FIJI | Thursday, 31 Oct 2019 | Photo Gallery
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AMERICAN SAMOA | Monday, 28 Oct 2019 | Views [256]
THEY SAY THAT IF IT’S RAINING WHEN YOU SAIL into Pago Pago, you will have good luck for the rest of your cruise. Not this time! One of our passengers became seriously ill Tuesday night—not the cough that’s affected half ... Read more >
AMERICAN SAMOA | Monday, 28 Oct 2019 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 | Views [227]
OUR STATEROOM ON THE NOORDAM APPEARS to be an afterthought. It’s about one-third smaller than a normal inside cabin and is oriented longitudinally. I suppose we, too, are an afterthought. The cruise began in Vancouver but we ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 19 Oct 2019 | Views [279]
MADISON IS THE FIRST OF MY FRIENDS’ GRANDKIDS we have ever met—Paul and Noreen’s are already approaching adulthood, Rod and Lois’s are solidly entrenched in New Jersey and we will all be long buried before Frank’s daughters ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019 | Views [253]
MORE THAN 9 MILLION HAOLES LIKE US visit Oahu each year. They come for the sun and the surf. For Pearl Harbor and Diamond Head. And for many, a week in Waikiki is the beginning of a life together. For others it's the ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 14 Oct 2019 | Photo Gallery
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TAIWAN | Sunday, 13 Oct 2019 | Views [298]
IT’S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE THE MAASDAM was forced to retreat before Typhoon Francisco. Since then Japan has weathered Typhoons Krosa, Faxi, Tapah and Mitag. Now Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm in 60 years, is hammering the ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Saturday, 12 Oct 2019 | Views [246]
IN MY NOT-REALLY-SO-HUMBLE OPINION, Taiwan has a lot in common with Arkansas. Or North Dakota. The world-class National Palace Museum is certainly worth a visit if your are in Taipei but unless you are on a business trip or, like us, are ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Friday, 11 Oct 2019 | Views [253]
I WISH I COULD SAY THAT YUAN FANG Homestay was a marvelous place and the highlight of our stay in Taiwan, that it gave us true insight into life in Taiwan. The truth is that even if we could have found it on our own, there were no signs in English ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2019 | Views [297]
OCTOBER ISN’T THE BEST MONTH FOR BIRDING in Taiwan. Nevertheless, we have been following birding tour trip reports for locations where local species have been reported recently. As it turns out, “recently” is a relative ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Friday, 4 Oct 2019 | Views [286]
CONNIE SETS OUR COURSE AND AS OFTEN as not she selects birding hotspots. Where we will lay our heads each night is up to me. Bird sightings, as it turns out, are not just a factor of where birds congregate, but also of where people congregate.... Read more >
TAIWAN | Thursday, 3 Oct 2019 | Views [323]
THE TROPICAL STORM WAS A FIZZLE, DESPITE the dire forecast and we were ready to leave Taipei. The 5201 Airport Bus left on schedule and dropped us off at the Avis counter. They tried hard but maybe they’ll try a little harder next ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Sunday, 29 Sep 2019 | Views [284]
CONNIE REMEMBERS DITCHING A BUSINESS MEETING in 1988 to visit the National Palace Museum, the highlight of any visit to Taipei. It took us three trains and a bus to get there today — plus a little help from some locals — but only $5 ... Read more >
TAIWAN | Saturday, 28 Sep 2019 | Photo Gallery
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TAIWAN | Saturday, 28 Sep 2019 | Views [292]
IT WAS RAINING WHEN WE SAID “SAYONARA” to Japan and it was still raining when we said “Ni hau” to Taiwan. Another tropical storm, would you believe? Taiwan's proximity to Ishigaki coupled with a time change meant ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 26 Sep 2019 | Views [280]
I JUST FINISHED READING THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING , Bill Bryson’s hilarious account of his second foray to “discover” Britain. Bryson is a walker. His destinations are often the birthplaces, gravesites and stomping ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 22 Sep 2019 | Views [303]
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. The rain has stopped, the wind has died down and the sky has patches of blue. Typhoon Tapah left behind some scattered palm fronds, more rubbish along the high-tide line and empty store shelves. One Family ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 20 Sep 2019 | Views [319]
WHAT BEGAN AS ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN SHOWERS accompanied by strong, gusting winds graduated from a tropical depression to tropical storm Tapah and may even — or already have — become a typhoon. It's hard to tell since internet weather ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019 | Views [266]
ORCHIDS LINING THE WALKWAY TO BAGGAGE CLAIM give the impression that Okinawa is an island paradise. Outside the airport the reality, at least through my eyes, is something less. Okinawa is the island of “cube cars” of all makes ... Read more >
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