Half Moon

Our seven day Eastern Caribbean cruise on the ms Zuiderdam leaves from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and takes us to Grand Turk, Tortola, St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay.

... renovation of Syuanguang Temple, Syuanzang temple, Wunwu Temple and Cihen Pagoda attracted even more tourist.   Basically, Sun Moon Lake was transformed from the homeland of the Thao into a hydroelectric powerhouse, and finally a tourist ...

... hot in the summer, with the black lava rock absorbing the heat, and it's often windy.    Craters of the Moon National Monument is an otherworldly place that can be satisfyingly explored in one full day.   It's sort of in ...

... air sacs that they blow up during mating season to attract the female birds.  It was really cool! I really liked Craters of the Moon because it was so different than anything I have ever seen.  When you come here you feel like you are on ...

... the crew, all the shops were closed except for a couple of stalls run by some "locals."  I really wanted a t shirt from Half Moon Cay because I wasn't sure if we would be back anytime soon.  The t shirts at the stalls looked like they run small ...

... , we went to the Visitor Center where I was sworn in as a Junior Ranger and received a badge.   After Craters of the Moon NM, we started driving towards Shoshone, ID.  Amy called the Twin Falls/Jerome KOA to see if they had any tent ...

... to more great scenery on the way down when we visited an observation point which had great views of the feature that makes Moon Hill so distinctive. In the evening we took the cormorant fishing tour. The tour is conducted from a covered boat which ...

... Taiwanese Transportation system and in about 3 hours we were there.  *side note* on the bus from Taichung station to Sun Moon Lake, an oldish woman (I say oldish because she had greying hair but was dressed rather young and looked semi-fit) got on ...

... a good 15 min row!      We were on a mission when we got to shore around 8:00pm.  Goal: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company!  Totally worth the row to shore and broken oar lock! Its a cute little brewpub, right on the ...

... take $1 or $2 coins and higher, as those are the only ones they don’t have yet…sure :)    After Moon Hill we biked down some dirt backroads, which were by far the most rewarding. The most memorable experience was coming across a few ...

The next day was our stop on Half Moon Cay.  Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas (also known as Half Moon Cay), is one of about 700 islands that make up the archipelago of the Bahamas.  It is a private island, owned by Holland America Line, a ...

... up our rental car right down the street from the "Genentech Starbucks" in South San Francisco. We drove the RV and car to Half Moon Bay.   The Pelican Park RV camp is " a stones throw" from the Ritz. Dad always promised Mom he would take her to ...