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This year we are spending Christmas in the Maldives. Getting there from China was easy and cheap. Our plane tickets were $800 per ticket – a ticket to San Francisco costs us double to triple this amount. The hard part was finding a “reasonably price” resort that accommodates children. The Maldives consists of many […]
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Nicole and Michael decided on a destination wedding in Mexico. They chose a nice resort in Playa Del Carmen, south of Cancun. The only challenge was getting Mimi and Papa there and back unscathed. I had the “sonly” duty to escort them. Unfortunately, Brenda and the girls were not able to go due to […]
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The Caribbean is one of the best diving areas in the world. With Nicole’s wedding, I thought it would be a great opportunity to dive in Cancun and Cozumel. Justin is also a diver, as is his friend, Shea. Our research led us to dive in Cozumel. We took the ferry across to Cozumel […]
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Tuesday, December 13: Travel to Down Under We arrived at the Shanghai airport for our 7:30pm flight to Sydney, Australia. After a quick check-in as the airport was quiet, we went to the food court for a Burger King dinner. The airport had the feel of a lonely Christmas as scene in a movie […]
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Chinese New Year was planned for a grand adventure to Egypt. We are traveling with the Humes (John, Mary, Kelly & Erin) as we did last year to South Africa. This blog may take a few weeks to write. As I begin writing it, the people of Egypt have been protesting the […]
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Chinese New Year is a special holiday for the Chinese as our Christmas is for us. It is all about family and traditions. For all of us expats, it is about the get-away holiday as the children and the fathers have a week off. This year we decided to go on a big adventure […] |