Brandy surprised all of us this morning in Cambodia when we boarded a river boat to go an hour up the Mekong river to a Buddhist monastery on Silk Island, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. It was one of...
The Great Barrier Reef Photos
Apologies for the out of order pattern of photo postings. We had decided to get caught up while we were in Bali, but as we have been in some fairly remote places with limited internet access, uploading photos has been...
Bali, Indonesia Photo Blog
Bali is such a beautiful place with equally beautiful people. 90% of the Balinese people follow the Hindu religion and you can see so much of their beliefs in the genuine warmth they share in every interaction with their...
Papua New Guinea Photos
WOW! PNG was intense. Such a primitive place, seems almost to be suspended in time. It was such foreign surroundings for us, but looked to be the same for the people of PNG to see us and find us...
Indonesia
Indonesia (and Bali) History Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising thousands of islands. With an estimated total population of over 252 million people, Indonesia is the world’s fourth-most-populous country....
What a birthday…out in the middle of nowhere in Papua New Guinea!
Never could I have imagined a birthday quite like this one. We are at the Karawari Lodge in Karawari, Papua New Guinea. We are quite literally in the middle of nowhere. We are so far off the grid, that...
Photos of Byron Bay – the coolest little surf/hippie town in Australia
The kids are having so much fun and doing such a great job blogging about their experiences, so thought we would continue to add a little color to their words through photos. We are clearly taking a ton of pics,...
Perceptions – Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is the focal point of the bustling Sydney Harbor. It sits big and proud out on the promontory point, like a peacock poising in a knowingly prideful stance, aware that everyone is looking at its...
The Art of Packing for 6 Months
Just the thought of packing for 6 months is daunting, exciting and quite frankly hard to make any sense of. That is, until I started searching around for blogs and articles from those who have mastered such a feat. That...