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2018年1月3日水曜日 21:01
☁️ 11 °C
海抜: 33 フィート
チリ Punta Arenas -53.163834, -70.91706853°9’50” S 70°55’1” W
Punta Arenas, Chile
2018年1月3日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The trip to this charming town, our first stop in Chile, was a 12 hour bus ride from Ushuaia. Historically significant in the exploration of this part of the world, the town has been visited by Magellan, Darwin and Shackleton, to name a few.
The weather was wet and windy as we drove through some very desolate and beautiful farmland that looked much like Southern New Zealand - except for an occasional llama. During our ferry crossing (on the bus), we saw some very cute white and black dolphins - which we first mistook for penguins.
In Punta Arenas we’ve spent our time walking through the very sweet downtown packed with grand, somewhat crumbling buildings. Finally we stumbled across some choripan – bread with chorizo – which we were hoping to try. Delicious!
We also visited the Braun Palace Museum -set in a beautiful old mansion - and the quirky and wonderful Nao Victoria museum. The Nao museum was out of town overlooking the Strait of Magellan and had 3 full-size replicas of famous ships including: Shackleton’s James Caird (the lifeboat that miraculously made it from Elephant Island to South Georgia), Darwin’s HMS Beagle and Magellan’s ship. It’s crazy to see how small and basic these boats were that accomplished such incredible journeys.もっと詳しく
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2017年12月28日木曜日 21:01
⛅ 10 °C
海抜: 226 フィート
アルゼンチン Base Naval Ushuaia -54.80191, -68.30294854°48’7” S 68°18’11” W
Ushuaia
2017年12月28日, アルゼンチン ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Sadly, we had to leave the ship but were excited to catch up with our dear friends, Marc and Rowena, for a few hours before they boarded our same ship for their Antarctic adventure. We tried not to tell them too much as they were in for an amazing trip, but it was hard to contain our enthusiasm. We look forward to hearing what they saw and experienced given they had a few more days in Antarctica as they didn’t visit South Georgia or the Falklands.
Originally we’d planned to spend just 3 nights here, however we quickly realized busy season is truly busy so ended up needing to stay 6 - not only to wait to get a bus ticket out of town, but also to book hotels and buses ahead as almost everything is sold out. Although we’d wanted to travel in a more relaxed and flexible way, this simply isn’t possible during summer.
Our time here was spent planning and booking things ahead (phew, we did it!), though we managed to spend a good amount of time walking through the town, visiting the museum and enjoying king crab (which is delicious, but not as good as the Alaskan variety). The people here are incredibly friendly, the weather very damp, cold and changeable, and the setting spectacular as it overlooks the Beagle channel and is overlooked by stunning, jagged mountains and glaciers.もっと詳しく
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Gerard DobbsWe are flying to Vancouver tonight so we will be at the other end of the same coast 😀
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Dobbs Away IIHave a great time. Hope you have lots of snow.
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Rowena SingerIt was great to see you both! Wish we had more time together before we had to set sail. xoxo
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2017年12月24日日曜日 15:58
☀️ -2 °C
海抜: 海水位
South Atlantic Ocean -63.298565, -60.18183963°17’55” S 60°10’55” W
Antarctic Peninsula
2017年12月24日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ -2 °C
After leaving South Georgia, we cruised for 2 and ½ days through the Scotia Sea in the Southern Ocean to the Antarctic Peninsula.
On our way we saw our first icebergs - one huge tabular ‘berg approximately 22km long - and many whales, penguins and birds.
We were lucky enough to pass by, and get a good view, of Elephant Island where the majority of Shackleton’s crew waited while “the boss” and 4 others sailed to South Georgia in a tiny wooden boat. We were on the opposite side of the island from Shackleton’s landing site, but it was incredible to imagine how a tiny boat had been able to make it to South Georgia from here. Amazing!
Our first landing was in Yankee Harbor where we saw our first chinstrap penguins and Weddell seals. Next we visited Deception Island, a recently active volcano with a small opening leading to a magnificently sheltered harbor. Here we enjoyed a short hike, saw our first leopard seals and enjoyed seeing the remains of a former whaling station during a small snow storm - which simply added to the atmosphere of the place.
On Christmas Eve we visited Cuverville Island where we hiked up a steep hill to enjoy beautiful views of the Errera Channel. The best part was body sledding down the hill. Ridiculous fun! In the afternoon we landed at Brown station, an Argentinean research base that was our first official landing on the Antarctic continent. The base is empty at this time of year and opens in January. On our way back to the ship our zodiac cruised through Paradise Bay where another zodiac waited with champagne to toast our official arrival to continental Antarctica. Living the life!
