Deep into the dark night on a violent and bouncing sea, I startled from my berth to the wild call of Topher shouting “All hands on Deck! All hands on Deck!” I scrambled to the deck as fast I could while throwing on my life vest wearing only my short white night shirt an a hair elastic to keep the wildly blowing wind from whipping my face. Our dinghy, our trusted...
Time to Cruise Crossing into the darkness, leaving the bright neon lights and glow of Miami behind, we motored into a clear calm sea and across the Gulf Stream for the first time. Tanner and I took the 1st watch, late into the night. The most exciting thing that happened was a call from the Norwegian Dawn on the VHF. We had been watching this behemoth glide across...
We have come for the elephants. Deep in Eastern Cambodia, near the border of Vietnam, lies the province of Mondulkiri. We are in the small town of Sen Monorom for our up close opportunity with a handful of Asian elephants at a place called The Mondulkiri Project, a local NGO that rescues elephants formerly used in farming, logging and tourism. It is the rainy season...
We arrived at Angkor Wat in the predawn darkness, looking to get an early start on our day. It was overcast but we did get a chance to see the clouds light up and turn slightly pink over the temple. We got at 4:15 am (Ughh!) so we could experience as much as possible before the sweltering heat and afternoon monsoon rains kicked in. The temple at Angkor Wat is the...
Rome is one of my favorite cities. It is one of the cities that is most packed in with beautiful things. You can’t turn anywhere without seeing something majestic and beautiful. These are some of my favorite photos that I took. Enjoy.
Mom and Dad wish you the happiest 12th birthday wishes and we loved spending the day with you in Chobe, Botswana and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. We love you and are so glad to be going around the world with you this year. You have had an incredible year: – Diving the Rainbow Reef in Fiji – Visiting Hobbiton in New Zealand – Seeing elephants in...
We use Facebook for quick updates, and make full blog entries as often as we can. Here are some updates we first posted on Facebook for Cambodia. We are still working on one for the photos from Angkor Wat temples and one for the Mondulkiri with elephants and zip-lining over waterfalls. We have a 48-hour trek the next two days to get from Koh Rong, Cambodia to the...
We use Facebook for quick updates, and make full blog entries as often as we can. Here are some updates we first posted on Facebook for Vietnam. Danang and Halong Bay, Vietnam A few interesting pictures. We saw the fire-breathing dragon bridge in Danang with 20,000 other tourists and locals. We watched someone carrying four foot tall ming vases on a moped. We...
Putting the adventure in travel? What happens when you land at a dock in the small island of Koh Rong in the middle of the Gulf of Cambodia at dusk, and you are far from where you need to be? Oh, and there are no roads and no boat to get you where you need to go? We had taken our five-hour “VIP” minivan ride from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville thinking we would just hop...
As you descend down into the majestic blue deep, you realize you’re travelling along a great lavender wall. Going along the wall, you can even get your nails manicured by a light sunset-colored cleaner shrimp. The Great White Wall in Taveuni, Fiji is one of the best dives in the world because it is a great technical dive. During the last ice age, the oceans around...