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Family time
We visited with Abuela Mo on two separate days this summer — hanging at Alki Beach and a park in West Seattle. It was lovely to see her! We went to our annual Chin family reunion at Oyhut Bay in Ocean Shores, WA. It was a blast, as usual. Our kids rented bikes (for free)… Read more
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Home sweet home!
This year we doubled our visit time to the States from 5 weeks to 10 weeks. It felt more sane this go-round. We got to have one-on-one quality time with friends, lots of family time, and do some camping and backpacking. I flew with the three kiddos on June 11th. Riki stayed 12 days longer… Read more
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Malacca Strait southbound from Penang
We had fun with Sanne & the girls in Penang while Koen was working in Bangkok. One highlight was the Wonder Food Museum — a fun, creative, informative, and interactive museum about Malaysian food. The museum had giant bowls of different traditional Malaysian dishes (fake food, not real), and lots of great photo opportunities. I… Read more
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Melting in April!
We launched evi on 4th April. It was stressful since Riki had done so much work with the engine that we weren’t sure if it would start…Jeff Pang, our marine diesel mechanic, sparky, and all-around boat whiz came with us on the trip to Ao Po Marina to help monitor things. After all of Riki’s… Read more
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Bac Ha, Vietnam
Riki told me that he wouldn’t be ready for us on March 24th, so we extended our trip in Vietnam by another week. Ma flew home on March 25th, so it was just the kids and I. We took a 7 hour car ride from Hanoi to the town of Bac Ha, up in the… Read more
