Ranthambore Tiger Tale
Hoping to Spot a Tiger in Ranthambore Ranthambore National Park. There’s one reason people are here: hope of spotting a tiger in the wild. The park is one of the best spots to do so in India, and its accessibility makes it a popular choice. We were told it is currently home to about 30 […]
Mekong Meandering
Small-Town Cambodia along the Mekong The Mekong River is the main focus of activity in many parts of Cambodia, and exploring the small towns along the river is richly rewarding. The rhythm of life is slow and quiet. The atmosphere is laid back. People tend to be friendly and curious, and much less jaded by […]
Doing Lines and Flying High in Laos
Contrary to what we’d heard, crossing the border from (Chiang Khong) Thailand to (Huay Xai) Laos was a breeze. We arrived late in the afternoon and were the only ones at immigration. Thailand stamped us out with a smile, and we got in a longtail boat with two Thai ladies to cross the Mekong River. […]
Road to Tagong on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
8:15 am Danba, high in the mountains of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. We ready our packs, go downstairs to the hostel’s common area and cross the town’s one street to grab some pork and veg-stuffed steamed buns for breakfast. The hostel-owner’s son toddles around the lobby in his blue split-pants, the kind that allow […]
Hiroshima and Miyajima
Hiroshima City Hiroshima was built on a delta, so rivers and canals crisscross the city at various points. Our hotel, Reino Inn, was at the western end of one of the main roads, in a convenient spot. It seemed to be a cross between a hotel and a hostel, with the good parts of each! […]
Año Nuevo Elephant Seals
What’s this? Another day off? No, we aren’t dreaming. Since we’ve spent a lot of time in the SF Bay area this year, and years past, we decided to take a drive to an area never explored. After a very twisty-turny road over mountain roads, the Pacific Coast Highway lead south. Año Nuevo State Reserve […]
Destination USA: Anacortes, Washington
Since our last update, we visited family on Cape Cod for our second week off during our year-long mobile marketing tour. As expected, it seemed to fly by, and before we knew it we were back in the Zero vehicles going down the road (and up the road, and around back to the same road). […]
Manuel Antonio
We arrived at Manuel Antonio, the town attached to the National Park of the same name, after another bad taxi experience in San José. We had to pass through, since we were travelling from the Caribbean to the Pacific Coast. There are separate bus terminals, though they aren´t too far from one another. The driver […]
Cahuita National Park
White sand, coconut trees lining the beach and reefs near shore? Sounded good to us. The small beach town of Cahuita is on Costa Rica´s Caribbean Coast, about 4 hours from San José, south of Limon. We decided this would be the perfect introduction to the country on our first visit here. High on […]
Web Album Photos
The list below is a guide to albums hosted on Google. Personal account albums: US roadtrips, French Polynesia TurtlesTravel account albums Africa: Various albums from South Africa (incl. Garden Route), Namibia, Botswana, Zambia Argentina/Chile: Buenos Aires, Lakes District, Patagonia, Pucon, Santiago, Valdivia Australia: Great Barrier Reef, Northern Territory, Perth, South Australia, Queensland, Sydney, Western Australia China: […]