Starting in Ho Chi Minh City, winding around Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, we would be vacationing for sixteen days, concluding on the beaches of Thailand … More Real Life Frogger & Snake Wine in Vietnam
Boredom struck the husband and I during a cold January in 2023. After consulting the internets and researching Broadway plays in DC and New York City, I discovered that Phantom of the Opera, one of the Hubs’ favorite plays, was being performed at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. This information was shared with the mother-in-law, … More A Broadway Weekend in New York City
Panama City (as in Panama the country, not the seaside town in Florida) is the capital of the country, and it impressed the husband and I far more than we’d imagined it would … More Panama City, Panama… Cobblestoned Old Town Meets a Modern Cityscape
Santa Catalina is a small fishing village on the western side of Panama that is renowned by surfers. … More Santa Catalina Sunsets are Superbly Stunning
You can guess what a majority of this post is about. While typing it up, I said to the hubs, “This post is going to be almost entirely about coffee.” The coffee-loving Hubs responded emphatically with, “I’m good with that!” … More Coffee + Coffee + Coffee + Coffee in Boquete, Panama
The Panamanian border crossing was not what I expected. First stand in line to prove you entered Costa Rica legally, and then prove you have a transit ticket out of Costa Rica (even if it’s fake – new lesson learned for the day … More Snorkeling, Biking & Boating in Bocas del Toro, Panama
Puerto Viejo de Talmanaca is a small, coastal beach town on the Caribbean in Costa Rica … More The Time I Accidentally Larcened a Cat in Puerto Viejo de Talmanaca, Costa Rica & a Little Costa Rica Redemption
A couple of weeks after returning from Antarctica, the Hubs and I boarded a plane bound for a much warmer destination… Central America (Costa Rica and Panama, to be more specific). … More Really Not Sure What to Title This Since San Jose, Costa Rica Was Just… Meh
Should you ever take an Antarctic cruise, ready yourself for a cacophony of shattering plates and glasses during dinner, dodging flying objects like chairs, walking at a 30 degrees angle, sliding off your bed in the middle of the night, walking like a drunk, and if you’re really unlucky… getting really sick and puking. … More Antarctic Blizzard Calamities: Foyn Harbour & Drake Shake + Polar Plunge Reprieved
As we motored along to Neko Harbour, the sun slid behind the clouds, the wind picked up, and the sky took on a more ominous appearance … More Antarctic Excursions with Minky Whales, Icebergs & Penguin Highways
