Articles by Michael

So we had two long travel days back to back to get to Lake Toba.  Lake Toba is a local destination for Sumatrans to vacation […]

Before the trek, we did wonder what is going to happen at night?  The guide and the chef’s english was not all that great, and […]

Today we finished our trek.  Last night we got a jungle rain as we were laying down to sleep, so the trails were a bit […]

The 2nd day of trekking was exceptionally difficult. We started the day tired.  Last night as we we were going to bed, we saw a […]

Today was our first day in the wild, and it was a good one. We left about 8:30 and walked through a rubber plantation to […]

Last night we had quite the feast at Linnea lodge.  Two nights ago there wasn’t much to choose from on the menu, and the staff […]

So after a really long travel day, we arrived at Linnea Lodge in Tangkahan, Sumatra.  The ride from Medan was very bumpy and we were […]

So the flights were relatively uneventful last night.  We ended up with bulkhead seats to tokyo and both ash and I slept like a rock. […]

We are denver international airport and waiting to board.  We are flying to Tokyo, where ash will spend two hours in the future. And then […]