Macau – A day-trip from Hong Kong

Macau is a special administrative region of China and until 1999 was a colony of Portugal. Located across the Pearl River estuary, Macau is a popular day trip from Hong Kong. Macau is one of the world’s most densely populated areas, and is now known as the Las Vegas of Asia due to its many

Around the World 2009

In the summer 2009, our family of five set off for almost three months on an around the world adventure that would see us visit seventeen countries, visit the Pyramids, hike the Great Wall, take two cruises, Disneyland, Universal Studio’s Japan, and three Cubs baseball games. We hadn’t done much traveling prior, Lynne and I

Overnight on the San Blas Islands

While researching places to see and things to do while in Panama I stumbled upon pictures of the San Blas islands. Anyone who does a quick google image search of the archipelago can see they look like paradise. With only five days in Panama, I was left to decide if we wanted to do a

Futbol in Argentina

How can you describe the atmosphere in words? I’ve been to Oregon Ducks and Seattle Seahawks football games, two of the best sporting atmospheres in North America, and they aren’t even close. Canucks fans? They would be beaten up for being so lame. Attending a futbol match in Argentina is something I wish everyone could

Hiking the Great Wall

As part of our 2009 Round the World Trip, Beijing and the Great Wall of China was a must see. We were staying right in Beijing and there are several great wall locations within a 100 kilometres of Beijing, just had to pick one and find out how to get there. Most of the packaged tours are

Marrakesh

Marrakesh had long been on my list of places to visit. In fact, all of Morocco seemed like a great place to explore. It’s so close to Spain, but couldn’t be further apart in many ways. I had been looking to visit Morocco for a few days as soon as we booked our flights to

Mount Rainier

In July 2014 we rented a chalet in Packwood, Washington. Packwood is just beyond the border of the Rainier National Park in Washington State. Thinking the mountain was just outside of Seattle, I assumed the trip there would be just a bit a of a drive further than Seattle. It turns out it was nearly

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Macau – A day-trip from Hong Kong

Around the World 2009

Overnight on the San Blas Islands

Futbol in Argentina

Hiking the Great Wall

Marrakesh

Mount Rainier

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