We spent Christmas day in Port Charcot. While the weather was beautiful, there was plenty of snow and ice around making it the most spectacular white Christmas we’re ever to likely experience. Santa managed to pay a visit via a zodiac. In the morning we spent time scooting around the icebergs of Salpetriere Bay in a zodiac. We were lucky to see Weddell and leopard seals, hundreds of penguins and birds, and some beautiful arched icebergs.
The weather was so clear and windless that we were able to enjoy xmas BBQ lunch outside on the back deck of the ship, surrounded by massive mountains and glaciers with icebergs floating in the sea. In the afternoon we landed at Port Charcout and saw 3 types of penguins: Gentoos, Chin-straps and Adelies, a Crabeater seal and Minke whales in the bay.
While cruising out of Neumayer Channel towards the open ocean, we couldn’t believe it when we saw orca’s then humpback whales feeding, including bubble-net fishing. It’s impossible to describe how stunningly beautiful it is here and everyday has become more and more breathtaking. This may well be the most spectacularly beautiful, wild place we’ve visited so far
Our final two days were spent crossing the Drake Passage to Ushuaia. Famous for huge seas, we were lucky and enjoyed a very mild crossing with good weather. This was an incredible trip with an amazing ship and crew and so many nice people onboard. We feel so grateful to have had this experience.もっと詳しく
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Danella RennieThis part of your trip looks incredibly awesome, Happy New Year to you both
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Dobbs Away IIThanks. Happy new year to you too! Maybe our favorite part of our trip or even travels so far...amazing place.
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Gerard DobbsWhat a fantastic and unique part of the world. Thank you for sharing your experiences. The kids always look forward to your next post. Happy New Year.
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2017年12月18日月曜日 15:58
☀️ -2 °C
海抜: 6,998 フィート
サウスジョージアおよびサウスサンドイッチ諸島 -54.429581, -36.5879154°25’46” S 36°35’16” W
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South Georgia
2017年12月18日, サウスジョージアおよびサウスサンドイッチ諸島 ⋅ ☀️ -2 °C
This island has played large in our imagination after first reading Sir Ernest Shackleton’s account of his epic journey from being stuck in pack ice off Antarctica, sailing to Elephant Island in 3 life boats, then sailing a single life boat >900 miles to South Georgia before traversing the island in mid-winter over glaciers and crevasses to a whaling station where he could get a rescue party together for his crew back on Elephant Island. Four months after setting out on their small life boat he was able to return to rescue his crew – all survived.
We had 2½ days around the island and were able to make many landings while here. Our first landing was at a massive king penguin colony on Salisbury Plain. It was an emotional experience seeing such abundance of wildlife (king penguins, fur seals, elephant seals and countless birds) and realizing we were someplace very special. Next, we stopped in Fortuna Bay, another large king penguin colony and also the place where Shackleton and 2 of his crew had arrived after traversing the island. It was very exciting to be walking in the footsteps of these great explorers.
On our second day, we were meant to land in Stromness - the whaling station where Shackleton had come to mount the rescue - but bad weather prevented us from landing. We did enter the bay and get a good look at the former station before continuing on to Gothul for a zodiac cruise through a sheltered cove where we saw some amazing wildlife. Our afternoon landing was at Grytiviken, another former whaling station and where Shackleton and his friend and fellow explorer, Frank Wild, are buried. We toasted Shackleton at his gravesite with some Irish whiskey before taking a short walk up a hill for a beautiful view. Next, we visited the excellent museum and took a brief tour of the former whaling station. There are about 15 people that live here, mostly researchers and administrators. Incredible experience!
On our last day in South Georgia, we landed at Gold Harbor to see both king and Gentoo penguins, as well as many other creatures. After some rough weather, it was a brilliantly sunny day. Lastly, we cruised up Drygalski Fiord for indescribably beautiful views of the mountains and glaciers.もっと詳しく
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Gerard Dobbs Great photo. Shackleton is one of my heroes. Nice to see his resting place.
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Rowena SingerHilarious seal shot and adorable baby king penguin pics. It's also so cool that you got to visit Shackleton's grave and walk in his footsteps! We also did not see king penguins on the peninsula, so I loved getting a glimpse of the colony through your pics.
