I don’t know what it is about elephants that makes me love them so much. I love that they are huge and gorgeous, that they live in families and are smart, and that well, they’re just kind of magical. I was super excited to try to see them during our visit to Thailand, but encounters…
Travel
20 Days in Southeast Asia… or Noodles and Rice… AND ELEPHANTS (Part One)
The locals say Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia don’t see a huge number of American visitors because it’s such a beast of a trip to get there. My best Orlando pal, Mike, and I made the 26+ hour journey and somewhat miraculously met up within minutes at the Phuket Airport. When we got to our lovely…
Homeward Bound 1/8
The rest of our Antartica adventure was a blur of white and blue and black, ice and snow and water, penguins and seals and soaring, graceful Albatross (Albatrosses?). There was another game of Kubb, this time in snow, and lots of sailing. On January third, it was time to start the long trek home. We…
It was a Very Good Year 1/1/17
I liked 2016. I liked it very much. I love to travel more than just about anything, and as I write, I am sailing on the Ocean Tramp toward Port Lockroy and the Penguin Post Office. We’ve been sailing through the South Shetland Islands and Antarctica for the last three weeks, since leaving Ushuaia, Argentina….
The Most Perfect Antarctica Day Ever (from the OT blog I wrote) 12/27
Every day, sometimes every minute, we wonder how we could possibly see something cooler than we did the day (or the minute) before. So far, we’ve not been disappointed. Tuesday was a Wake Up with a Whale Day. A gorgeous humpback swam by to say Good Morning, and it was another beautiful morning. I expected…
Monday Funday 12/26
Another Christmas gift from Laura and Fede was that we didn’t have to sail the next day; we spent a second day in Foyn Harbor. An aside here, I didn’t realize there were so many little islands around Antarctica. After 11days at sea, we haven’t set foot on the continent yet and won’t for a…