on November 1st, 2008

While recently going through my photos, I noticed that I never posted anything about our trip to Singapore several years back.  The likely reason for this is I had a P&S at the time and the photos suck, but it still was an interesting travel destination.
At the time, Eitan and Nathan were 23 months and [...]

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calevphoto on July 30th, 2008

At our resort in Mexico along the pathways to the beach it was quite common to find wild coatis.  Though wild, they are obviously habituated to humans and will often scrounge the tables after people have eaten or, more simply, beg for food from those who have it.

The full name of this mammal is [...]

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calevphoto on July 25th, 2008

On the last day of our trip to the Riviera Maya area of Mexico, we were hit with a tropical storm called “Dolly”.  After hitting the Yucatan, this tropical storm then turned into Hurricane Dolly and hit the Texas coast.  At the time, there was a lot of conflicting information about the storm.  The hotel [...]

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calevphoto on July 24th, 2008

Hello everyone!  Yes, this is still an active blog!  Things have been extremely busy lately, but the good news is I now have the material for quite a few new blogs.  The most exciting thing that occurred since my last post was we took a vacation in the Riviera Maya area of Mexico.  For those [...]

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calevphoto on March 26th, 2008

Wow this has been a long series!  I hope everyone has enjoyed this trip to Israel, which wound up taking a lot more posts than I had initially intended.  The end of our trip was saved for Tel Aviv, which compared to the rest of Israel isn’t the most interesting of cities.  However, it is [...]

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calevphoto on March 25th, 2008

Our trip from Petra to Tel Aviv was a long one.  We awoke early in the morning and took a taxi from our hotel back to Aqaba, where we again crossed back into Israel.  Crossing back into Israel was a bit trickier than going to Jordan, as my wife was heavily questioned about why she [...]

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calevphoto on March 24th, 2008

We awoke early in the morning from Eilat and set out to make our trip to Petra, not knowing exactly what to expect.  I had read that the best way to get to Petra is to take a taxi to the border with Jordan, then cross the border, then take a taxi on the Jordanian [...]

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calevphoto on March 21st, 2008

The drive to Eilat from the Dead Sea was long and dry.  Desert, desert, and more desert.  We stopped at a rest stop recommended to us by our Israeli relatives and really wished that we didn’t.  Other than an ice cream bar everything looked a bit scary there, so we continued our drive to Eilat.  [...]

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calevphoto on March 20th, 2008

On the way from the Dead Sea to Eilat, we decided to stop off at Masada - the biggest tourist attraction in Israel.  The story of Masada is fascinating and continues to this day.  Supposedly all Israeli soldiers take their oaths at this mountain fortress - swearing the Masada will never be taken again.  For [...]

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calevphoto on March 19th, 2008

Our stay in Jerusalem had ended, and the scariest part of our trip had begun.  We were to rent a car in Israel and I was to drive it.  There are places in the world where drivers are nice and orderly - Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Boston.  Israel is not one of those places.  [...]

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