Today is like everyday we travel to a remote island and a sandbar. We do a lot of snorkeling, swimming and kayaking. The water is very calm today (almost glassy) inside the atoll. Shelly asks the captain if the dingy can pull the kayak. The captain, says, no but then she shows him pictures of her surf kayaking and they decide to try it. They tie the boat to the dingy and off they go. It is a hoot to watch. Shelly loves it and does it twice during the day. We work more on our visa problems, it is not looking good for us to get our visa's by Monday, we are continuing with all options we can come up with. I'm amazed India makes it so hard to visit. This is really crazy.... read more

Easter Sunday We wake up early 6am and head out for breakfast on the water. After breakfast Shelly takes another surf lesson. I go along to take a few pictures. Around 9am I take a taxi back to the hotel. I get our passports and head to the Indian Embassy. It is a very long distance away (across the street). Friday and Saturday are the weekend days here so the embassy is open on Sunday. They also don’t celebrate Easter. I walk in and find out all that we need to do. The first thing is to fill in the online application. This is going to be the same long process that I had to do before. Oh, no. I go back to the hotel and start entering all the information. I then discover once you ... read more

I arrived in Barcelona on Saturday last week and spent several days with Nicky and Tim at their flat in Barcelona. First, I really love Spanish shoes. They fit my feet. I bought 3 pair of shoes in Barcelona. I could by more if I had more room in my suitcase. Thanksgiving morning I flew to Mallorca. this gave Nicky and Tim a day without me. :-) It's cold here. I took the hop on and hop off tour bus. This was great as it gave me a good feel on the city and well, it started to rain and I could stay dry. I did hop off at the castle, I got wet, but it was worth it. I love history and the museum there had the history of the island. Then back to Palma. ... read more

hi from the sailing trip. No internet on board so no posts. in phi phi today and I hit an internet cafe. no pictures. sigh I'm using their computer. the pictures are great. you cant imagine the rock formations and sights. last night we were in railey (? on spellig) beach. all but 2 meals have been on our ship a 50 foot catamaran. we have a small but good cabin with a private bath. The food is great but the sights and relaxing. The boat also has kayaks on board and Shelly has kayaked every day. I've gone a bunch too. we miss everyone and hope all is well. no tellng if I can get to another internet cafe, but wanted to let you know we are enjoying ourselves. 3 more nights on the ship, ... read more

Today was an early breakfast for both Shelly and I. Shelly headed off to scuba dive (no camera so no pictures for he). I went to cook. The cooking school was great. it was open air and had a beautiful view of the ocean. We learned to cook several dishes and I also talked with one of the chefs and got receipes for a couple of shelly and my favorite dishes. Now my goal will be to see if I can find all the ingredients. At the school, they cooked the dish in a class room setting with mirrors above the cooking area so you could really see what was happening. They explained everything they were doing. After that, you went to your cooking station and duplicated the dish. It was fun and a learning experience. ... read more