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2017年12月15日金曜日 15:58
🌬 11 °C
海抜: 7 フィート
フォークランド諸島 Weir Creek -51.673782, -57.87566451°40’26” S 57°52’32” W
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Falkland Islands
2017年12月15日, フォークランド諸島 ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Even though we’re traveling on a luxurious ship with all the comforts you can imagine (champagne, sir?), this first stop on our trip helped us to quickly remember we’re in a very remote part of the world that few people will ever have the opportunity to see. The crazy part is that we still have a very long way to go to get somewhat close to where the early (and current) explorers and researchers traveled to document and preserve this incredible part of the world.
Once we were cleared to get off the ship (very strict bio-security measures), we jumped into Land Rovers driven by locals over dense, spongy peat fields to visit a rock-hopper penguin colony. After hanging out with the penguins for an hour or so, we headed back to the capital, Port Stanley. We walked the main street and visited the very impressive museum that included a great exhibit presenting a local viewpoint of the short occupation and brutal war with Argentina in ’82. Before returning to the ship to begin 2 days of sailing to South Georgia we stopped in one of the pubs to enjoy a local pint.
This is an amazing, unique, wind-swept group of islands, with a population of just 3,000 people. A beautiful and remote place.もっと詳しく
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Rowena SingerWe didn't get a chance to see these particular penguins on the Antarctic peninsula, and I would have mis-categorized them as macaroni penguins. Great shot of a parent and its baby penguin looking straight at camera!
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2017年12月13日水曜日 15:04
⛅ 14 °C
海抜: 220 フィート
アルゼンチン Base Naval Ushuaia -54.802181, -68.3033654°48’8” S 68°18’12” W
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Ushuaia, argentina
2017年12月13日, アルゼンチン ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After a few nights in a nice hotel in B.A., we met with our tour group for orientation. Then, a short, bumpy 3 hour charter flight took us to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is set on the Beagle Channel and is steeped in an amazing history of famous explorers and exploration. We’ll be spending more time here at the end of our Antarctica trip and are looking forward to learning more.
After a quick lunch and short hike in the stunning mountains, we boarded our ship. It was ridiculously exciting to suddenly be on a ship, casting off and heading towards an adventure we’d been anticipating for a long time.もっと詳しく
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Rebecca DobbsHappy cruising! Have fun xx
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Cynthia JohnsonHave a great Holiday. We miss you two.
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Danella RennieEnjoy and Happy Holidays to you both
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2017年12月7日木曜日
☀️ 27 °C
海抜: 112 フィート
アルゼンチン Retiro -34.588642, -58.38550634°35’19” S 58°23’8” W
Buenos Aires
2017年12月7日, アルゼンチン ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Because we’d used miles to pay for one ticket out of Delhi, we ended up on different flights to London. Christy flew Delhi-Helsinki-London (on FinnAir – “the official airline of Santa”) and John flew Delhi-London. We met in London for a few hours’ wait then took a long flight to Argentina. John bought a very small camera in DutyFree as we’ll be sending his HUGE camera home after Antarctica as it’s just too heavy/big for how we will now travel.
A very nice lady from our Antarctica travel company met us at the airport and then drove us to our Airbnb apartment in central BA. The apartment was in a great location with easy access to all the sights we wanted to see. Generally, we’ve headed off early in the morning to different parts of the city, walked around, drunk some coffee and taken a siesta. We also went to Boca (famous for the soccer team and colorful homes), the waterfront and famous women’s bridge, the cemetery where Eva Peron and many other famous Argentinians are buried, and we saw an Opera at the Teatro Colon - considered to have some of the best acoustics in the world.
Like India, the cow is worshipped here in Argentina but in a totally different and obvious way. When people find out that we don't eat a lot of red meat, there is genuine concern that we will starve to death. Also, nothing really gets started here until late at night, which is another adjustment to our normal m.o. Like many other travelers have noted, BA is like a combination of NYC and Paris with more empanadas. The architecture is amazing and the people have all been wonderfully friendly, even though we are struggling with our Spanish. The plan is to travel for a few more months and head back here for 3-4 weeks to take Spanish lessons and enjoy this beautiful city.もっと詳しく
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Rowena SingerYou and John have hit all the places that Marc and I went to when we were last in Buenos Aires, except that you'll both see and experience much more since you'll be returning for a much longer visit and learning Spanish there. So cool.
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2017年12月2日土曜日 23:59
🌫 12 °C
海抜: 722 フィート
インド Teen Mūrti 28.604647, 77.20948828°36’17” N 77°12’34” E
New Delhi
2017年12月2日, インド ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
Our last 4 days in India were spent seeing some sights in Delhi, getting our teeth cleaned (masala chai stains, yo!), and getting our laundry cleaned and bags in order for the next part of our trip to South America and Antarctica.
