Central Vietnam by Motorbike (Part 2)
Our 2nd night of the motorcycle trip was spent in Huế, a city in central Vietnam that was the seat of Nguyen Dynasty emperors and was the Vietnamese capital from … Read More
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Good Morning, Vietnam! (cliche but still…)
Xin chào (pronounced s(h)in chow) – hello – from Vietnam. We are so excited to spend the next month in Vietnam and Cambodia, two countries we have never been to … Read More
Hiking the Routeburn Track
Our final few days in New Zealand were spent hiking another of the Great Walks: the Routeburn Track. This was a shorter overall hike than the Milford, but the main … Read More
Hiking & Sailing in the Marlborough Sounds
On to the South Island of New Zealand, where we will spend the next month. We flew from Kerikeri airport where we went through NO SECURITY whatsoever, including our stopover … Read More
Around The World in 4 Months and a Day
After a long absence from traveling (and thus blogging) due to some pesky knee surgery issues for Mark, we’ve embarked on our longest trip ever… 4 months and a day. … Read More
Day of the Dead – at San Miguel de Allende
Last month we traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to experience our first Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). San Miguel de Allende is a city located in the … Read More
A Week on the GR10: Hendaye to Auberge Logibar
We spent a little over a week on the GR10 from Hendaye to Logibar. The hiking was varied and gorgeous, and very up and down. Now we see why the … Read More
Fairlawn’s Boutique Hotel and Spa, Johannesburg
Our first impression of Fairlawn’s was that it was a nice hotel, like a good book with slightly worn but obviously well-loved cover. But we soon came to experience that … Read More
A first (and a funny) in the Cape Town airport
So, we’ve all seen baggage handlers or porters in the airports, and in Africa, they are ubiquitous. Having quite a few bags between us due to our 3 week Africa … Read More
(A few of the) Reasons …
… We aren’t losing weight in Switzerland even with all the hiking we are doing. All on a typical included breakfast buffet, usually with the dairy products and jam homemade … Read More