Monuriki Island is where the movie Cast Away was filmed. It’s known to the tourists as Cast Away Island, is only about 0.4 km2, and is uninhabited. It’s made up of coral and volcanic rock. We returned to our home base in the late afternoon, where we joined the Australian ladies to give gifts to […]
One morning, Bill taught us how to weave baskets used by the villagers. The baskets last two years, and get stronger as they dry out.
The activity for the day was snorkelling with sharks, but it ended up being so much more!!
The tiny island of Sawa-i-Lau is unique in Fiji in that it’s the only one made of limestone while all the others are volcanic. There’s a limestone mountain on the island, and the caves below are where we’re headed.
Hand line fishing is a traditional and common method of fishing for Fijians. It just uses a fishing line on a spool with bait. And then you start catching fish … or other objects.
In June, we stayed for 7 days in the small town of Tilcara, in the remote northwest of Jujuy (pronounced “hoo-hwee”), Argentina. From here, it’s about a 2 hour drive to Salinas Grandes, Argentina’s largest salt flats. It’s in the Puna (aka Antiplano), which is a windswept plateau in the Andes, and the Puna in […]
Since we started our year of travel in June 2023, Felix has been asking to do a horseback riding activity. Neil finally found a unique experience that everyone was excited about with Horse Connection Patagonia, in the Torres del Paine. Our guide Lynn arranged for our transportation to the starting point, and we were picked […]
Neil and the kids signed up for whitewater rafting on the Rio de las Vueltas the day after arriving at El Chaltén. El Chaltén is the only town along this river, and its waters are from melting glaciers in the north of Los Glaciares National Park. To make it more interesting, they signed up for […]
One of our activities during our 10-day safari in Tanzania was to go hunting with the Hadzabe tribe in the Lake Eyasi region. The day before our activity, we picked up Gichiro, the guide who would accompany us to the tribe. Since the Hadzabe are hunter gatherers, they are nomadic and Gichiro had arrived a […]
We were not able to attend a camel race in Dubai since the season was finished. Fortunately, we found the Arabian Desert Camel Riding Center – the first licensed camel riding school and home of the first women’s camel racing team in the United Arab Emirates. Because of the heat later in the day, we […]