Cuba Explorer Cruise – 7-17 Nov 2018 Kim and Sharon took a last-minute Western Caribbean cruise to join good friends Cindy and Ken and visit Cuba for the first time. We had already been to Half Moon Cay, Grand Cayman,…
On Monday, the 8th, we began our Ha Long Bay adventure with a drive east from Hanoi, stopping at a small village along the way for lunch and a water puppet show. Once we arrived at Ha Long, we embarked…
After three rather frustrating, sometimes comical flights, we departed China and arrived safely in Hanoi, Vietnam. The woman in front of us apparently couldn’t handle the late night flight and at one point flopped herself over the side of the…
After some rather exhausting flights, we began our trek to Tibet on an overnight train, hoping that by taking more time to reach Lhasa (elevation of approximately 12,000 feet, highest city in the world) we would have less problems with…
26-29 Sept: After a drive back to Guilin, we boarded a high speed train (speeds up to 190 mph) to Changsha where we met our guide and driver; then, drove for about 200 miles west to Zhangjiajie through some…
On Monday (24 Sept) we drove north from Guilin to Longji village to visit the terraced rice paddies on Dragon Back. Again, a lot of climbing was required! While in the village, we enjoyed a fabulous lunch, including rice cooked in…
Our roughly 3-week China trip started with a long, trans-Pacific flight from Seattle, via Vancouver, BC, to Shanghai. Our flight from Seattle was delayed by about 40 minutes making our connection in Vancouver VERY tight! We had to run through…
Approximately a week after our return from 168 days in Europe, we embarked on MS Eurodam for a one-week Alaska cruise. Our daughter Nicole, and her boyfriend John, joined us on the cruise out of Seattle. Along with our “kids”…
After almost 5 months of uninterrupted travels, we finally started our return trip “home.” We sailed from Rotterdam on Monday, 6 August, starting our 19-night “Voyage of the Vikings” cruise on Holland America Line’s ship Rotterdam. Our apologies in advance…
We had a week to spend in the Netherlands between cruises, and hoped to spend the week in Rotterdam with Anna, another exchange daughter of ours. Unfortunately her schedule changed last minute and she wasn’t able to join us. …