Year of the Dragon

World Adventurers YouTube Channel

Did you know that World Adventurers has a YouTube Channel with travel video clips from all around the world? It’s true! The World Adventurers YouTube Channel features a growing list of clips featuring travel destinations and more.

Now that I have an iMac that makes video editing easy, I plan to post more travel clips. Every 1-2 weeks I will upload a new video from somewhere around the world. Some may be embedded in my blog posts; some will not. You’ll have to see for yourself! Click here to subscribe to the World Adventurers YouTube Channel.

Here are just a few of the travel videos:

Thai Royal Barge Ceremony: The 2012 Royal Barge Ceremony on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. A parade of barges rows to Wat Arun, one of Thailand’s most important Buddhist temples.

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Thai Royal Barge Ceremony

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: A video clip from the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia taken underwater from a submarine in October 2012.

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Fire Dancing: Fire dancing performance during our 2012 trip to Ko Samet, an island in the Gulf of Thailand off the coast of Pattaya. Fire dancers perform along the beach for tourists enjoying their evening meal.

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Fire Dancing!

Traditional Paraguayan Dance: A video clip taken in Paraguari, Paraguay, in July 2008. The mixture of traditional dresses, music dominated by the harp and guitar, and songs in Guarani, an indigenous language, are mesmerizing.

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Traditional Paraguayan Dance

2012 Chinese New Year: Fireworks in Shanghai, China at midnight on January 23, 2012, to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon.

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2012 Chinese New Year

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Thoughts & Sayings (March 2013)

Here are some thoughts and sayings I posted on Twitter and/or Facebook in February. To my knowledge, I made these up (for better or for worse). Sit back, relax, and enjoy the write!

Encouraging Words

1. Everything I need is right here. Why would I ever travel?

2. Time slows down whenever I exercise, so I replaced my chair with a treadmill.

Twisted Words

3. If you think sophomoric humor is annoying, try freshmanic.

4. To air is human, to give forth, sublime.

In Its Own Write

5. My book is so spooky, it’s paraabnormal.

6. Where are all the pre-apocalyptic stories?

Holidays & Events

7. The award for best actor should go to the guy who’s home sick watching the Oscars.

8. The Academy Award “Oscar” statuette could very well have been called the “Harmon,” “Nelson,” or “Pierce.” Why? (*answer below)

9. Oh, sorry, I thought you said today was Vampire’s Day.

10. The glow from the computer screen makes you look absolutely radiant. Happy Valentine’s Day!

11. I tried to think of something that rhymes with “Pope,” but nope.

12. It’s the 21^st Century. Time to rename the Grammys the MP3ys.

13. Happy Chinese New Year After the Dragon Year!

14. In this year’s Super Bowl, “MVP” stands for “Most Valuable Power.”

15. The Milk breaks two Blueberry tackles for a touchdown in the Super Bowl.

Random Musings

16. Times change. Someday Justin Bieber will be in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

17. Retweet this if you want more followers! Well, at least one.

Click here to visit the Thoughts & Sayings page, or click here to read the previous batch of Thoughts & Sayings.

* The actual origin of the Academy Award statuette name “Oscar” is unclear, but legend has it that it was named after actress Bette Davis’ husband Harmon Oscar Nelson or Oscar Pierce, uncle of the Academy’s one-time executive secretary, Margaret Herrick.

Images courtesy of Microsoft. Chinese New Year photo is property of M.G. Edwards.

M.G. Edwards is a writer of books and stories in the mystery, thriller and science fiction-fantasy genres. He also writes travel adventures. He is author of Kilimanjaro: One Man’s Quest to Go Over the Hill, a non-fiction account of his attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, a collection of short stories called Real Dreams: Thirty Years of Short Stories and Alexander the Salamander, a children’s story set in the Amazon. His books are available to purchase as an e-book and in print from Amazon.com and other booksellers. He lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife Jing and son Alex.

For more books or stories by M.G. Edwards, visit his web site at www.mgedwards.com or his blog, World Adventurers. Contact him at me@mgedwards.com, on Facebook, on Google+, or @m_g_edwards on Twitter.

Celebrating New Year of the Dragon in China! Guest Post By M.G. Edwards

Special thanks to Lada Ray (http://ladaray.wordpress.com/) for giving me the opportunity to be a guest blogger on her blog. Check out her blog — it’s very good! She offers a fascinating mix of updates on her books, travelogues, and insights into the art of feng shui.