Time in a Timeshare
We’re in Thailand! Prescott and I accepted a free three-night stay at the Marriott Vacation Club on one of Thailand’s most famous resort islands, Phuket, in exchange for an hour […]
Tag Archives: Animals
The Largest Cities in Oregon
In venturing out and about to look at colleges, I visited the three largest cities in Oregon: Portland, Eugene, and Salem. Remarkably, even if you add the population of the […]
Wild & Tamed
Mom and I went to Sungei Buloh, Singapore’s oldest wetlands reserve. It is notable for its mangrove swamps, its mudflats (which attract migratory birds), and its very cool bird blinds: […]
Afternoons in the Gardens
My mom is in Singapore! We spent her first afternoon working off jet lag and learning to use the MRT with a trip to the Botanic Gardens. We spent a […]
Along the Margaret River
Prescott and I are staying in Margaret River, a small town in southwestern Australia that started as a logging and farming area in the mid-1800s. It has more recently become […]
The Countryside Tour
This morning we set out an adventure of the highly touristy variety — not our usual style, but when you’re in Southeast Asia and don’t know the territory (and haven’t clue […]
If You Think You’re Having Fun …
Prescott and I journeyed to the Philippine island of Bohol today! Getting here was quite a project – it involved a taxi to a flight to a taxi to a […]
River Safari
Singapore has four animal parks: the Zoo, the Night Safari, the Bird Park, and the River Safari. The conceit of the River Safari is that it has displays of fauna […]
My Trip to the Zoo
While Prescott went downtown to teach a workshop on long form improv, I went to the zoo! Singapore’s zoo is widely regarded as one of the best in the world, […]
Into the Wetlands
We went to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve this morning. It’s the most peaceful place we’ve been in Singapore; it’s relatively underpopulated, and you find yourself in a state of […]
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