Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

Here is the view from our balcony at our hotel on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island:   Pretty sweet. – Meredith

Here is an overhead picture of the place we’re staying for three nights on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island: Seriously? Lest you think the architect didn’t know what his building looked like as he was designing it, take a look at where the ballrooms are located: – Meredith

Kauai is a gorgeous island.  It’s the oldest of the major Hawaiian islands, so its mountains are eroded by water and wind, and covered by a carpet of lush green plants. During our stay, we saw the two major landscape attractions, the Na Pali Coast and Waimea Canyon. The Na Pali Coast looks like this: […]

We went to a luau while on Kauai.  If you’ve ever been to one, I’m sure you know what it was like – I think they’re all fairly similar in format: Arrive, tour the grounds. Imu ceremony to unearth a pig you will be eating soon. Bar opens, watered-down mai tais are served while a […]

Here we are in a tropical paradise.  What do you think the most frequently spotted (and heard) bird is? It’s probably not what you’re thinking.  Here he is: What?  A rooster? Yep.  A lot of these guys (and gals) got loose in a big hurricane in 1992, and now there are feral roosters and hens […]

Aloha! This is the view from the porch of the cottage we rented on Kauai this week (if you look closely, you can see a little of the ocean in the background): We stayed up above Kapa’a town on the east side of the island. – Meredith

A quick note to say greetings from the island of Kauai where we have been since Monday. The flights from Mongolia to here were uneventful and we’ve enjoyed the last 6 days here using the town of Kapa’a as our home base to explore. We’ll describe what we did here in a separate post. Tomorrow […]

The day we returned from our trek to Ulgii was election day in Mongolia. The next day, when we were back in Ulaan Baatar, we saw news on the TV in the lobby. There was coverage of a violent protest going on with people throwing rocks at buildings and reporters excitedly talking into a moving […]

There are 3 airlines operating in Mongolia today – MIAT, the state-owned airline, and relative newcomers Aero Mongolia and EZnis Airways.  We flew on all three during our time in Mongolia. While on the flights, I took a look at the in-flight magazines.  Here are some things I bet you did not know (listed in […]

Well, I’m happy to report that I managed to get through our trip to Mongolia without injuring myself.  Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing for Dave. While we were in the Gobi, Dave started complaining that his finger hurt and seemed swollen.  At first, it looked a little like it does if you have […]