We stayed in Tejakula (a coastal village in the north of Bali) for 9 days. Partway through our stay, we decided that we wanted to buy some chicken. Siki (the housekeeper who lives on the property we were renting) offered to take us to do this as there are no grocery stores in this little […]
Nolan took some overhead shots with his drone:
Bill assured us everything was good and that this is normal for them. Originally, there was only one village on the island, then there was a big landslide in 1985. At that point, the one village split into three with approximately 150 people per village. Hurricane season is Sep to Feb and the island is […]
The Point is a “fifth generation family farm on the Kaikoura Peninsula” and we stayed for a night while in the area. The farm used to span 600 acres of the peninsula and had 2,000 sheep. Now, the farm is 90 acres and has 300 sheep. His sheep are a South Suffolk-Drysdale cross, which are fast […]
Winter in New Zealand (June to August) are supposed to be the best months for whale watching. The Kaikoura peninsula, on the northeastern coast of the South Island, has some of the deepest waters in New Zealand. Because of this, there’s tons of food, and so the area has whale watching all year round. We […]
While in Seoul, we took a tour to visit the DMZ – an eye-opening and sobering experience. On the drive, our tour guide educated us about the DMZ and some of the history of Korea. He pointed out that South Koreans are educated in school about their history; and again during their mandatory time in […]
We’ll update this post as we book our destinations and list sights we’ve visited. Detailed posts will trickle out over time. Nolan is posting his photos on Instagram and his drone videos on youtube. Japan: 2023Jul17 – Aug 13 Impressions: Orderly (hordes of people wait for buses and subways in loooooong queues), quiet (despite the […]
We were going to wait until South East Asia to get a cheap haircut, but when we saw $11 haircuts in Fukuoka, we decided to try it out. It was a unique experience to purchase our haircuts via a machine. Neil translated the flowchart of what was on offer and how to get your haircut.
It’s a mouthful but we all thought this was one of the best hikes we’ve done. These are the views from the cable car: Some of the alpine flowers we saw on the hike: At the peak of Mt. Nakadake, the second highest point of the Japanese Central Alps.
We found these amazing waterfalls, in our subsequent explorations, after failing to see Mt Fuji due to cloud cover (we only rented a car for one day during our stay in Tokyo). Our walk was punctuated by several trickles of small waterfalls.