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 […]
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 […]
February 5, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
Do I get some sort of exemption from kissing anyone goodnight who has ingested fecal matter in a given 24 hours? I have reviewed the fine print of my marriage […]
January 27, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Snorkeling, Travelogue
I know I said it in Borneo, but I have to say it again, because it just keeps getting better: This is the best reef we’ve ever snorkeled! We took […]
January 22, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
On a ten point scale from Wolfe Island to the road into San Marcos, Guatemala, the roads of the highlands of Tana Toraja are a solid 16. Imagine our driveway […]
January 21, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
The weekly market at Tana Toraja is spectacular And we’ve been to our fair share of markets. This is not a tourist market like the one at Chichicastenago in Guatemala. […]
January 11, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
We laughed when we heard that Jakarta has a nickname, “The Big Durian,” a nod to NYC’s “Big Apple” moniker. It seemed cute and funny. Until I remembered how much […]
December 31, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia
I don’t know if I’ve seen anything much funnier than a wharf full of tipsy Asian people ringing in the new year in a writhing dissonant mass to “Gangnam Style.” […]
December 30, 2012 in Asia, Brunei
At 9:30 a.m. the temperature hovered around 95F/35C. The sun beat down on the pavement and reflected so brightly that we were squinting, under our sunglasses. Hannah and I wore […]
December 29, 2012 in Asia, Brunei
“This is so weird, Mom… there’s nobody here… it’s like… the zombie apocalypse or something…” The streets of central Bandar Seri Begawan were completely empty. An eerie quiet had replaced […]
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