Adventures with Fred and Carolyn
Heading for the town of San Ignacio Bahia Gonzaga is a spectacular place to wake up. We took a long walk along the beach. Just a handful of others were about. We crossed paths with a very nice young woman, Linda, with her rescue dog. She and her boyfriend, both from Texas, had acquired a … Continue reading “Baja Bound – Day Three”
Scenic Desert Drive to San Felipe and Bahia Gonzaga At breakfast in our Valle de Guadelupe motel, I asked Safira, our host, where we could find aciete de olivo (that’s olive oil), with the help of Google Translate! She directed us to Olibaja, one of the local olive oil producers and just a mile or … Continue reading “Baja Bound, Day Two”
Anticipation! The COVID-19 lockdowns have kept us close to home for over a year. Now, watching the infections and deaths declining, and being fully vaccinated, we are more than ready for a trip away from home, away from the oh-too-familiar scenery. We are off to a Baja adventure, much like our many past junkets. Our … Continue reading “Baja Bound, at Last!”
It’s just two days before Christmas. We are wishing everyone a healthy, happy and grateful holiday. We are staying safe and grateful to be healthy and able to spend time outdoors. We will miss our family get-together this year, but hope for an even more joyful reunion in 2021.
We are profoundly grateful that our friend, Vishu G has invited us to share in his wedding to the lovely Shubhangi, in her home city of Vadodara, in the Guraji state in northwest India. The bride’s family home was festooned with sunshades and decor in white and the orange of the best orange sherbet with … Continue reading “Our First Indian Wedding”
Rolling back to our time in Russia…Now for a bit of history. My fuzzy recollection was that the Decembrists were early Russian revolutionaries. What I’d forgotten was how early. (I was never good at memorizing dates.) Their strike for change was in 1825, nearly a century before the violent revolutionary times beginning in 1917. This … Continue reading “The Decembrists and Their Impact on Irkutsk”
We’re in the lovely valley, full of rich herby, floral scent, alert for a sighting. Surrounded by steep hillsides, softened with eons of extremes, it’s green and, due to the lack of trees, the views are endless. We squinted and strained to see two small groups of Takhi. These horses are the only truly wild … Continue reading “We See Takhi Wild Horses in Hustai National Park”
We’re pleasantly surprised! Atlas Obscura, via World Expeditions, our tour company, set our expectations rather low for the country ger (AKA ‘yurt’) accommodations. We were not expecting flush toilets or electrical outlets in our our ger, or cell coverage. But, we are happily checking the day’s email and downloading a smattering of news. Our ger … Continue reading “First Night in a Ger”