Senior Moments
By Metty Pellicer |
Definition: Instances when one forgets or fails to deal with something because there are many other things to think about ...
A Trans-Siberian Rail Journey, First Leg: Moscow-Yekaterinburg
By Metty Pellicer |
I can tell it’s getting colder where I’m going by the state of the birch forest enclosing the railway corridor. ...
Second Leg: Yekaterinburg-Irkutsk, 49 hours, 2158 miles, 3 time zones
By Metty Pellicer |
Europe Asia Border Oh my! I am surprised to find a man sleeping in my compartment when I board my ...
Third Leg: Irkutsk/Lake Baikal to Ulan Bator, 1297 miles, 26 hours, no time change
By Metty Pellicer |
Checkhov pronounced Irkutsk the Paris of Siberia when he first laid his eyes on this city by the river Angara. ...
Fourth Leg: Ulan Bator to Beijing, 1209 miles, 28 hours
By Metty Pellicer |
Thirteen hours of unrelenting Mongolian steppe landscape unfolds, a rolling valley of bronze grass broken by random little villages of ...
Metty’s Upcoming Book
By Metty Pellicer |
Invisible History: Growing Up Colored in Cape Charles Virginia, A Memoir by Tom Godwin as Told To Metty Vargas Pellicer ...
Musings During Quarantine
By Metty Pellicer |
Musings During Quarantine by Metty Pellicer July 10, 2020 I love to travel and have been on all seven continents from ...
Been Heres and Come Heres
By Metty Pellicer |
Who Are The Bumiputras Of The Eastern Shore? The “Been Heres” and “Come Heres” by Metty Pellicer Having just returned ...
An Inside Poll Observer’s Report on Precinct #2, Cheriton United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Northampton County, Virginia
By Metty Pellicer |
November 3, 2020, time 2-4 pm It was a balmy day, the sun warming the crisp air, there was a ...
Response to Robert Woodson
By Metty Pellicer |
To his talk to the Cape Charles Rotary Club I wasn’t as articulate and organized in my rebuttal of your ...
Cruising in the Days of Corona Virus
By Metty Pellicer |
Cruising in the Days of Corona VirusEmerald Princess to Panama Canal from Los Angeles to Fort LauderdaleFebruary 29-March 15, 2020 ...
Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo
By Metty Pellicer |
The Philippines and Its Muslim NeighborsDecember 24, 2017-January 9,2018Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Kuching, Penang, Brunei, Langkawi, Yogyakarta, Borobudur, Bali, Ubud, Sanur ...
Who are the Bumiputras of the Eastern Shore?
By Metty Pellicer |
The “Been Heres” and “Come Heres”by Metty Pellicer Having just returned from visiting Malaysia, Indonesia, and Borneo, where the inhabitants ...
Out of Africa
By Metty Pellicer |
Out of Africa, Over the Rainbowby Metty Pellicer, February 2005 On our last day in Zanzibar, while sitting on a ...
Ireland
By Metty Pellicer |
Ireland, Sept 17-October 10, 2011 We’ve been here in Meath, Ireland just 48 hours but it feels like we’ve done ...
Searching for Metty
By Metty Pellicer |
Cape Charles Happening; Searching for Metty CHARACTERSMetty- the desaparecidaSharon- a friendMinda- sisterLoretta- sister-in-lawGinger-mahjong playerDebra-Yoga InstructorHoward- Loretta’s builder contractorVarious Cape Charles ...
The Lost World
By Metty Pellicer |
The Lost World, The Romance of Travel Israel, Egypt, Jordan 2009 I remember my first yearning of seeing the world, ...
Road Trip
By Metty Pellicer |
Getting our Kicks on Route 66By Metty Pellicer UPCM '67 Flushed with more cash than we ever had, our first ...
Take No Prisoners
By Metty Pellicer |
TAKE NO PRISONERSBy Metty Pellicer UPCM '67 When I interviewed for admission to the College of Medicine in the University ...
Batanes
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Batanesby Metty Pellicer There is no question that the allure of Batanes lies in its remoteness, authenticity,, unspoiled landscape and ...
Tall Tales, Cruising on a Tall Ship
By Metty Pellicer |
T Cruise Tale from A Tall Ship On the Star Flyer October 31-November 8, 2019 Malaga, Tangier, Cadiz, Safi, Arrecife ...