We've been recharging after our travels last year, staying with family in the Coachella Valley area of California, but in the morning we're heading to Japan and SE Asia for much of 2023. Here's a short summary of the last several weeks: d2detours.com/coachella-valley-california/... See MoreSee Less
If you're in the Coachella Valley area of Southern California head on down to the Salton Sea and Bombay Beach. In it's heyday it was a happening beach community, but in the 1970s the water level started dropping, and it became too saline and polluted from agricultural run-off to make it attractive as a holiday playground. The town has now become more of an artist enclave, with art installations along the dried-up waterfront and throughout the town of 230 people. ... See MoreSee Less
Well, the next few months are planned. If you're in the same areas feel free to reach out to meet-up. Itinerary: Japan early Feb for a month (staying in all the places with dots on the map below), Seoul for a week in early March, Vietnam mid-March for a month. After that we'll probably spend much of the rest of the year in the SE Asia area. ... See MoreSee Less
We still have the blog post for our time in Portugal that will come out in about a week, plus a wrap-up of the year including costs, but as we're ending 2022 here's a collection of my favourite photos of the past year. ... See MoreSee Less
The following are my (Howard) personal favourite photos from our travels this year, in chronological order. Each group of photos is preceded by a link to our original blog post with even more photos!
We're currently in Palm Springs, California for Christmas with family, staying here until February. Here are a few shots taken a few days ago of the Christmas lights in Lisbon, Portugal. ... See MoreSee Less
The "Foam Furnace" is a tiny bay on the NW tip of Spain where the rocks leading into it cause the water to foam up and fill the bay, which is cool to watch on a windy day! ... See MoreSee Less
Question: When you sign up as an AirBnB host do they send you the knives, or do you have to put in a request? 🤣Honestly, we've stayed in 31 AirBnBs in the last year and a half, and I think they all had the same set of knives! ... See MoreSee Less
