Author Archives: John

March 19-21 Hi All, Bhutan……wow, what a delight. When we started to research the various countries in SE Asia we wanted to visit……we knew we did not have time to do them all this year……Bhutan kept coming up as a must do…….and when we learned Raj at Rhino Travel could also help us book the … Read More →

March 16-19 Hi All, I am writing this blog almost a week later…..it’s now Saturday, March 25. We are now back in Phuket safe and sound…..albeit very tired, which I suppose is a good sign of a very, very successful trip!!! It is very, very hot here…..so once again we are acclimating and thankful our … Read More →

March 13-15, Hi All, I’m writing this blog as we are touring Bhutan starting Sunday, March 19……we were very sad to leave Nepal but so far Bhutan is meeting all our expectations!!!! And the schedule, at least for today, is not as hectic…..good thing as we are both getting pretty worn out!!!! So….the story continues……we … Read More →

March 12-13 Hi All, Kaka our driver for the next 7 days (his name means Uncle in Nepali, a very respectful title……we still do not know his real name:))))….arrived the day before from Kathmandu….it took him 2 days to drive the 400 miles as there is a lot of traffic and poor roads…yikes!!! We learned … Read More →

March 9-11 Hi All, Well, we continue to be very busy……like up at 6ish and getting back after 8ish……needless to say not much time for the blog. We are now in Pokara (March 17) and have a few hours free….so here goes about Bardia!! Well, did not get it done so now in Kathmandu on … Read More →

March 7-8 Hi All, Wow……what a very busy and active beginning we have had so far on our Nepal tour. This is the first day we have had a few hours to relax and I’ll try to get a blog sent….I’m writing this on Sunday!!!! We arrived on time and safely in Kathmandu last Tuesday, … Read More →

Feb 20-March 5, 2017 Hi All, Hmmmm, let’s see if I can describe the last 2 weeks…….sleep in, coffee, internet time, coffee, breakfast, tea, a few projects, read, project, read, lunch, read, nap, maybe a project (depended on the book), cocktails, dinner, movie……then repeat…..bliss said the Admiral and I do believe our mojo/batteries are fully … Read More →

Feb 20 Hi All, Yes, we are BACK onboard Mystic Moon….whoa….what a whirlwind of activity back in USA!!!! Let’s see…..what all did we do in USA…..well, we got there the 1st week in Dec……had a horrible time dealing with jet lag for 3-4 days but we did see Baby Kennedy the day we got back……oh … Read More →

Nov 28 – Dec 5 Hi All, Wow….what a cruising year……the 2nd longest mileage one yet!! We left Bobbin Head Australia on April 29 and will fly back to California on Dec 5th….love the dateline thing going east….we leave 6:25pm Monday, connect in Hong Kong and get into SFO at 9:00pm Monday night……sweet as!!!! Final … Read More →

Nov 24-27 Hi All, We didn’t do too much in Langkawi…..it was very, very hot…..temps in the 90’s and heat index over 105* F…..arghhhhhh!! Both days we went out we were just drained in a few hours!!! The first day we did the duty free thing. Malaysia has 3 duty free islands and Langkawi is … Read More →