Day 2: A hike, Punakha Dzong, lunch with a view
This entry is for Monday, May 25. We got decent sleep yesterday between the before dinner naps and another 6 hours at night. But we [...]
Day 1: A Fertility Temple on our way to Punakha
This entry is for Sunday, May 24. We didn’t have great sleep and gave up about 4am. We had coffee in the room and caught [...]
Departure: San Francisco to Thimphu
This entry starts Thursday, May 21. ———— Whenever we are in San Francisco, we have a standing 5:30am coffee date with some friends. We got [...]
2026 Bhutan & Delhi: Pre-Departure
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 21. 2026, we start a 16 day adventure, most of it with National Geographic. We first booked this tour shortly after we [...]
New House: Before & After
Warning: if you follow me for travel blogs but are not interested in a house remodel, feel free to move on. This is for [...]
Day 12: The Way Home & Final Thoughts
We were up just after 5am as usual despite being up after midnight for what Guinness has now dubbed the biggest New Year’s Eve celebration [...]
Day 11: New Year’s Eve in Rio
Rio has a city population of about 6 million and about 13 million in the metro area. They are estimating that 3 million people will [...]
Day 10: Rio, Part 2 – history tour
I slept until about 5am and Ash was up soon after. The photos above are sunrise at 5:11 and 5:42. We went for a walk [...]
Day 9: Rio de Janeiro, Part 1 – Copacabana, and a food tour
We landed in Rio a little after 6am, Monday, December 29. Our original plan was we were going to hang out in an airport lounge [...]
Day 8: Out of the Amazon
This is for Sunday, December 28. Today is mostly a travel day. We got off the boat about 8:30 AM and got on a bus [...]
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