Delhi is a huge city with incredible history and culture as well as many comforts that make traveling easy. However, the air quality is the worst we have ever seen anywhere in the world. When it hurts to breathe, your eyes are watering and city authorities suggest you do not go outside, you are not encouraged or motivated to spend anytime exploring what the city has to offer.もっと詳しく
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2017年11月28日火曜日 23:59
⛅ 25 °C
海抜: 1,496 フィート
インド Tala 23.735935, 81.02723723°44’9” N 81°1’38” E
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Bandavgarh National Park
2017年11月28日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The main reason for coming to this part of India and to this park was to try to see tigers in the wild. We went on 5 safaris and saw tigers on 4 of the visits to the park (we had 2 different sightings on one of the trips). This is unusual and we feel very lucky to have had such a range of tiger sightings – from very close crossing and sleeping in the road, to seeing silhouettes in the dense jungle and hearing a mom roaring at her cubs. Tigers are incredibly beautiful and can be highly ellusive given the density of the terrain. Guides rely on spotting tracks in the road and listening for warning calls from deer, monkeys or birds to pinpoint potential locations of the tigers. In addition to tigers, you can sometimes see leopard, wolves, bear, wild dogs and striped hyena. While we didn’t see any of these, we saw plenty of deer, monkeys and birds. The landscape is also incredibly beautiful and left us feeling like we would like to someday return for a visit. India’s wildlife and parks were not on our radar and seems to be under-sold to tourists.もっと詳しく
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Gerard Dobbs WOW. What a beautiful creature
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Dobbs Away II I panicked! Couldn't get my video to start and didn't frame him right. Always a struggle to decide whether to just watch or record. Doing both doesn't work so well as you can see. Still, amazing experience.
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Lucinda Ayers Oh man! How lucky! How beautiful!!!
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2017年11月27日月曜日
⛅ 30 °C
海抜: 1,207 フィート
インド Katni 23.834877, 80.40925823°50’6” N 80°24’33” E
Katni
2017年11月27日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Our last India Railway experience (maybe forever?) was a good one, even though we had to get up at 4am to catch the train. We managed to end up in the same carriage and next to each other, which had not happened before (tickets are hard to come by). The train was clean, by IR standards (even the toilets), our cabin mates were quiet and we had a comfortable 11-hour ride to the town of Katni.
We ended up staying the night at a pretty disappointingly grungy hotel that we’d booked online. It was next to a highway overpass and we even had to ask the management to give us clean sheets. Somehow we managed to sleep before being picked up for a 2-hour drive to Bandavgarh National Park.もっと詳しく
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2017年11月21日火曜日
☀️ 24 °C
海抜: 371 フィート
インド Bodh Gaya 24.696215, 84.99055524°41’46” N 84°59’26” E
Bodhgaya
2017年11月21日, インド ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Took a short flight to Gaya then a tuk-tuk to Bodhgaya.
According to Buddhist belief, Bodhgaya is where the Buddha attained enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Now, this small town is one of the most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists from around the world.
We’d visited here before and attended an introduction to Buddhism course ~8 years ago. Having enjoyed it, we decided to return to the same monastery/temple for another retreat – this time for teachings about the human mind.
Over 4 days, with participants observing silence, we meditated a few times a day and attended a Tibetan monk’s lectures discussing Buddhist’s concept of ‘what is the mind’. The summary, following several days of esoteric discussion on the nature of the human mind - and probably the bottom line for most Buddhist teachings - was: BE NICE (god-dammit!!) or your mind will not be at peace. The monk did not say ‘god-dammit!’ we added that for comedic value. Clearly we still have a ways to go on our dharmic road.
Accommodation at the Root Institute was very basic, but clean. Unfortunately, there were lots of huge mosquitos since in Buddhism it’s forbidden to kill or harm any living being. Fortunately we had a large lizard in our room, which hid behind a portrait of the Dalai Lama and helped to keep the mosquito count down.もっと詳しく
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2017年11月19日日曜日 18:59
🌙 20 °C
海抜: 843 フィート
インド Saket 28.520941, 77.20568128°31’15” N 77°12’20” E
New Delhi
2017年11月19日, インド ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
On our way to Delhi, we encountered the first real travel hick-up of our trip.
