After leaving Tainan, we rented a car and headed into Taiwan’s central mountains to visit Alishan National Forest and Sun Moon Lake. We stayed outside of Alishan in the town…
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Celebrating Lunar New Year in Tainan
As we moved up the west coast of Taiwan, we stopped in Kaohsiung for a few days and then enjoyed 10 full days in Tainan over the week of Lunar…
Continue readingTaiwan’s East Coast: Rugged and Remote
We rented a car in Taipei (in the North of Taiwan) and took two weeks to drive down and explore the East Coast to Kenting National Park at the very…
Continue readingTen Fun Days in Taipei, Taiwan
Dave had been to Taipei many times for work (maybe 40 or 50?), but had only explored the city a little bit and had never been outside of Taipei. So,…
Continue readingMerry Christmas and Happy New Year from Thailand!
We in Colorado for Christmas, but we thought we would share some fun Christmas decorations we saw while travelling in Thailand. Happy Holidays!! Dave + Diane
Continue readingRelaxing Vacation in the Trang Islands
Diane and I left Nepal sick with terrible colds. We stayed two nights in Bangkok after leaving Nepal and went to a clinic and got some prescriptions to help us…
Continue readingRedemption: Gokyo Lakes & Gokyo Ri
Spoiler Alert: Our trek to Gokyo was a complete success!!! After our problems with the Annapurna Circuit Trek a few weeks ago and not being able to complete it, we…
Continue readingAre We Cursed? Annapurna Circuit Trek Attempt #2
Our goal: finish what we started! In 2023 we attempted the Annapurna Circuit Trek, (as described part 1 and part 2 in our 2023 ACT blog) but Dave got a…
Continue readingCrete: An Amazing Island
After our visit to Northern Italy we went to Crete for two weeks to enjoy island life. Although Crete is a part of Greece, many locals told us they have…
Continue readingThe Spectacular Dolomites
Hiking was our priority with a few interesting stops along the way. We went on 15 hikes in the Dolomites over the 3 weeks we were there. We based ourselves…
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