December 31, 2024
Yin Yang Flower House Fun!
The owner of the Yin Yang Flower House is ex pat Dave from Maryland & Florida and he does a little of everything - since he does some personal training he built a very Fred Flintstone Gym in his yard. The house is actually set up as 3 separate units and the upstairs unit is the largest - so we ate and hung out on their porch. There was a wash and dryer also set up in the yard along with several gardens. Sadly I didn't take a lot of photos. My bedroom had a very unique circular bed! We got woken each morning by these birds that would sit on security screens on windows and proceed to peck at the glass from first light for a good hour! Fun Times!
Quaint Beach Town of Puerto Lopez. Saturday Morning before leaving we had breakfast at beach and went on tidal flat rocks.
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On way pack to Ship in Port of Guayaquil we stopped at a few other beach towns gearing up for New Years Celebrations.
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On Saturday August 29, 2026 we achieved another historic milestone on this circumnavigation of the World , we cruised into Hong Kong Harbor. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. The land encompassed by Hong Kong is confusing. It includes part of the southern coast of mainland China, just below Shenzhen, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories . Looking at a map helps, but the rules changed so many times! I asked my buddy Chat several times, to tell me if what I was looking at was the Hong Kong that the British had owned for years. The answer was never straight forward!
Ha Long Bay in Vietnam is one of those bucket list places I have had in my sights for years. It's the iconic picture in my mind's eye, whenever I think of Vietnam . We had made plans to go with 8 others on a brand new, swanky Red Dragon Junk boat for a harbor cruise and overnight stay, but sadly the weather did not cooperate the whole 4 days we were in port. No ships were permitted to sail, per the local government. Many of us were bummed! This is typhoon session and there was a lot of rain and high winds our first couple of days - we were hoping it would blow out the last day and we could at least do a day trip but no luck!
To get to the final stop on our Vietnam FUN Tour in Hue, we had our driver take us on the scenic route called the Hai Van Pass. This 3 hour drive took us back through Da Nang and then into mountains and along coast for what is generally a very scenic route. Unfortunately for us, it was mainly covered in clouds and fog.