After leaving Kalimantan (the Indonesian province in Borneo), we traveled to Bali, which has been voted for years on TripAdvisor’s list as one of the top destinations, with its idyllic beaches, volcanic rocks, beautiful temples and welcoming people. Bali is only one of over 17,500 islands in Indonesia, with more than 6000 being inhabited. Bali […]
Indonesia 6 – Borneo 6 – Orangutans
One of the top attractions of Central Kalimantan is viewing the orangutans in the wild with no fences. We took a small canoe from our Houseboat three times, along the river into the Orangutan Sanctuary operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS). Initially at Kaja Island, we were disappointed that we did not see […]
Living in Ecuador as an Expat (video)
We have begun to get settled into Honolulu, and establishing our routines here. One of my personal routines is membership into the Eyes of Hawaii camera club here. At the request of members, I have created a couple of narrated slide shows. The most recent slide show, that will be shown in August, when we […]
Hawaii – Bishop Museum
We visited the Bishop Museum in Honolulu today. For us, the most captivating display was easily the 10 animatronic dinosaurs, shown in the short 45 second video above. Watch to the end to see Evelyn’s reaction… ☺ The Bishop Museum is primarily comprised of three main exhibit buildings, plus a planetarium that was closed due […]
Hawaii – Zoo
The Honolulu zoo is also only a 10 minute drive from our condo. We have seen some pretty amazing zoos around the world, and were curious what the Honolulu zoo would be like. Every weekend, there is a display of “Art on the Zoo Fence”, where local artists hang their works on the fence, and […]
Galapagos 2
Our 5-day tour of the Galapagos Islands continue (read part 1 here). There are both Blue-Footed and Red-Footed Boobies on the islands, though we only visited islands with the Blue-Footed variety. From prior trips, we found them the more interesting anyway, and this time we visited shortly after the chicks had hatched (right-middle and left-bottom). […]
Galapagos 1
Our niece Kerry, and nephew Mark Jones came to visit us for the past week. Both are from Evelyn’s sister (Pauline) side of the family. We told both that we would pay for a trip to South America when they graduated college. Mark actually graduated three years ago, and Kerry one year ago, but young […]
African Photo Galleries Posted
The photo galleries for the recent trip to Africa have now been posted. You can reach them by going to the menu at the top of every page and choosing Travel, then 2018. You can optionally go directly to each of the four galleries by choosing that from the 2018 submenu too. Or just click […]
Botswana 4 – Okavango Delta
Our final campsite was in the Okavango Delta, a rich swampy inland delta produced by seasonal flooding. The waters evaporate and transpire, but do not empty into the sea. This wetlands area, including the Moremi Reserve, has been designated as a Unesco World Heritage site. During the wet season, much of the area we drove […]
Botswana 3 – Moremi Game Reserve
We continued our Botswana tour by moving to our third tent camp of the week, located in the Moremi Game Reserve. This camp is called Khwai and is known for their extensive variety of wildlife. This is truly wild animal country, and we were warned again not to come and go from our tents without an […]