Day 53, Dec.9th: The Hyatt had a great workout room – the treadmills had videos of trails to run, so I jogged through the South Island of New Zealand. They also had a heated indoor pool, so John, who’s ankle is acting up, swam and did water aerobics. The hotel …
Day 48, Dec. 4th: We woke on the ship in port – no fog today to cause any delays. It’s funny watching the other passengers on disembarkation morning. A lot of people take all of their luggage to the dining room. Even if walking off, you’re not leaving until 7:45 …
Day 43, Nov. 29th: On the roads again… Heading to Galveston for a 5-day cruise. It was foggy in San Antonio, and apparently even foggier 4 hours away in Galveston. We got a text right before we got in the car letting us know the ship was still outside the …
Day 32, Nov. 18th: With a good high carb La Quinta breakfast in our bellies, we continued along I10 toward El Paso, with a planned side trip. Kelly had mentioned Silver City as the “next Santa Fe”, so we headed about an hour north to check it out. We grabbed …
Day 27: Nov. 13th – continued: Due to the time change – the travel back “day” is 36+ hours long, so arriving back in the US on the same “day” we left, but now in the morning. Our friend Anthony had to drive down to San Diego, so he met …
The people that post signs need a native speaker to proof read them before they print the signs up…
Day 25; Nov. 11th: Three Gorges dam: We awoke in Xiling Gorge the site of the Shibao Pagoda (the Shibaozhai temple). Originally, the temple was built at the top of the cliff, and any monks or worshippers needed to climb the cliff to go there. Then, some senior monk decided …
Nov. 7-10, 2019 Delayed posting again due to technical problems – first the photos did not appear to load from my laptop to the blog; the tech’s suggestion was to get the app so I wouldn’t have to do move the pics from the phone but loaded directly – great, …
Nov. 3rd -6th, 2019 Day 17 – November 3rd: Beijing to Suzhou: A very early departure – 5AM to the airport in Beijing to fly to Shanghai. The liquid/ gel restriction is the same as the US, and you had to remove electronics from bags, and absolutely no batteries in …
October 29th-Nov. 2nd, 2019 Day 12/13 October 29th/ 30th: In typical California style, from Bakersfield we took the 99 to the 405 (got to use the HOV lane, so not too bad) to the 110 and got to Harbor City in decent time. We met our friend Anthony who was …