Milford! Today we visited Milford Sound. We started off the day with a long drive up stopping at a few lookouts, like the mirror lake – that wasn’t a mirror because the ducks were making ripples, or a tunnel that only had one lane so we had to wait for cars going the other way,…
down under and over southern alps!
A Day with the Aussies On our way to New Zealand we stopped in Sydney for a long layover. After getting breakfast we walked down to the bay and we saw the Harbor Bridge and right next to it, the Opera House! The Opera House was amazing because nobody realizes that the tiles on it…
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Angkor What?
Temples, Bikes and Birthdays! So one of Dad’s must-sees in the region was the ancient temples at Angkor near Siem Reap in Cambodia – so for his birthday weekend we made it happen! We got to duck out of school half-day and enter into a new country- where they speak Khmer and use US…
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Crocodiles and Waterfalls
So to escape the chaos during CNY, we decided to find a place that wouldn’t be celebrating- the Northern Territories of Australia. Only 8 hours after picking Jack up at the ferry from his Indonesia camping trip, we were over at Changi – ready for our red-eye to Darwin! A really early morning arrival (Mom…
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Pigs In….Singapore
So 2019 is the year of the pig…and its not hard to tell when you are living in Singapore..here’s our photo collection of the pigs and other fun CNY decorations! when we were walking down orchard we probly saw 20 seprate pig statues!
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Warmest January/February Ever
January and February had a couple of very cool weekend adventures..and by cool we mean really hot (still over 30 C) …but even with the temperature rising who wants to sit inside the apartment – (and even when we do, Dad doesn’t let us) The 1st weekend was a boys weekend with Mom traveling for…
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That’s so GOOOOOOOD!
SWEE CHOON Today (and yes, we actually wrote this the same day of eating) we went to an amazing dim sum place in little India called Swee Choon. “Carot Cake” #12 Our botom of the list is the “carrot cake”. It was called carrot cake but none of us could actually taste any carrots in…
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The Wonders of India – Part 1
There simply aren’t enough superlatives to describe India- from the energy in the streets to amazing grandeur of the palaces and temples – it was 9 days of living the adventure! Day 1 – Delhi = Chaos After a late night arrival on Thursday Dec 27, we experienced our 1st adventure, just trying to meet…
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Christmas (and Thanksgiving and Halloween ) in Dixie
So not quite Dixie..in fact probably 10 C hotter than Dixie in the winter…but we celebrated the traditional late fall and early winter holidays in Singapore..complete with shorts, tee shirts and trips to the swimming pool. Halloween featured two excellent costumes (Jay even one a best costume prize) and a limited Trick-or-Treating… For Thanksgiving (not…