We’d booked a flight out of Jodphur to Delhi (there were no flights from Jaisalmer) so took a 5 hour taxi ride to the airport. Unfortunately, there was so much fog that our flight was cancelled. A manager at Air India informed us that flight cancellations had been happening for the past 4 days due to the weather and that it wasn’t looking good for the next day either. We quickly decided to take a tuk tuk to the rail station to try to find an overnight train to Delhi. After unsuccessfully attempting to buy tickets from several counters and being told they were sold out, we were eventually directed to an India Rail office down the road. While waiting in line, John noticed Rishi – the tuk tuk driver whose wife taught us cooking – in another line a few windows down from us. We said hello and went back to waiting in our respective lines. As we were waiting, we realized we didn’t have enough cash to pay for the tickets if we were lucky enough to get them so John headed to the ATM. The line started moving and it turned out there were 2 tickets available, but Christy didn’t have enough cash. She ran over to Rishi, who gracefully agreed to lend her money for the tickets until John returned from the ATM. Phew! Lucky coincidence.
The train was delayed by several hours, but we eventually made it onto the train and to Delhi (a 10+ hour trip) a day later.
This visit to Delhi is very short and we’ll be returning in early December to do some sightseeing and shopping.もっと詳しく
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2017年11月14日火曜日
🌙 10 °C
海抜: 797 フィート
インド Jaisalmer 26.915749, 70.9083426°54’57” N 70°54’30” E
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Jaisalmer
2017年11月14日, インド ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
We caught a very early train to Jaisalmer and managed to get in a sleeper car so were able to relax in relative comfort for most of the 6 hour trip. The last time we were in India we spent many, many days and nights traveling on India Rail, so it was a very familiar experience.
Jaisalmer is a much smaller town than Jodphur and even closer to the Pakistan border. We spent an afternoon exploring a military museum that helped us to better understand the history of the Indian military and some of the border wars they’ve successfully fought with Pakistan and China (including some insane conditions high in the Himalayas). They have a huge border to protect and pour incredible resources into this effort. The military presence is everywhere in this part of India and we saw very large convoys of tanks and patrolling jets while visiting this area.
The dominant feature in the town is a beautiful hilltop fort. Built in the 12th century, it’s one of the oldest occupied walled cities in the world. We had a great guide who spent a day showing us around the Fort and part of the new town. The fact that people still live within the city walls somehow makes it easier to imagine how life may have been several hundred years ago. People here are very proud of their heritage, and rightfully so. The city is truly spectacular and the detail and beauty of the sandstone carved buildings surpasses anything we've seen elsewhere in India.
People here have been incredibly warm and friendly. One night after returning to our hotel after enjoying dinner at a rooftop restaurant, we had a knock on our door. It turns out that Christy had left her iphone at the restaurant and the manager had ridden his motor bike through the city to return it to us, despite it being worth many months of most people’s salary here in India.
We’d considered doing a multi-day camel trek through the Thar desert, but in the end decided for a shorter trip of a few hours. Phew, within minutes of getting on our camels we both realized that camels are not particularly comfortable to ride AND they are enormous and a little terrifying. In any case, we very much enjoyed a few hours with the camels, seeing the Thar desert and enjoying sunset over the dunes.もっと詳しく
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Jeff LampertThe Sandstone carvings are stunning.
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Lucinda Ayers Easier to get off than a horse though. I like the way it kneels down to let you off at ground level!
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Lucinda AyersVery different from the limited view of India I had in Delhi some years ago. Quite beautiful, and seems to be much less crowded...?
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2017年11月10日金曜日
☀️ 27 °C
海抜: 705 フィート
インド Bāsni Baghelān 26.238947, 73.02430726°14’20” N 73°1’28” E
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Jodhpur
2017年11月10日, インド ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After an easy 6 hour flight to Mumbai (Bombay) we caught a short connector flight to Jodhpur.
Our last trip to India was in 2008, but we were quickly reminded as soon as we exited the airport how India has the ability to assault all your senses - often all at the same time. We’d missed coming to this part of Rajasthan previously so were very much looking forward to our visit here.
Jodhpur is known as the blue city because many of the homes are painted a brilliant cobalt blue color. We visited the 450 year old Mehrangarh Fort, which is wonderfully intact with sweeping views of the city, beautifully carved rooms where the royal family used to live, a good museum and an excellent audio tour. Other sights we visited were the Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park and the Jaswant Thada mausoleum - which is likened to a mini Taj Mahal. Apart from the fort, our highlight was taking a cooking class. The cook’s husband, Rishi, is a TukTuk driver who picked us up and took us to their home on the outskirts of the city for the private class. Over 3-4 hours we helped prepare 9-10 different dishes in the small family kitchen and then enjoyed a rooftop feast. The menu included different teas and lassi, several vegetarian dishes, chapatti and finished with traditional sweets called ladoo. Yum!
