Day 340: A Memorable Boat Day Out in Abel Tasman National Park with Skipper Emma
This was one of those days that just begs for a 25-picture blog post. We took a full-day boat cruise in the Able Tasman National Park. The scenery was spectacular. ...
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Day 234: Biking the Mekong Delta — Catching Fish with our Hands
James seemed to be energized and feeling a lot better this morning. We met Chuong at 8am and headed two hours southwest of Saigon to the Mekong Delta. We stopped...
Day 226: An Organic Vegetable Farm — Basket Boat Comedy/Fiasco
The first activity of the day (which wasn’t on our original itinerary) was a visit to Tra Que Vegetable Village — and organic vegetable farm between the beach where we’re...
Day 221: Driving to Ha Long Bay — Boarding Our Junk Boat
By 8 am we were in our van and driving away from the lovely Tam Coc Garden — a place we all really enjoyed. An oasis from the heat. In...
Day 220: A Sampan Boat Ride — Hunkered in the AC Again
Before we go on, we must immediately address something hilarious related to yesterday’s post about rats. Tonight as we were getting ready for bed, Teddy had an a-ha moment. He...
Day 169: Hot Boat Cruise on the Canals and the Amstel River — Dinner at Little Collins in De Pijp
Margaret and I both got workouts in this morning. I went back to the hotel gym and she hit another SoulCycle knockoff called Rocycle. After breakfast we decided to split...
Day 115: Snorkeling, Picnicking, Dune-Frolicking and Fishing in the Indian Ocean
It was a little overcast and even drizzly in the morning but we decided to ditch morning school and continue with our plan for a full day boat excursion. Definitely...
Day 42: Our Third Day on The River Boat — and The Piranha Story
We had breakfast at around 7:30, and spent some time playing with a blowgun Joshua had made from scratch the night before (!) using materials found on our swim/lunch excursion....
Day 41: Boat Ride and Swimming at a Waterfall Two Hours Away
On day two we ate breakfast together around 7:30 — coffee, tapioca balls, homemade corn cake, cut fruit, pao de quiejo and juice. Another yummy spread. We packed up and...
Day 40: Setting Out on Our Internet-Free Amazon Rainforest Boat
The rainforest footprint is the size of mainland US and accounts for 20% of the world’s oxygen — the sheer scale of it is too much for human brains to...