Author: dustwel
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Costa Rica Trip #2-3: Eco-tour, ATVing to a Waterfall, Traveling Home and Reflections
Wednesday We’d designated Wednesday as our “open day”, with less structure and more open time to relax at the resort pools and do a few smaller activities. The day began with another fantastic breakfast at La Hacienda. After breakfast, we headed to the pool where we had a cabana reserved for the day (included all…
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Costa Rica Trip #2-2: Catamaran and La Playa Fantasia
Tuesday began with breakfast at the Hacienda restaurant, located on the first floor of the hotel. Our room rate included the breakfast buffet, a great deal vs. the normal charge of ~$25 per person. It’s an excellent breakfast buffet with everything you could want: an omelette chef, tons of pastries, eggs, sausage, fruit, cereal, and…
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Costa Rica Trip #1-1: Planning and Day One
Background and PlanningHERE WE GO! I’m writing this post on the second evening of this trip, so off to a late start with a lot to cover. I’ve blogged my prior three trips to South Korea, and always enjoyed both the experience of writing, and being able to go back and revisit moments that would…
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South Korea Trip #3-8: Final update including Last Day in Korea, Return Trip, and Reflections
Time to wrap up the South Korea Trip #3 series, now back in Chandler, AZ. This update covers the last couple days and some parting thoughts and observations. Here we go! Thursday the 7th was our last full day in Seoul. After weighing options, we opted to visit Lotte World Mall, beginning with “The Black…
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South Korea Trip #3-7: Meghann’s orphanage, last goodbye at Busan Station, Seoul Sky
It’s July 6th in South Korea, which also happens to be Meghann’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Meghann! This day started with a quick swim at our hotel pool, followed by visiting Meghann’s orphanage, lunch at Busan Station and a quick rendezvous with Eomeoni and Yeongmo, KTX train to Seoul, and experiencing Seoul Sky. Another action packed…
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South Korea Trip #3-6: Temple in Daegu, Palgongsan Mountain, and last day with the family.
July 5th was our last full day in Busan, and the agenda for the day was: 10:30am pickup at the hotel by Meghann’s birth family Head north to Daegu to visit the temple containing Meghann’s birth father’s urn Lunch at a beef restaurant Visit Palgongsan Mountain and ride a chairlift to the top Car ride…
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South Korea Trip #3-5: Reunited with Meghannn’s birth family
Day three in Busan was July 4th, and also when we reconnected with Meghann’s birth family! We didn’t have plans to meet them until 2pm, and had a few things to take care of before the meetup. Meghann managed to coax me out of bed around 10am with the hotel’s ”Traditional American Breakfast”. After breakfast,…
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South Korea Trip #3-4: Haeundae Beach, Shinsagae Mall, Dinner with June
With all of the logistics and travel behind us, we’ve arrived and are off to an exciting start! So much happened yesterday (Sunday) so I’m just going to start from the top. Hold on, a LOT happened on day one. We’re staying at the Park Hyatt Busan, and the morning began with a ”grand reveal”…
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Korea Trip #3-3: Arrival & Quick Update
Almost made it! Here’s a quick update via the 200 MPH KTX Bullet Train, just a few hours away from our first destination in Busan. This update will be short and sweet as the last 35 hours have been mostly nonstop and (fortunately, this time!) straightforward travel. We hit nearly every mode of travel transportation…
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Korea Trip #3-2 – Ready…. Get Set… STOP!
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek Meghann and I took our honeymoon to Tahiti on the tail-end of our wedding in October 2013. It had many memorable moments but perhaps none more than getting to our departure flight. We arrived…