The weather has also been kind to us, with warm days and very cool evenings – a nice and very welcome change.もっと詳しく
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Lucinda AyersCooking class! Yes! Did you get copies of the recipes??
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2017年11月9日木曜日
🌬 28 °C
海抜: 33 フィート
モーリシャス Pointe de L’Embarcadère -20.096334, 57.70814520°5’47” S 57°42’29” E
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Breaking news!! Dodo discovered!
2017年11月9日, モーリシャス ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Our last day in Africa! See you in India!
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Lucinda AyersWOW! Can't wait for the next installment 💖
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Jeff Lampert So believable.... your next job should be a reporter of fake news!
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Rowena SingerThe "truth" is out there! It's hard to believe that you've already spent six months in Africa. Looking forward to your India experiences.
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Lucinda Ayers Too funny. KFD indeed. But you can laugh - you are continents away from the Chief Dodo Officer, The Donald (or perhaps it should be The Dodonald) while we labor under the weight of his Fake News squawks...
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2017年10月30日月曜日 23:59
⛅ 22 °C
海抜: 海水位
モーリシャス Pointe de L’Embarcadère -20.093388, 57.70890820°5’36” S 57°42’32” E
Azuri Village, Mauritius
2017年10月30日, モーリシャス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We took a very short flight to Mauritius, our last stop in Africa. We’re taking time here after 6 months in Africa to intentionally not do much. We’re staying in an apartment and are able to cook for ourselves for 10 days, taking advantage of fresh veggies and fruit, exercising and resetting before the chaos of India. Mauritius is about the same size as Reunion and doesn’t seem as well developed (except in the booming resort areas). The majority of people here are Hindu and so it has a very different feel from other places we’ve visited so far and is a good transition for us before India.もっと詳しく
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2017年10月27日金曜日 23:59
☁️ 21 °C
海抜: 20 フィート
ミーティング Ravine du Petit Étang -21.174755, 55.28786521°10’29” S 55°17’16” E
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St. Leu, Reunion Island
2017年10月27日, ミーティング ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We only had a few days on this beautiful tropical island, which is a French department so technically we cannot count it as a new country visited. We experienced minor culture shock on arrival because the island is incredibly modern and well developed. Our first stop after picking up a rental car was a supermarket because we were staying in a small cottage with a kitchen and looking forward to cooking for ourselves for a few days. It was hard not to go crazy given all the wine, cheese and wonderful food options on offer, but we resisted since we planned to visit a farmers market the next day.
While we managed to visit the wonderful (very French) outdoor market and to stock up on fresh vegetables and fruit, that’s about as much as we saw of the island. Unfortunately, Christy came down with a fever and we mostly stayed around our cottage and pool area, constantly monitoring symptoms – something about coming from a plague zone made us paranoid. The fever broke before our flight to Mauritius, so we were relieved to be able to fly out without getting quarantined.もっと詳しく
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Cynthia JohnsonI hope you are feeling better Christy. You guys have taken so many beautiful photos. I find this all very educational.
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Danella RennieGlad you are feeling better Christy, I love catching up on all the news. Hi John
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Lucinda Ayers Great picture!
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2017年10月25日水曜日 23:59
🌙 17 °C
海抜: 4,124 フィート
マダガスカル Anosivavaka -18.87919, 47.50790818°52’45” S 47°30’28” E
Antananarivo
2017年10月25日, マダガスカル ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
We spent a few days here visiting a few of the palaces, going to a nice lunch, but mostly just reveling in the modern conveniences of running water, electricity and air conditioning! We also tried to avoid big crowds to reduce our chances of being exposed to the plague as the outbreak has become much more serious in the past weeks.もっと詳しく
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2017年10月23日月曜日 23:59
⛅ 31 °C
海抜: 36 フィート
マダガスカル Lohatanjon’ Anakao -23.661003, 43.64952523°39’40” S 43°38’58” E
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2017年10月23日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We had to spend another night here since the boat only goes out early in the morning. This time we had not just one, but two, mouse lemurs in our hut.
It was interesting getting on and off the boat because the tide was very high and we were lucky all of our stuff didn’t get soaked – especially in the oxcart ride where the animals were up to their mid-belly in the water.
