Seoul (June 8-11, 2019) Trans-Pacific flight. Aargh. Either we’re getting older or the planet is getting bigger. Nuff said. We decided to start our trip with 4 days in Korea as Russia limits visas to 30 days and we didn’t want to waste a couple on jet lag. Besides, who doesn’t want to visit Korea? […]
about the trip First, let me begin our journey with a few facts from a book and from my experiences. Steve and I are on a journey from Kamloops to Seoul, Korea to Russia (from east to west). Then home via Helsinki, Finland and Reykjavik, Iceland, and then via Edmonton to Kamloops. In retrospect, our
February 22, 2017 – Birds of Huatulco I expect that bird-watching doesn’t rate very high on many of your to-do lists…. Actually, it didn’t on mine either, but the amount and variety of birds down here have captured my attention for the past two months or so. So, if you don’t particularly like photos of
February 21, 2017 – Pluma Hidalgo Debbi’s pen pal (of 51 years), Linda, her husband Barry, and her sister, Marlene from Edmonton, are here in an all-inclusive resort in Tangolunda for two weeks, and we thought it would be fun to go on a tour together. Deb contacted our friend Enrique (our Mexican Landlord
January 29, 2017 – Puerto Angel, Zipolite, and Mazunte. It’s been a while since our last post. We’ve gotten more involved in the social scene here, which means volleyball three times a week, Deb’s yoga sessions and Spanish classes, our bird-watching (birds are social), and a few other things. Or maybe we’ve just been procrastinating!
January 15, 2017 – Playa Tangolunda Playa Tangolunda is located five kilometers east of Santa Cruz and is home to the largest concentration of all-inclusive resorts in the area. We’ve heard that it has a pretty good beach, but the hotels make access to it really difficult, as you can’t just walk through their properties. Fortunately,
January 10, 2017 – Puerto Escondido. So here it is, January 5, almost our one-month anniversary in Huatulco, and we haven’t had an adventure for like two weeks. So we’re off to Puerto Escondido, which is another beach town about 2 hours west of us by bus. We have a hotel for 2 nights, so we
January 2, 2017 – Christmas and New Year. Well, things got pretty busy around here with ‘National tourists’ until just before Christmas, then everything quieted down. Christmas Day was very quiet. Great, we thought; the ‘Nationals’ have gone home, and now we have the place to ourselves again. When we got up on the 26th,
December 20, 2016 – A Little of This and That Here are two birds that grace us with their presence daily. The black one is a Grackle and the other is a White Throated Magpie Jay. I don’t know what its called, but sure does sing purdy! All fluffed up & no place to go.
December 18, 2016 – Hanging Out Around Town Not too much to report, the past week has been spent settling in, checking out some of the local eateries, and walking about to get the lay of the land. The local bus has a main end-of-route stop about a block from our door, so we use
