Robert Strauss
Biographical Info:
Robert Strauss is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and on the Learning Channel. He recently completed Fortune Tell, a short comedy film. "Honolulu Mommas," a travel story written by Robert Strauss, has been awarded with the 1997 Lowell Thomas Silver Medal in the newspaper article, U.S./Canadian travel division by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. The article, which was featured on the cover of The Chicago Tribune Sunday travel section, highlights Strauss' adventures as he tours Oahu with wife, mother and mother-in-law. The Lowell Thomas competition honors excellence in travel writing in North America and is open to all travel journalists. This year's competition drew a record 1,192 entries. You may view the article through the Tribune's archives by going to: http://www.chicago.tribune.com/tools/search/archives/archives.htm Search on "Strauss" and 1997. The article appeared on August 10, 1997.
Robert Strauss's Recent Contributions
Tam Dao Hill Station
Robert Strauss - rstrauss [943]
Our guidebook said the Vietnamese regard Tam Dao Hill Station, eighty-five kilometers northwest of Hanoi, as "the Dalat of the North." That was enough to get us on a motorcycle headed for the hills.
Destinations:
Vietnam |
Tam Dao
Topics:
Travel
Changing Fortunes
Robert Strauss - rstrauss [943]
What a difference a year makes. In the summer of 1994, my wife Nina and I were able to tour Vietnam for forty dollars a day. A year later, with investment money, businesspeople and tourists pouring...
Destinations:
Bac Ninh |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Travel
Escape to Cat Ba Island
Robert Strauss - rstrauss [943]
My wife and I set out for Cat Ba very early on a July morning trying to get out of Hanoi before the daytime din set in. We had heard the island 130 kilometers east of Hanoi was everything Hanoi no...
Destinations:
Cat Ba Island |
Vietnam
Topics:
Travel
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill in Bangkok
Robert Strauss - rstrauss [943]
Bangkok. Once it was a dreamy, Asian city laced with tree-lined canals. Today, it's a modern metropolis, an out-of-control concrete virus with traffic so bad that a high-ranking government official...
Destinations:
Thailand |
Bangkok
Topics:
Culture |
Travel
360 Days A Year
Robert Strauss - rstrauss [943]
It's a tough way to earn a living. Competition is vicious. Margins are small. Working conditions are hot and close-quartered. And the hours are long, incredibly long. Running a neighborhood restaurant...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Food |
People
Other Contributions
| Golfing in Vietnam |
| Honeymooning in Vietnam |
| Motorcycling in Vietnam |
