We at TransitionsAbroad.com are pleased to have put out a webzine issue (accessible from our Home Page) on traveling, studying, volunteering. working, and living in Asia which we think might be of interest to Matador members.

The issue is packed with articles and resources for those wishing to live...

It's been busy around here, haven't had a chance to write. Last week for date night, Ray took me out to a minor league baseball game. It was basically an excuse to lay out on a blanket and eat hot dogs and drink beer together since being hockey players, we both find baseball to be awfully slow-going...

Dear Fellow Travelers:

There's a true story sometimes told in my house about me being born "feet first" (back in those days they tried to prevent it but they didn't do a c-section).  My brother tells people that when I was born my feet hit the ground and I have not stopped running ever since!  My...

Ever wanted to follow an impulse to the end of the earth and do something wonderful?  

My idea involves one of the least explored swaths of wilderness in Asia, vast upland forest along the border of Cambodia and Vietnam.  Because the elevation there is relatively high, nights are cool and the...

It's weird to think that people my age are now buying houses or saving up for one. I would like to say that I was doing the same thing but it's hard for me to decide whether I would want to stay where I am now (the SF Bay Area) for the rest of my life, or at least for the next 5-10 years. Part of me...

Imagine that you are an impoverished 12-year-old girl living in sub-Saharan Africa or Asia and recently were married off to an older man.  Imagine giving birth alone, without any pain medication, with maybe only a woman from your village to help.  Imagine that the labor lasts for days because...

This beach was my favorite out of all the ones we visited and sometimes—not often—they get swells that you can surf. There were no waves the day we went but the beach is beautiful and the restaurant there serves up a phenomenal bacon cheeseburger.

If you go to Big Wave Bay, don’t miss the...

Our first three days in Hong Kong have been pure madness. This place is amazing!

Ben and I somehow charmed our way into exit-row seats so the flight to HK from London was comfortable and there was room to work a bit and sleep with leg room. After clearing customs and swooping our packs, we jumped...

Ben and I have now been traveling for 31 days. Truth is, it seems like it’s been three months. We have been moving so fast and covering so much ground, so many cities, so many couches and floors, that only a month seems impossible.

We peered out an airplane to see the lonely, frozen ice caps...

1. “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need ... roads.”

2. You receive food that in no way resembles the dish you ordered, and you don’t care.

3. You’ve seen the sun rise on every continent.

4. You’ve seen the sun set on each ocean.

5. You have to get a new passport because...