After waiting around for ~4 hours, it was finally time to catch our flight to Tana. The small airport was odd in that when the plane eventually showed up late, it was announced with an emergency siren that you would expect to hear before bombs dropped or a tsunami hit. The plane was relatively new and large, but the pilots drove it erratically. When they parked after landing, they drove straight towards the terminal and then whipped it around for loading – it seemed very close to hitting the building and isn’t something we’d seen before with such a large jet. The takeoff and landing were also very rough, but we were very happy to be sitting in on air-conditioned plane and to eventually land safely in Tana.もっと詳しく
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Lucinda Ayers Finally we get to see the mosquito suit!! So sorry it's gone - it would make the start a great Halloween costume
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2017年10月22日日曜日
⛅ 31 °C
海抜: 20 フィート
マダガスカル Efoetse -24.078121, 43.67479324°4’41” S 43°40’29” E
Ambola
2017年10月22日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We wanted to visit this remote park, Tsimanampesotsa, to see a unique species of baobab so we took a taxi about an hour up a sand road to another beach area, Ambola. This turned out to be one of the most beautiful beaches we’ve ever visited and we were the only guests so had it all to ourselves. The hotel was very basic without any running water (we used buckets for washing and to flush the toilet), but the food was very good and mostly straight out of the sea. After asking if there was good snorkeling, one of the hotel staff drove us a few kilometers up the deserted beach and dropped us off so we could float back with the current. It worked great and we were surprised to find more variety and quantity of tropical fish than expected, though they were all small. If this reef were protected, it would certainly become a world-class diving and snorkeling area.
We spent one morning in the park doing some walks and admiring the very unique baobabs. There’s also a huge salt lake here that changes color as the sun changes position – very beautiful. During certain times of year there are huge flocks of flamingos, though there were only a few around during our visit.
It was a very good visit and much nicer than the more popular Anakao beach area, but it was again stinking hot at ~100F (nearly 40C).もっと詳しく
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Rowena SingerYour own private paradise. How lovely!
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2017年10月21日土曜日 18:20
⛅ 22 °C
海抜: 36 フィート
マダガスカル Lohatanjon’ Anakao -23.661003, 43.64952523°39’40” S 43°38’58” E
Anakao
2017年10月21日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We said goodbye to our driver, Tom, who drove us safely around the country for the last 3 weeks. He headed back to the capital where he has a break for a few days before picking up new clients. Our trip to Anakao involved a taxi, an ox cart (a first for us!) and a boat.
We’re staying in very simple accommodation on the beach before heading a little further south to visit another park. A bonus was that our bungalow has a mouse lemur living in the roof. So cute!もっと詳しく
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2017年10月20日金曜日 23:59
⛅ 13 °C
海抜: 2,861 フィート
マダガスカル Sakamalio -22.465454, 45.26185622°27’56” S 45°15’43” E
Tulear
2017年10月20日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
It only took us ~3.5 hours to get to the coast, but the drive was a bit disheartening as we passed through sapphire mining towns and barren landscapes with very possibly the worst poverty and exploitation we’ve seen. This was highlighted when we stopped at a village to give away all our empty water bottles we had been collecting over the last few weeks. The local villagers use them to store water and local rum, brewed from sugar, which is then sold roadside. There was a mad scramble as our driver got out to give the bottles away, highlighting how precious even an empty water bottle can be in this part of the world.
We spent the night at the hotel connected to the Arboretum d’Antsokay. It was a very interesting place with lots of plant species, chameleons, tortoises and mouse lemurs (which we saw on a night walk).
There’s been a fairly serious outbreak of the plague (Black Death) in the capital city and on the east coast so we’re not only hoping to avoid catching anything, but are a little worried that it might be difficult to get out of the country next week as travel restrictions are possible. Fingers crossed as we’re looking forward to exploring Reunion and Mauritius next.もっと詳しく
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2017年10月17日火曜日 23:59
⛅ 11 °C
海抜: 2,861 フィート
マダガスカル Sakamalio -22.465454, 45.26185622°27’56” S 45°15’43” E
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2017年10月17日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Before driving through the beautiful mountains to Isalo National Park, we stopped at the Anja Community Reserve where we saw tons of ring tailed lemurs and many, many more babies. Plus some chameleons. What a treat!
We’d changed the itinerary up to arrive at Isolo a day early because we heard the hotel was great (it was) and that the rocks were spectacular (they were).
In all, we spent three nights in a wonderful resort surrounded by rock formations that reminded us of Sedona (though not red). So beautiful! We did some walks around the hotel and in a few canyons in the park, Christy went horseback riding, and we both enjoyed a few days of relative luxury.もっと詳しく
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Lucinda Ayers too too cute! Pointy little ears :)
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Lucinda Ayers Boundless energy! I love it when he was biting on his Mom's fingers :)
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Lucinda Ayers You do look so cool!
