Karumba, QLD, Australia
We want to introduce you to something that Tiffany’s mom considers to be one of the nastiest, grossest, ickiest things in the world:
The Tree Frog
Bora Bora Business Day
Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia
While underway enroute to Bora Bora for our second visit we realized we had some business phone calls to make. They weren’t anything huge; just checking in with our virtual assistant, following up with Greg’s old business partner, that kind of stuff. But we figured since we already went and got the picture and all, we might as well actually have a business day in Bora Bora.
At its core, the work day is much the same as an inport workday is anywhere else: Greg and Tiffany sit at their respective computers and type, take photos of documents, make phone calls on Skype, etc. for a few hours at a time.
But there is something about our surroundings that just makes it somehow a little bit better. Imagine this as the view from your office: Continue reading “Bora Bora Business Day”
Bora Bora by Bicycle
Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia
First off, seriously, why is this not a post card?
And the best part is you know the only reason someone went through all the trouble to create that sign was because someone else gave them excellent reason to…and no, before you ask, it wasn’t Greg.
Bora Bora is supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in the world and conveniently, thanks again to the American war effort, there is this really nice road around the entire main island that you can ride a bike on. About 4 hours round trip. It isn’t exactly a large island, being as it’s sinking and all.
We were off to see if the island could deliver on all the hype… Continue reading “Bora Bora by Bicycle”
Walking on the Wild Side
Wandering around town, sailing on the ocean, heck, even sitting in the bar or the coffee shop – all of these are great opportunities for communing with the local wildlife (and the not-so-wild also). We’ll start this off with the town segment.
When strolling through town, which of these animals do you expect to see? A – Cats, B – Dogs, C – Iguanas? Well, if you guessed Iguana, you’re right!
(Why? Because the cats are in the bars hustling drinks, of course! –Greg)
Also expected viewing while in a Mexican town of any size are chickens, pigs, horses and…children?
(Oh and now I finally understand why they started enacting those spitting in public laws back in the US. –Greg)
There was a cool restaurant/coffee shop in La Cruz that had free internet (yay!) at a decent speed (double yay!) and as a side entertainment factor they had a fountain with turtles in it – I know, not that interesting. What made it interesting was when the dog would come by and jump in the fountain with the turtles 🙂
~ Tiffany
Milo’s new chin rest and scritcher
I’m at home right now before I go to my STCW training, watching Mom entertain Milo 🙂
Our poor kitty on the way to the airport
Well, the cat has been shipped off to my mom in FL… She was not a happy camper, but she is surprisingly tolerant of travel. Unlike other cats that I know, once she’s in her crate, she settles down and just voices occasional meows to make sure that you didn’t forget that this is something that she dislikes.
Driving her to the aiport to put her on the flight was pretty sad, and it was very tough for me to leave her with the American Airlines people. I started tearing up as I was getting the paperwork filled out and was on the edge of crying when I left her there. 🙁 It was very depressing. I had a tough drive home.
Fortunately she is now with my mom in FL, and is apparantuy adjusting pretty well. Mom said that the first night she spent the entire time hiding under the dresser, not under the bed, she was so traumatized. Since then, Mom has convinced her to come out on her own for love and scritching. She may be ready soon to get introduced to the kitty boys! I’m curious how it will turn out – the last time my kitty was introduced to a boy kitty, she swatted him across the face and drew blood. So we’ll see how this turns out… Greg and I gave her some more boxing lessons before we sent her off, but I don’t really think she needed them. 🙂
Travel and pets
I’m seriously bummed about needing to leave our cat behind. I love her to bits, she’s a great cat, and I know she is going to be very stressed and unhappy about the entire situation. I think we have finally figured out what we need to do to get her sent off, now it is just a matter of picking a date and making the arrangements 🙁
There will be a few benefits to living pet free for a while though: no worries about having friends checking in on her, no midnight toe attacking sessions, and no involuntary dinner sharing!