The Five Lands
June 29, 2013: Our friend Stefanie suggested we visit Cinque Terre when we were in Italy. It looked interesting, so we decided to check it out. Cinque Terre means five […]
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The Italian Riviera
June 28, 2013: Leaving things to the last minute, we were lucky to hire a car in Sesto Calende for a weekend jaunt to the Italian Riviera. The rental company […]
Italy? Yes, please!
June 26-July 10, 2013: A couple of months ago, we learned that Chris was being sent on a three-week training course so he could be certified on another type of […]
Hiding from the Rain
June 14-24, 2013: Some visitors come expecting to be entertained. Some keep us entertained. When you add a lot of torrential rain into the mix, sometimes all you want to […]
Road Trip to Baguio
June 11-12, 2013: Rather spur of the moment, we rented a car, packed an overnight bag and headed to Baguio to visit Chris’ friend Steve and his family who live […]
Three Sisters
June 1, 2013: My Ate (big sister) Merlyn took me to meet some of her family yesterday. Actually, Merlyn and I were both born in the same year, but since […]
Election Day…Worlds Apart
May 7, 2013: It’s election time. Both here in the Philippines and back home in British Columbia. In both places, people will be heading to the polls next week to decide who […]
Homeward Bound (Day 10)
April 15, 2013: It actually rained on us for a few hours last night; our only rain since we left Subic Bay on March 22nd. It meant a mad scramble […]
Never Give Up, Never Surrender (Day 9)
April 14, 2013: At 04:50, in the dark, with the depth sounder reading just 5’9″ of water beneath our keel, we departed from North Pandan Island and started to make […]
To North Pandan Island (Day 8)
April 13, 2013: After a bit of route planning, we decided on a three-day passage back to Subic with overnight stops along the way. Our destination for today? North Pandan […]
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