After an exhilarating and exhausting 3 day trek on Rinjani, we headed South to Kuta Beach to the Novotel Lombok Resort. Unlike Kuta Beach in Bali, this resort area was quiet and relaxing. We found Lombok to be the perfect place for us. The south side of the island had yet to be developed, so…
Honeymoon 2010: Gunung Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia
As part of our romantic honeymoon in Indonesia, we decided to go on a 3 day hike up a volcano! This included two nights camping, a summit hike beginning at 2 am leading to a beautiful sunrise, and all in all an amazing adventure. While a small mountain at 12,224 ft or 3,726 m, it…
Honeymoon 2010: Bali
After Phuket, we flew to Bali, Indonesia for four days and stayed at the Bali Hyatt on Sanur Beach. We had read some people called this place “snore” and that’s exactly what we wanted. It was quiet, relaxing, and an amazing resort. The next morning, we didn’t waste any time and explored the surrounding…
Honeymoon 2010: Frankfurt Layover and Phuket, Thailand
In celebration of our third anniversary, we thought we would add our honeymoon pictures to the blog. With the gracious gift of airline miles by Andy’s Mom, we had the opportunity to travel anywhere in the world. Andy wanted Asia and I wanted an island, we ended up in Indonesia. We had some great stops along…
Belize and Caye Caulker. November 2014
Last post for our Thanksgiving 2014 trip to Central America. After several days visiting sites throughout the interior of Guatemala we headed out to Belize to end our trip on the beach. After what felt like a relatively brief bus ride we ended up at the coast in the capital of Belize City around lunch….
Tikal, Guatemala. November 2014
Following a thrilling day at Semuc we had a different type of adventure on the way up to Tikal. What was supposed to be a 9 hour day turned a 17 hour ride only to be dropped in rainy Flores at midnight , some 15 miles from our hotel reservation. With no transportation we ended up…
Semuc Champey, Guatemala. November 2014
Sunday we awoke to take a shuttle from Antigua to Semuc Champey. Only about 316 km (about 196 miles), but a long and beautiful 8 hour ride to the town of Lanquin, with a brief stop at the mall in Coban for lunch. In Lanquin, as we arrived locals swarmed our shuttle hoping to book up a…
Coban and Central Highlands, Guatemala. November 2014
During Andy’s meeting in Antigua there were three days of field trips. Day 1 we visited a small diameter bed factory and a lumber yard. Day 2 we started at the Biotopo del Quetzal “Mario Dary Rivera” where we were fortunate enough to observe a female Quetzal in one of the trees at the parking lot….
Antigua, Guatemala. November 2014
Just before the Thanksgiving break Andy had a work meeting in Guatemala. We decided to take advantage of the holiday and spent the week after the meeting traveling through Guatemala and Belize. The meeting began and ended in scenic Antigua. Walking around the city center one is surrounded by churches both in ruin and use and volcanoes…
Grayson Highlands/Appalachian Trail, VA
For Memorial Day, we decided to get out in the woods for a couple of days. Andy has been fortunate enough to work up in western Virginia several times, but had not been to Grayson Highland State Park. Wild ponies, the Appalachian Trail, and beautiful weather were the catalysts for this trip. We woke up early…
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