Daisann McLane's Real Travel: Recent Comments

Comment on Asia, Imbibed

daisann — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:40:21 GMT

Hi Tim-

Good point! While it may be technically true that sake and awamori are "rice beers", I'm going to stick with the better-known and more widely used terminology "rice wine", because that is a direct translation of the Japanese characters that you see on every bottle: 米酒

At 25-30 proof, the awamori is more alcoholic than any beer I know of...but as a microbrew expert maybe you know of a beer that packs that kind of punch.

Comment on Leaving: The Soundtrack

jose Luis — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:03:36 GMT

Hello Daisann
Your article is very good. Perhaps travel is like leaving behind something of ourselves, is like death and rebirth. I remembered the great final song All That Jazz, "Bye Bye Love"
Love!

Comment on Leaving: The Soundtrack

Jose Luis — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:02:02 GMT

Hello Daisann

Your article is very good. Perhaps travel is like leaving behind something of ourselves, is like death and rebirth. I remembered the great final song from All That Jazz, "Bye Bye Life".
Love!

Comment on Asia, Imbibed

Nancie — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:03:26 GMT

HK is one of my favorite cites, although it has been awhile. I'll add this place to my list for the next time I'm there.

Comment on Leaving: The Soundtrack

Rosalie — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:03:13 GMT

Hi Daisann,

I just read your article in the latest issue of Traveler. Having spent my last summer in India, I cannot express how perfectly you described the imminent end to an adventure. It's been almost a year since I made the move from my safe college dorm to the bustling, sticky streets of Delhi and I'm still processing "the renegade emotions." Great work!

Comment on Leaving: The Soundtrack

John — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:25:49 GMT

Your article in National Geographic Traveler really touched my heart today. Departure is always difficult for me. It leaves me with a sense of loss and sadness. I guess it is the thought that here is someone or someplace that I may never see again. Yet at the time they are the most important things in my life. It is part of living in the moment.

I loved your music choices and they are now on my travel playlist.

Comment on Towers of Dreams

Jennifer — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:46:15 GMT

That is definitely beautiful architecture.

Comment on Asia, Imbibed

Tim Murray — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:24:21 GMT

Daisann:

I really enjoyed your article on local brews, but I must clarify that anything made with a grain is considered to be beer. Wine is made from the fermentation of fruit sugars.

So the rice "wine" you sampled is really rice beer. I know, not as classy sounding, but that's beginning to change as the microbrew revolution, which I'm a big fan of (and participant in), continues.

Cheers,

Tim Murray

Comment on Global Spam (and Skippy, too)

Cynthia — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:03:52 GMT

I too have found it enlightening to navigate the supermarket aisles when I travel. I believe this started when I visited my former in-laws in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There was an entire aisle devoted to tomato products of all varieties, temperatures, consistencies, and persuasions which was a revelation to someone who grew up in the Midwest.
I am also amazed at how universal our American foods have become - like Skippy and Spam in Japan. When I was visiting Buenos Aires in 2004, I had taken two tubes of Pringles Potato Chips with me as late night snacks because the tubes traveled well. I took one of the tubes with me to snack on during the afternoon one day in a break between tango lessons. The young woman instructor was quite excited to see the Pringles potato chips because they could not be obtained any longer in BsAs because they were too expensive to import at that time. I gave her the entire tube as a tip.

Comment on The Piranha Pedicure

JoAnn Petersen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:55:58 GMT

I love to travel so I enjoy reading your columns in NGT. They are easy to read and make me want to travel even more. You are soo lucky.