Traveling With Your Heart & Soul Open
By Mary Kay Seales A short ferry ride away from Seattle, but wondrously off the grid, Vashon Island is a lush and lovely day trip to clear your head and soak up some green. Take the West Seattle ferry, car and driver around $20, or ride your bike on a sunny day for $6.50.… Continue reading Vashon Island: Paradise Lost in Puget Sound
By Mary Kay Seales Grace and poise, ballet in nature, bringing to mind islands and seas, sun and sand. Fresh green, covered with sun diamonds in the rain. Swaying, carefree, like the girl from Ipanema, like a guileless beauty standing at the shoreline, eyes gazing outward, dreaming of travelers' tales, seamen, mermaids. I… Continue reading In Homage to Palm Trees
By Mary Kay Seales Yes, I know. Young Monks in the Temple. The perfect name for a band, right? Better than Snarky Puppy, if you ask me. Or Smashing Pumpkins. But this is not a band, and these are actual young monks on their way to a temple, the Meenaskshi Temple in Madurai, South India,… Continue reading Young Monks in the Temple
By Mary Kay Seales "In 2015 Chennai was named the "hottest" city (worth visiting, and worth living in for long term) by the BBC, citing the mixture of both modern and traditional values." What were they thinking? I don't like to diss any place that is not my home because I am a visitor. How… Continue reading Marina Beach on the Bay of Bengal: Horseback Rides, Freshly Roasted Corn on the Cob & Kalashnikovs
by Mary Kay Seales Nobody likes beaches like I like beaches! When my mind wanders, that's where it goes. To a beach I've known and loved or to one on my list of "Most Wanted Beaches." I'm not sure if everyone feels so entranced by the sight of white sand and blue water, of waves… Continue reading Beaches, Beaches and More Beaches
The Conscious Traveler 