After neglecting this site (and my poor camera) for entirely too long, I've decided it's time to say goodbye. It's been a great adventure! Thanks for visiting.
I've been to some spectacular beaches in Asia -- Nusa Lembongan, off the coast of Bali, and Pansea, on the island of Phuket, both come to mind. And yet, nothing could prepare me for how stunning Mexico would be. I flew to Cancun, but headed about an hour south -- per friends who had made the trip before -- to the area just above Tulum. The water was turquoise, the sand incredibly white; you could walk out of your hotel room and into the bay and snorkel around with the local sea turtles. And, oh! The tacos! Everything was fresh and fragrant; I ate about a gallon of guacamole per day and couldn't get enough. I can't wait to go back.
This post is mostly for my parents, who have been forced to look at the same picture of Santa as their homepage for the past, oh, eight and a half months. (It's been so long, I'd forgotten the password to this here blog, but it finally popped in my head last night.)
After a long drought of no traveling (and limited picture-taking), I finally got out about about this summer. The first trip was to Mexico, for burrito-eating and tequila-drinking and swimming with turtles and such, and the second was to Block Island, RI, for lobster-eating and beer-drinking and swimming in the freezing cold New England ocean. I managed to get my Block Island photo act together first, and so, I present: Pretty beachy pictures, part one!: New England edition. Pretty beachy pictures, part two!: Mexico edition should be coming soon.
Well, hello there. You've reached the photoblog of Betsy, who has not actually lived in China for some time. The site name is not a total lie: She did live in Beijing from 2003-2005, but then moved to Singapore from 2006-2007. In late 2007, she returned home to the U.S., where she plans to continue posting pictures of her travels around the States and frequent trips back to Asia, and asks you all to just kindly accept the incorrect name of this site for just a little while longer. If you're crazy for Asia pictures, there are lots and lots of archives below that will surely satisfy that itch.
I also keep a fashion blog, if that's the kind of thing that interests you.
Most of the pictures on this site have been taken with various versions of the Canon Elph (Ixus in Asia), most recently the Canon Elph SD400, which I purchased in late 2005. In early 2007, I also began using a Nikon D80 SLR camera with an 18-200mm kit lens and, more recently, a 52mm lens.