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Ooh-la-la, Langkawi
Yesterday was our first full day on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. We took Rowan on a tour of the mangrove forest, where we saw lots and lots of long-tailed macaques, white bellied sea eagles, and coral fish. We got to feed the coral fish pieces of bread from the boat out on the Andaman…
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Singapore flowers and flyers
On our third day in Singapore, we headed to the Marina Bay area to visit Gardens by the Bay, which has huge, spectacular indoor and outdoor gardens. The outdoor ones are made up of super tall metal structures that look like flowers on elongated stalks, opening their petals to the sky. The metal frames are…
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Singapore Zoo
On our cab ride to the Singapore Zoo, about 15 minutes north of our hotel, we started seeing more trees and vegetation and less high rises and concrete. Rowan said, “This is beautiful. This is more beautiful than the Arctic, because the Arctic doesn’t have any trees. It’s more beautiful than the hottest planet in…
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From cold to hot
“I love it here, mamma. There are so many trees.” This, from Rowan, on our first glimpse of Singapore from the above ground subway. We were on our way to our hotel in Little India, and even after a day and a half of flights and a delayed, snowy layover in New York, the little…
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Family travel through the eyes of a toddler
Travelling with a toddler to far-away jungles can seem like an arduous journey. How will the little one react to the different environment, weather, food, transportation, people? But you can’t let fear get in the way. Instead, adopt the positive, curious attitude of your toddler. You’ll feel much more relaxed and you’ll enjoy yourself way…
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Looking high and low
The first and last time I visited San Francisco, I was seven months pregnant. I was adamant, however, that a swollen belly and slightly swollen ankles wouldn’t keep me from trudging up and down the city’s hills with their wind and sun and their views of the water. It was summer and although I’d been…
