Near the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre (KGECC). On a land-trip away from the boat in November 2002, we had a wonderful day at the center, as Alan mingled with the elephants in company with the KGECC team and some highly entertained Read more…
Although you can’t go wrong traveling anywhere in New Zealand, here are our top 10 sight-seeing destinations in New Zealand. Milford Track (and starting-point village of Te Anau, and end-point Milford Sound). This is a hut-to-hut trek that should not be missed under any circumstances. Abel Tasman National Park (track, Read more…
In the summer of 2000, we left the boat on the hard in New Zealand and flew to Australia for some land travel. We decided it would be fun to do an extended bicycle trip, so we had our tandem bicycle shipped over from Texas. The tandem bike trip started Read more…
In April 1999, we completed our transit of the Panama Canal and set sail across the Pacific Ocean. First stop was the Galapagos Islands, where we spent several weeks of eco-touring land travel. For the 6-day passage to the Galapagos from Panama, we had light winds on the nose almost Read more…