Tag Archives: Travel
A Week Sailing the Abacos, Bahamas
May 2026 Itinerary & Trip Notes Overview: An 8-day, 7-night bareboat sailing cruise of the Abacos Islands, the Bahamas northernmost archipelago, on a 50′ catamaran sailing from Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, with The Moorings. My brother-in-law, Bill, skippered the boat while I acted … Continue reading
Rising Sun — A Month in Japan
Spring 2025 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: A 32-day, 10-city journey across Japan, mostly by train (with a couple short flights and a few days by car), covering the Big Three (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto) and several smaller towns on … Continue reading
3 Weeks in the (North of) Ireland and Scotland
Spring 2025 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: What started as a weekend trip for an Irish wedding turned into a two-week road trip around the north of Ireland — both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic’s counties Donegal, Mayo, Westmeath … Continue reading
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be… 2 weeks in Amsterdam, Ireland and London
Spring 2024 Itinerary & Trip Notes Overview: Having just wrapped up a 3-week trip in South Africa, we had planned to head home until we learned our entire family — three daughters, two sons-in-law, and baby granddaughter — would all … Continue reading
Where the Wild Things Are: 3 Weeks in South Africa
Spring 2024 Itinerary and Trip Notes Overview: A three-week road trip through the best of South Africa, with roughly equal time spent in Kruger National Park, the Garden Route, and Cape Town. Itinerary: Kruger National Park (6 days split between … Continue reading
3 Days in Istanbul
Spring 2024 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: A quick 3-day, 3-night layover in Istanbul, Turkey, on our way to South Africa, with quality time spent in the Eminönü, Sultanahmet, Karaköy and Kadiköy neighborhoods. Bottom Line: Why Istanbul, and why only … Continue reading
Tropic Thunder — 5 Weeks in Southeast Asia
Fall 2023 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: Our first trip to Southeast Asia was originally conceived as a scuba diving adventure in Indonesia with daughter Emily. This morphed into a 5-week, 5-country tour (“Tropic Thunder“) when daughter Anna announced she … Continue reading
A Week in Mexico City
April 2023 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: One week in Mexico City during Easter Week of 2023, visiting our daughter, Anna, who decided it would be a cool place to “work remotely” for a couple months. Bottom Line: Mexico City … Continue reading
Down Under Part II — 3 Weeks in Australia
March 2023 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: Melbourne (3 days) > Kangaroo Island (4 days) > Adelaide (1 day) > Byron Bay (3 days) > Sydney (7 days). Bottom Line: From the land of Kiwis to the land of Aussies. … Continue reading
Once in a while you get shown the light... 