We thought we'd experienced humidity in various countries over the past 25 years... ...but Samoa is now the #1 winner of what I tell people is, "Air so humid I felt I could almost stick my tongue out and lick it!" :) Rather than fly with good old AirNZ straight from Auckland to Los Angeles, a flight we've done too many times to count, we decided to island hop our way! We'll be doing 3…

A decade ago, we made the bittersweet decision to move away from our home and friends in New Zealand to live close to Jessica's beloved grandmother for the birth of our first child. (NZ had become our second home and we promised friends, "We'll be back!") After that grandma's death, we had our second daughter and finished the renovation of our home. Three years ago, we sold that big California house and signed a 1-year…

I was born on a small island in Asia, but there are far too many Asian cultures to count! (Although I'm sure someone has tried.) We never planned to visit Asia when we left for The Azores, but things changed over the years! When we were able to leave living in Europe to travel through eastern and southern Africa for 3-4 months (our rationale was "When else in life can you travel Africa with your…