It’s All About the People

Cruising is great because you get to explore new islands, lounge on pristine beaches, watch endless sunsets and enjoy beautiful waters.  For our family, it has been great to slow down and spend so much time together.  But what makes cruising so wonderful is the people you meet along the way.  Often they are fleeting friendships and you don’t even realize the strength of the relationship …

Exuma Island Hopping

After all the activity of Georgetown, we were really looking forward to weeks spent exploring the Exuma chain.  The Exumas are a cruisers paradise with hundreds of mostly uninhabited islands, beautiful waters in every shade of blue, amazing beaches, great snorkeling and lots of peaceful anchorages.  There are very few settlements in the Exumas, which makes it difficult to provision.  After 4 weeks …

A Sampling of Europe

When planning overseas trips we like to keep things really flexible and often will add destinations randomly if we have a layover there.  On our way home from Sri Lanka we had a layover in Brussels and so we decided to spend a week in Europe. I had been to Brussels before, but not Paul and the kids and so …

Myanmar

Our office was closed for a few days over Hari Raya and with Dawn and the kids back in Canada I had a few days off to fit in a trip.  Steve, my roommate from University currently lives in Cambodia with his wife Jodi so I thought I would go visit them; but Steve had plans to go to Myanmar for work …