Sarah and Yuri

And by them I mean my underwater world friends! From Chiang Mai we took a flight to Phuket. A representative from our dive company picked us up and delivered us to the dive shop to get our equipment. From there they drove us to the boat which was back north PAST the airport. It would have been much more pleasant if they could have just brought our dive equipment to us! During the drive we had a brief glimpse of Patong Beach and I think we were all happy that we would not be spending much time there. It looked like a tourist trap and a half! They had Starbucks, Subway, you name it. It looked like the perfect place for college age students to get drunk and have a great time. Oh my gosh, I ... read more

There are no straight flights from Cochin to Goa so we had to go back up through Bombay. We had a short layover though. Goa is known for its beaches and having been "invaded" by Western hippies in the 60's and 70's. Let me tell you, some of them have never left and some of them are going back! We even had a few gray, long hair to the butt, friends on our flight. Good for them! (: We weren't in Goa for long so we didn't have many plans. Our only real goal was to see these amazing beaches. So we found the closest tourist trap travel agent (that's a tongue twister!) and booked a day long "beaches" tour! I was surprised to find that we were the only Muzungu on the thing! I don't ... read more

Hello everyone. As most of you know, we are now home in sunny California. However, I would like to have you complete the journey with us so you will continue to get blog updates until you are home too!! Thanks for reading! We left a very cold Leh early in the morning. The procedures for leaving that area were very similar to arriving. We had to check our bags and then identify them again on the other side. Just as with the flight here, we were not allowed to have a carry-on but we were allowed to carry a book on! Therefore, I figured that it would also be OK to carry my cross-stitch on. Yes, I cross-stitch. It is not just a hobby for old ladies! Anyhow, Molly and Yuri both told me that there ... read more

Namaste is Hello and Good-bye in Hindi! We spent our last night in Europe in Paris. You are probably thinking “Oh, how romantic” right? Not so much. Yuri was really sick and we had to do laundry in a Parisian laundromat. That’s a travel experience all by itself. You NEVER know what you are going to see! Anyhow, the point is that I spent most of my time in Paris wondering if I was mentally and physically ready to conquer India. I know several people that have been there and the general description is “You just have to experience it. There is no other place on earth like”. Ok, what the hell does that mean………..! We found out (: Our flight arrived in Delhi at 6:30 am. My sister had arrived the night before at 11 ... read more

We couldn’t get enough of Italy so we decided to explore even more after mom left. From Rome we headed down to Naples and then onto a smaller town called Sorrento. On our way we met a great couple from New Jersey and another woman that lived in Santa Fe, NM for 30 years. She knew my elementary school! Small world! Sorrento was this fantastic, little (very touristy) Italian town. It was basically our home base for exploring Pompeii and what we hoped would be the best pizza in the world. After all, Naples is the home of pizza so we figured that it would still be pretty good an hour away! Thank goodness we were right! At first glance our pizzas didn’t look like anything special but that just proves that you can’t tell a ... read more