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Rowena Singer Wow!
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2017年10月15日日曜日
☀️ 18 °C
海抜: 7,894 フィート
マダガスカル Ambalavao -22.22286, 46.92908922°13’22” S 46°55’45” E
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2017年10月15日, マダガスカル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Leaving the rain forest, we experienced a dramatic climate and landscape change. We came out of the rain forest, up a steep, windy road - like coming out of a hole in the ground - and very quickly entered a spectacular desert. It was extremely hot, with beautiful, craggy mountains that reminded us of Yosemite and the Tetons.
We stayed in a tented camp that was fairly basic (buggy and hot, also…), but the dramatic beauty made everything worthwhile.
Our main activity here was a hike that we started from the camp with a local guide, George. He had wonderfully limited and creative English to match our even more limited Malagasi and French, but it all worked out. We started the walk via the local village and then ventured into the Enchanted forest looking for the symbol of the Madagascar National Park Service - the iconic Ring Tailed Lemur. We saw plenty and it was so great! In some places, we had to create our own trail and jump from boulder to boulder, but the reward was that we enjoyed watching the antics of an entire family of lemurs by ourselves with most of the females carrying babies – ~ 1 month old.
After the lemur viewing, we climbed up the side of the mountain. Along the way there were caves that George told us was where the “cowboys” slept (the literal boys who watch over the village cows). This turned out to be one of the most exhausting hikes we have done…ever! We found out later that the temperatures were over 40C (over 100F), which explains why we felt so tired. George kept asking if we were “lazy” (we think he meant to ask if we were tired) so this egged us on, even though we very much wanted to stop climbing up hill. In the end, the views were rewarding (no pics, sorry our battery died), but we were relieved when we eventually made it back to camp where we enjoyed some cold sparkling water as our reward.もっと詳しく
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Lucinda Ayers Crazy cute!
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2017年10月13日金曜日
☀️ 18 °C
海抜: 3,973 フィート
マダガスカル Andoharano -21.320082, 47.39639321°19’12” S 47°23’47” E
Ranomafana
2017年10月13日, マダガスカル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Ranomafana National Park is in a very dense rainforest with a river running along its’ border. The river has big boulders, impressive waterfalls and some thermal pools. We were meant to soak in the thermal baths, but the Minister of Health had closed them because of some “parasite”. Glad they were proactive.
While here, we did a day and night walk to look for critters. On our day walk, we were able to see a new lemur species - the red bellied lemur, as well as a few types of bamboo lemurs and another sifaka – this one black & white. It was a beautiful forest, though a tough climb to see the lemurs. And when our animal spotter would find a lemur family, we’d go racing off trail through the woods crossing creeks, scrambling up and down muddy hillsides, and trying not to fall down. The lemurs were worth it!
On our night hike, we simply walked along the road (in a steady rain) where it is easier to spot chameleons. We were able to see the nocturnal mouse lemur, some frogs and lots and lots of chameleons!
This park was very different from the others and well worth the trip.もっと詳しく
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2017年10月12日木曜日
⛅ 27 °C
海抜: 4,337 フィート
マダガスカル Ambositra -20.536263, 47.24597520°32’11” S 47°14’46” E
Ambositra
2017年10月12日, マダガスカル ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
This small town on a hill is famous for woodcarving and was only a few hours drive from Antisirabe. We ended up having a great experience with our accommodation after a bad start.
We’d been taken to a room at our originally booked hotel that was simply not happening. It was essentially a wooden box in the garden with daylight showing through the walls, one small ‘window’ with a shutter (no net or glass) and no mosquito net for the bed even though the room was already swarming when we arrived. The hotel was fully booked so they couldn’t put us into one of their decent rooms in the main building.
We called the tour organizer and learned that the hotel had an annex. Not expecting much, we drove down a very rough road through a small village, past an abattoir and over a collapsing bridge before pulling up to large, new-looking house. The caretaker, a cute older lady, let us in and proceeded to show us 4 rooms. The place was empty, and the rooms were large, clean, and did not need nets because the doors and windows were new. We settled into the room and after realizing we were the only guests, and seeing how organized the new kitchen was and knowing the caretaker was also the cook, decided to eat dinner there. What a great meal! We ordered early for a later dinner and after she knew what we wanted, she headed into the village to buy ingredients. Simple food, but fresh and wonderfully prepared.もっと詳しく
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