Tag: travel

Vacation beckons!

Vacation beckons!

Just so you know: I will be out on vacation from July 6-16, 2001. No updates or replies to emails during that time. Hang in there; I’ll get caught up when I get back!

Back from Vacation

Back from Vacation

I’m back from vacation! Expect some more development on this site, and perhaps even something new (think ‘new site’), now that my Linux box is online at home. Special thanks to Civilme from Mandrake and Garrett from Pengiun Computing for their help on getting the…

Punta Cana Dominican Republic VACATION PHOTOS 2002 online!

Punta Cana Dominican Republic VACATION PHOTOS 2002 online!

We just got back from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. We’re working on getting our notes organized into readable format for publication on this site, but while we’re working, you can look at the quick-n-dirty upload of our pictures by visiting the Punta Cana Vacation gallery in my Photo Gallery. The link is here. Still to be posted are the underwater pictures, and some pictures taken by the friends we made down there.
UPDATE 07-Nov-2002: I’ve uploaded the snorkel and diving pictures to the Gallery above.

Punta Canta: MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2002 or Getting There is Just Part of the Fun

Punta Canta: MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2002 or Getting There is Just Part of the Fun

This story features information about our trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Join us — won’t you? — for this first installment, in which we rise at an unreasonable hour, depart the cold weather, fly into the light, and land in a wall of humidity.

Punta Canta: TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2002 or Testing the Boundaries of "All You Can Eat"

Punta Canta: TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2002 or Testing the Boundaries of "All You Can Eat"

This story features information about our trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. This is the second installment, in which our surroundings are explained, a wet plan is made, the snorkel leaks, and the Queen is seen (and how!).

Punta Canta: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2002

Punta Canta: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2002

This story features information about our trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Join us — won’t you? — for this long-delayed fourth installment, in which the skies open, Wendy dives again, we eat Italian, and shoot a few rounds.

Continue reading Punta Canta: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2002

Dive Dive Dive!

Dive Dive Dive!

Those of you who read the exhaustive account of our Punta Cana trip will recall that one of our favorite events down there was our “discovery dive.” They gear you up, put you in a swimming pool with an instructor who speaks English reasonably well.…