it needed to be. The trail to the holy grail began at our hotel Villa Langda. Villa Langda starts us on our way to
Welcome to my Cambodia Travel Blog We visited Cambodia as part of our sometimes dependent, sometimes independent 63-day Southeast Asia Odyssey Asia in November 2017 to January 2018. We arrived in Phnom Phenh by speedboat from Chau Doc, Vietnam. See my Vietnam travel blog for more details. We spent several
The day trip to the Mekong Delta was extraordinary and in fact was more informative, more varietous and simply more stunning than our three day cruise! We actually spent as much time off the boat, exploring villages and country lanes, as we did in the boat viewing all kinds of extraordinary water vessels and life along the edge.
We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec 7, 2017, after eight days in Myanmar. Greg had brought an entire suitcase full of Diet Dr. Pepper bottles to Bangkok at the beginning of our 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey, however it was now twenty-three days later, and nine days without
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
Welcome to my Vietnam Travel Blog. We visited southern Vietnam as part of our quasi-independent 65-day Southeast Asia Odyssey. We flew into Ho Chi Minh City from Yangon, Myanmar on December 7 on Vietnam Airways. We stayed several days in Ho Chi Minh City, then took a private small-boat trip
Mandalay, Monywa, Bagan, Yangon. Recognize these places? No? I didn’t either. Myanmar? That name didn’t ring a bell when I first started planning our trip to Southeast Asia. Oh, “Burma”! Now that rings a bell. It’s the country which fought Thailand, in “The King and I”! It sounds exotic. It’s
In December 2017 we visited Myanmar as a part of a 63-day odyssey across southeast Asia. You can see lots of videos here and and stories about our trip here. As you may know from other articles and my about-me article, I am a Type 1-insulin-dependent diabetic, aged 55 at the time of
I’ve written an in-depth page on all travel challenges for type 1 diabetics regardless of the continent. Click here to read it. It is my intention to supplement that page with specifics for each country I’ve visited, specifics based on my own experience. Vaccines and Travel Clinic, before you go Definitely check with the
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
