The Philippines – Boracay

Thursday, May 1st Today was a flying travel day: flying from Puerto Princesa to White Beach on the island of…

The Philippines – Manila

Tuesday, April 22nd. The 13 hour flight went rather well, better than expected. Although the sleep-eze tablets we took didn’t…

Packing for the RTW

Packing for nine weeks – carry on only, yes CARRY ON! As we prefer to fly carry on only, packing…

And Off We Go!

Thursday, April 10th, 2014. The day had finally arrived: Fran’s last day of work. While waiting for Doug to arrive…

The Planning is Done

  To celebrate our quitting the rat race, we are taking a "round the world" (RTW) trip later this month.…