2023 – Asia

My how time flies! It’s already Saint Patrick’s Day and it seems like only yesterday it was Talk Like A Pirate Day. So far on our Asia trip

On a prior day our guide Rina asked how much we’re able to say in Indonesian. Not much. She tried to teach us a few words. This morning, on

[Holy Cannoli, is our trip almost over? OK, no, but we did depart from Austin on February 25th and we’re approaching the 20th of March. We’ve

It’s a bit of a funny ‘good bye’ at our hotel. They’re thanking us for coming and wishing us safe travels. Our answer is “See you soon… we’ll

[Gentle reader, apologies in advance for the length of this entry.] Happy Spring Equinox! Today we have to be at the beach by 5:45 for a quick

By law (in theory) today’s blog post should be short and boring. In the past, the government turned off electricity, phone, and internet service

The call for “lights out/electricity off for 24 hours” went out at 6 am yesterday morning. It ended at 6am today. As if on cue, the birds

We wake at 4am. It’s pitch black and will be for another two and a half hours. At 4:30 our guide Noy (as in “We’re a-Noy-ed to be awake at the crack

Today, on our todo list, is nothing. It’s a ‘down day’, but we’re thinking it will lift us up. We try to plan these from time to time to recover

Today we change location and mode of transportation, all in one. We’ll end our day on a ship motoring down (up?) the Mekong River. We do our