We’re back. Mitch and I still ask ourselves how this trip we planned for so long could be over already. But, we have so many pictures to look at and stories to remember that we will be busy for some time organizing and digesting all those experiences. Our initial re-entry was easy. We flew back […]
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Best and Worst of the Trip
Here’s a distillation of the best and worst of our trip around the world. We lots of fun putting this together during the final weeks of our trip. Most useful item we brought with us: Mitch’s swiss army knife. We used it for everything from extracting a sea urchin spine from Mitch’s foot at the […]
Exercise on the Road
Here is a blog that I wrote earlier in the trip and forgot to post. Perhaps I was was hoping my exercise routine would be more regular at some point. It was always sporadic at best. At any rate, here are some thoughts about exercise on the road. Those of you who know Mitch will […]
Xian
May 11 and 12 It was a whirlwind stop in Xian to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. We all knew before we got there that it wouldn’t be enough time and we regretted it the whole time we were there. There was only time to do one thing and the rest of the things we […]
Frowns With Rice
Amed, April 27 – May 5 After Ubud, we spent eight days on the beach in Amed on the northeastern coast of Bali. Other than Mitch’s battle with a meter-long, crazed, female triggerfish near the wreck of the USS Liberty, it was a very quiet week. That was perfect. We enjoyed the chance to explore […]
Hong Kong
April 6 – 9 Kathmandu, Nepal airport is the only place we’ve encountered in the world so far where you truly need two full hours before your flight to get through all the lines before you finally arrive at the only gate. There is a large electronic sign with all the flights that everyone ignores. […]
Leaving India
March 12 – 25 We ended up leaving India earlier than planned due to the 100 degree weather, the whole family getting sick and the ever present air pollution. Travel in India is truly an adventure for the independent traveler. Each day brings moments of exasperation followed by moments of beauty and kindness. Perhaps the […]
Southeast Asian Food
Southeast Asia has a rich and diverse cuisine. There are many foods that are not on most thai restaurant menus. I didn’t explore the food as much as I could have but here are a few interesting drinks and dishes that we discovered along the way. Ginger Tea This was a favorite of mine on […]
Big Brother Mouse and COPE
When we began our trip eight months ago in Nicaragua, we weren’t even out of the parking lot of the airport when two young boys approached our car trying to sell us small straw flowers. The next day beggars approached us as we sat at a restaurant. We started to talk as a family about […]
Tuk Tuks, Trash Cans and Toilet Paper
March 10 After Emma posted her blog on the monkeys at Angkor Wat, my mother emailed and said, “I loved Emma’s post but what the heck is a tuk tuk?” We didn’t know what tuk tuks were either when we arrived in Southeast Asia seven weeks ago. There are many things that were different and […]
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