The Amazing Race

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Door and draft stoppers. Wandering through houses is actually pretty fun. Especially in these older downtown areas where homes have been around a long time, have gone through countless renovations and additions/subtractions over the years, and you just never know what you’ll find behind the next door. “Oh, wow, a … Read More

Vochos

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Just a short walk to the outskirts of town is a nice Nature Preserve with a bunch of hiking trails. Nice place to get out and away from the “bustle” of San Miguel. Someone found a quiet spot to camp just outside the park. Our days have been busy here … Read More

Land-ing

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We spent a couple of weeks in Portland, visiting with Grammy, walking her dog, running errands, meeting with caretakers, and trying to squeeze in some other typical Portland fun, too. Grammy is doing great right now and feeling much better knowing we’ll be back within range for a while. Racking … Read More

Goodbye to Bumfuzzle (Number 4)

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After a couple weeks of vacation travel we returned to Langkawi and the boat. But not for long. We were there to drop her back in the water, take some pictures, pack up, and head out. You can see all the pics of the boat and the for sale page … Read More

2015 Nautitech Open40 For Sale

2015 Nautitech Open 40 Catamaran $319,0002015 Nautitech Open 40 | 4 cabins, 2 heads, never chartered, with many upgrades. Located in Langkawi, Malaysia, out of the cyclone zone and a great place to relax on your new boat. There is a great cruiser community at Rebak Resort & Marina, hundreds … Read More

KL

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On our way back to the boat in Langkawi we stopped off in Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days. Ali and I had been to KL before, and really didn’t think a whole lot of it, but flights made it cheaper to go this route, so we figured we’d … Read More

Lunar New Year

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Another day spent walking around Hanoi. It was Lunar New Year’s Eve and everyone was out getting their family pictures taken while wearing as much red as possible. We didn’t do a whole lot other than go to a water puppet show in the afternoon. We did our best to … Read More

Hanoi Walks

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We spent a couple more days wandering around Hanoi with no real itinerary. It’s a great place to walk out your door and just keep choosing left, right, or straight. A friendly smile and a wave. If we received any reaction at all to a camera being pointed in someone’s … Read More

Around Hanoi

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Hanoi is a very walkable city. I could wander out the door here every day, choose a different direction, and sit down to eat and rest just about anywhere along the way. But if you want to get somewhere quick… the mototaxi helmets are clearly not designed for a giant’s … Read More

Vietnam

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We were out the door early to catch a flight to the next stop on our boat maintenance getaway. With bottom painting and polishing supposedly getting done back in Malaysia, we were taking off from Thailand for a visit to Vietnam. The day started off well enough. We boarded our … Read More

Roaming Around Bangkok

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A long day spent trying to see as much as we could in Bangkok. I’m going to have a portfolio of people in Bangkok doing risky things on ladders. I thought for a moment I might capture a death on camera. The Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit. Five point five … Read More

Night at the Raj

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You have to love a beautiful home, full of expensive art, turned into a museum. Even more so when the owner, a silk magnate, was a one-time U.S. OSS operative who was on the outs with the CIA, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Malaysian jungle with no body … Read More