Ups and Downs of Tropical Travel
March 10, 2013: Tropical travel isn’t all fun in the sun. Just ask my dad. Week two of his three week visit started out just fine. We still had the […]
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Out for a Drive
March 4, 2013: My dad arrived in the Philippines last week. It’s his first trip outside of North America. Not bad for an octogenarian, although he was pretty tired by the […]
A Tale of Two Shipments (part 2)
If you thought part one was bad, hold on to your hat! You ain’t seen nothing yet! Shipment #1 Shipped first. Arrived first. Received last. written on February 17: This […]
A Tale of Two Shipments (part 1)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of […]
Year of the Water Snake
February 10, 2013: Today ushers in Chinese (or Lunar) New Year. 2013 is the Year of the Snake. People born in the year of the snake are complex beings. They […]
A Travel Guide to Puerto Galera
February 8, 2013: We always reckoned that Puerto Galera would be our first cruising destination in the Philippines. And for some very good reasons. First off, it’s an easy, two-day […]
The Bataan Death March
February 6, 2013: I never really cared much about World War II history in the Pacific. Canada’s role was in the European theatre of war and the Nazi’s systematic […]
Seasick Ain’t Pretty
x January 30, 2012: I get seasick. Chris, much to my amazement and maybe even a little to my chagrin, seems to be utterly immune. Nukaat, on the other hand, […]
Subic to Puerto Galera
January 13, 2013: We are sitting at anchor in Puerto Galera just off the island of Mindoro. It’s a beautiful sunny Sunday morning with a light breeze. Chris just finished […]
Christmas 2012
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas everybody!!! And what a year it’s been. Most years we write a Christmas letter and send it out to family and friends near and far. […]
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