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The girls arrived home on Thursday from interim trips. Eleri had fun in Xian – the grade 6 trip. She arrived home around 8pm. It is simple and easy to be living 5 minutes from school as Jim hopped on the scooter to get her. Emersyn called to tell us someone had left […]
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We started this tradition of a Thanksgiving Adventure Trip to Yangshuo. This year the Turkey Gang is going new places – Zhangjiajie. Seven families are sharing the Thanksgiving adventure. It is the Turkey Gang of past Thanksgivings to include the Brennans (Judy, Dan, Danielle & Erin) and the Jacobs (Rachael, Mike, Joshua and Alyssa). […]
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October Holiday with a big adventure to Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China (Tibet) and to the south, east and west by India. It shares with Nepal the world’s greatest concentration of mountains and a […]
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June 14-24 2014: Emersyn and I participated in the annual Concordia Marine Ecology Program dive trip to Koh PhiPhi, Thailand. This was the second year at Koh PhiPhi were we are surveying a designated section of reef to document changes in coral, fish and invertebrates. The data collected goes to Reef Check who studies […]
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Jim had a company meeting in Taipei, therefore, the Company organized for all the families to come to Taipei – a family boondoggle. The only problem was our girls were still in school. Chinese New Year break began Wednesday at noon. The Chinese students have three or more weeks off for Chinese New Year. […]
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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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We started this tradition of a Thanksgiving Adventure Trip to Yangshuo. This is our 5th Thanksgiving in Yangshuo. We didn’t go last year and everyone missed the adventure. Five families are sharing the Thanksgiving adventure. It is the usual gang of past Thanksgivings to include the Jenkins (Jennifer, Scott, Sean & Sophie) and the […]
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October break is National Holiday or Golden Week in China. School just began, but we have a week off for Golden Week. We have spent many Golden Weeks in Shanghai – the weather is generally nice at this time…but, this year we are spending the week in Thailand. Thursday, September 26 – From […]
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We decided on a family vacation in Breckenridge this summer…because I was able to find availability with my timeshare. I haven’t been to Breckenridge since college days of skiing. I have never been there in the summer. The family vacation included the Lyon ladies, Aunt Terri and Grandma & Grandpa. Saturday, July […]
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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 […] |