My Travels Around The World
May 2023
Africa: Botswana & Zimbabwe Safari – Pre-Departure
2023 marks my 11th year of travel blogging, with 25 trips that have made it to the blog (not counting the miscellaneous ones under the [...]
February 2023
2023 PVR: Day 3 (2/15) – still sick but made it to our best meal yet at Cafe des Artistes
I woke up feeling a little better but not great; and Ash got sick during the night. But we have different symptoms. Mine seems to [...]
2023 PVR: Day 2 (2/14) – a bit of a sick day; back to Trio for V-Day dinner
I went to bed on Monday not feeling great and woke up on Tuesday feeling worse, although I managed to sleep about 8 hours. My [...]
2023 PVR: Day 1 (2/13) – Hanging with friends, and fun show in the evening
On Monday, I got up a little before 5am, clocking over 7 hours of sleep which is a lot for me. Ash got up not [...]
2023 PVR: 2/12 – Departure
I've been looking forward to this trip for a while. Although it's my 5th time to Puerto Vallarta, it will be Ash's first and I'm [...]
January 2023
2023 NYC: Day 3 – “The Collaboration”, a great meal with family
I slept a bit over 7 hours, which was both nice and unusual for me, getting up just before 7am. Mind you that's like sleeping [...]
2023 NYC: Day 2 – “Take Me Out” was the surprise hit of the day; also “Leopoldstadt”
I woke up around 6am on Saturday and Ash was up not too long after me. We took Zeus out to do his thing quickly [...]
2023 NYC: Day 1, Friends, Family, and Audra McDonald
We had such a good time in New York City last year at this time we decided to do it again. We typically plan our [...]
November 2022
2022 Costa Rica: Day 5, Manuel Antonio National Park (Monkeys, Iguanas, and Sloths, oh my!)
I started writing this about 4:30pm Thursday afternoon. We are done for the day except for dinner and Ash is napping so it's a good [...]
2022 Costa Rica: Day 4 – Jaco via Puntarenas, and some great food
I slept a nice 7 hours, up around 4:30am. Ash was up by 6am and we went down for breakfast right after 6:30 as I'd [...]
2022 Costa Rica: Day 3 – Butterflies, Hanging Bridges, and the Arenal Volcano
I slept a good 7 hours, up around 5:30am. By the time Ash got up, I'd gotten about half of the blog written but was [...]
2022 Costa Rica: Day 2, Fortuna Waterfall
I was up early, like 2am, and when by 3am I hadn't gone back to sleep I gave up and started working on the blog. [...]
2022 Costa Rica: Day 1, Royal Corin Resort, Arenal/La Fortuna
So the full name of this place is The Royal Corin Thermal Water & Spa Resort, but who's got time for that? It's a 2.5 [...]
2022: Costa Rica – The Honeymoon – Departure
We planned this trip in February, a few months before we even decided to get married. We got engaged in Paris in May, and later [...]
May 2022
2022 France: Day 13 – Orleans; Final Thoughts
I woke up at 3:30am Friday morning and never really went back to sleep, so I'm writing this on about 4.5 hours sleep. Forgive me [...]
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