A different kind of touristy

The Honeymoon Capital of Vietnam Swiss Mountain Town The City of Eternal Spring Of all the monikers coined for the city of Dalat, Vietnam, it was the last one that really caught our attention–we’ve been roasting in the Southeast Asian heat since early May, so the opportunity to visit an area that promised a respite [...]

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It’s getting geothermal in herre*

There’s a story in my family that my parents really enjoy telling when it’s time to demonstrate how adorably nerdy I was as a child.  I was eight or ten, we were on summer vacation in Michigan visiting the Great Lakes.  The beaches were very rocky, but all of the rocks were round and smooth, [...]

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Enjoying Road-Tripping

One of the best things about having Asteroid the Spaceship is being on a month-long road trip.  The fact that the views everywhere  in New Zealand are absolutely breathtaking also makes it that much sweeter. There are no Kansases or Illinois’ getting in the way.  With the whole country of New Zealand (both north and [...]

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Taking the locals advice

When we last left you, it was Easter, and we spent a wonderful day on the mystical Doubtful Sound. We left the next day and headed to Queenstown for a few days, just enjoying being in a city again, both of us taking an adrenaline fueled “swing” over a canyon and river, and me taking [...]

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Doubtful Sound

Had we been at home this past Sunday, we surely would have spent the day with family, watching the kiddos search for easter eggs, gobble chocolate bunnies and run around like lunatics from the sugar buzz.  Since we were missing out on that bit of entertainment, we decided to take a cruise on Doubtful Sound [...]

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