We Were THOSE Tourists in Joburg

There are a couple things we avoid when we travel, namely, Segway tours and hop on/hop off bus tours. I think we’re mostly trying to avoid activities where our tourist-status is obvious and unavoidable. Or we’re...

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Becoming Safari-ers in Kruger National Park

Last year, over one of our weekly wine and cheese dinners at a friend’s apartment in Shanghai, we hatched a plan for a group safari trip. Our friend Chris was turning 40, and wanted to blow it out. No lame house...

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November/December 2019 Months in Review

Where We’ve Been Singapore: 57 days Penang, Malaysia: 4 days Highlights All the Moving Stuff: We officially landed in Singapore in late October, but the bulk of the moving work has been taking place, slowly and...

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2019 Highlights: Travel and Food

I blame the heat of Singapore that I keep forgetting the year is drawing to a close. Every attempt to dive deep into the holiday spirit is a little bit ruined when we’re sweating through our clothes. But, last...

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Only the Highlights near Queenstown, New Zealand

After a lovely week exploring the greater Auckland area of New Zealand’s North Island, our little crew headed south. We flew from Auckland to Queenstown, which was easy and inexpensive. As we approached...