Monthly Archives: September 2019

In 2016 Bruce and I stopped off at Malaga on a Celebrity Reflections Transatlantic Cruise. We adored it. It was a beautiful little city and fun to walk around. That’s why when I started planning our around the world trip, I decided to spend four nights in Malaga. We rented a one bedroom apartment inContinue reading “I Love Malaga”

It’s funny how different cultures eat different foods, have different hygiene habits and basically live differently. In Cambodia we were told KFC was Khmer Fried Cricket. The Cambodians are known to eat all exotic insects including tarantulas. In Borneo, we never were served any form of bread during meals. Boy was I missing morning pastry.Continue reading “Back to Western Civilization”

We woke really early for our morning river cruise hoping to spot an orangutan in the wild. Since Bruce and I retired, we generally sleep in until 8 am. This trip has not been a vacation in that sense. Rising at 5 am sometimes feels like pure torture. I wish I could say I likeContinue reading “The Man of the Forest – Part 2”

Those who know me, know I have a fascination with primates. In fact, if I was younger and had time for yet another career, I would have loved to have been doing the work of Jane Goodall or Dian Fossi. Well I wouldn’t want to meet my demise in similar fashion to Ms. Fossi butContinue reading “The Man of the Forest”

There were no direct flights from Hanoi to Sandaken so I figured it would be fun to spend two nights in Kuala Lumpur. It really was only one full day, since we arrived at 8:30pm on Friday night and were leaving 6am Sunday morning. Getting through the airport was a feat in itself. It wasContinue reading “A Quick Visit to Kuala Lumpur”

We took a leisurely trip back from Halong Bay. We first stopped at a little farm on the side of the road. They were growing green onions, basil, beans and a variety of other herbs that I did not know but have recently tasted. Our next stop was a huge shop with very clean happyContinue reading “Saying Goodbye to Friends and Vietnam”