After a delightful six days in Siem Reap we headed south to the Cambodian coast to spend a week in Sihanoukville. Our digs in Sihanoukville were a bit on the rough side.  We had the second story of a two-story wooden house, and our apartment was comprised of a deck overlooking the jungle, a simple, … Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Tasty →

Our taxi dropped us off in front of our apartment building, Mansion 51, in Phnom Penh, and we were still glowing from a relaxing 5 days in Kampot. Phnom Penh was bustling, dusty, and vibrant, which was exactly what we were looking for after our tour through quiet Southern Cambodia.  Modern high-rises alternated with scrabbly … Continue reading Our Final Stop in Cambodia: Phnom Penh →

After running around Cambodia for a month we were, to use a phrase, plum tuckered out.  We were looking forward to staying put for a while in Phuket, our next destination. Most of what we had heard about Phuket from other travelers we had met was negative, but we had already realized that our criteria … Continue reading Phuket and the Phi Phi Islands →

Four weeks into our stay in Phuket we only had one thing left to cross off our “list”:  a visit to Phang Nga Bay, home of the famous “James Bond Island”. Our experience with Phuket Sail Tours in the Phi-Phi Islands was so delightful that we signed on with them again to visit Phang Nga … Continue reading Wrapping Up Our Stay in Phuket →

Right after our son was born in 2012, we took a  1-month holiday to Belize to spend some time together as a family before Juliann went back to work.  We chose Caye Caulker as our base, primarily because we wanted to try out a location where development was nonexistent and the pace was slow. Caulker … Continue reading Living and Loving Lanta →

We didn’t want to leave Thailand.  Ever. But as always, flights were booked and accommodations reserved, so we had to go.  We were comforted, however, by the knowledge that soon we would be back in Europe, and that our next destination, Italy, was going to rock.  And that the wine was going to be spectacular. … Continue reading Rome – A Week Ain’t Enough →

A couple of years ago, when the planning for “our travels”, as we like to call them, began in earnest, I somehow heard of the delicious lemons that grew on the Amalfi Coast. The image of lemon groves clinging to rocky hillsides tumbling down to the blue Mediterranean stuck in my head and refused to … Continue reading Queen of the Amalfi Coast: Positano →