Asia

Hello again! Today we are visiting the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, whose  jungles and rain forests offer  visitors a wide variety of safari and other adventure options. While its 22 million residence are best known for their infectious smiles…

Good morfternoonening. (Typo? New word? Or just another Mike-ism? Hmmm…) We have spent the last two days in Malaysia. It is very hot here, but throwing caution to the wind, we set out on our first excursion. Destination, the Batu…

Hello, and welcome back to our virtual abode. Today we visited Singapore. This is the number one city that I was looking forward to on the trip, and it did not disappoint. Singapore is an island city of nearly 6…

Hello y’all. Welcome back.  The last several days, Karen and I have had lots of fun visiting Vietnam.  When visiting a new county, we have a process. Before leaving the ship, we review our daily itinerary, weather, pick out and…

Hello again. Good to see you again. Are you following me? 😉 Yesterday, we visited the iconic Mount Fuji (a.k.a. “Fujisan”) a 12,000’ peak located 60 miles southwest of Tokyo. It is an active volcano and has been a sacred pilgrimage…

Hello, and thanks for visiting.  Karen and I have enjoyed Tokyo for the last several days.  Tokyo, a city of 14 million, resembles our very own New York City I many ways. It is very similar in size and population,…

Hello, and welcome back. Karen and I have been in Japan for the last several days. Yesterday, we spent the day in Nagasaki. Having come from a career at Los Alamos, we had a great interest in visiting here. One…

Hello, and thank you for visiting our travel blog. For the last two days, Karen and I have been in China. Our adventures took us to a port city of Tianjin, and to The Great Wall of China, just outside…

The last few days we have been in South Korea. We were super excited for several of our stops.  The first stop was Busan, which is a large port city of about 3.5m people. It has many temples and beaches,…