Kangaroos, Kookaburras & Kevin: Western Australia Road Trip Day Two

February 12, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

We knew we’d love Australia, but we couldn’t have predicted how much! We’re kind of critter collectors: amateur biologists of sorts. We’ve long kept nature notebooks as part of our […]

Western Australia Route 1: Road Trip!

February 11, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

The number one out of Perth headed south looks a lot like the wilds of Arizona, and occasionally like the north loop around Chicago, with the highway divided around the […]

Australia: First Impressions

February 8, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

Having left Asia in an all fire hurry, tired of the press of overpopulation, ready to eat something that doesn’t include noodles or rice, and having spent 10 months, essentially, […]

Leaving Bali: In which we run for our lives

February 7, 2013 in Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, Travelogue

Let me open by saying, “It was all my fault.” All of it. Even the parts that were not my fault and out of my control. Those were my fault […]