In a somewhat surprising yet not uninteresting turn of events in the middle of our journey through New Zealand, we ended up at a farm stay in the central part of the North Island. We arrived at the Big Bird B&B in the afternoon on Christmas Day, after flying into Auckland and then driving two […]
Month: November 2017
Our Cocoon in Jakarta
Following a trip to Lubuan Bajo and Bali, we left ourselves a day to check out the massive Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on our way back to the US. The day started with an unexpected dose of excitement. We hailed a cab to make the roughly 20 mile trip from the airport into the […]
Dive, Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Our First Trip on a Liveaboard
We got scuba certified in 2009 and since then have taken 1 or more annual dive trips to destinations all over the world. We quickly became enamored with the intriguing creatures and brilliant colors of the underwater world. One way to maximize the diving on a given trip is to join a liveaboard, in which […]