travels

A Week of Scuba Diving in Roatan (Honduras)

August 18, 2011

A looooonger than usual post but jam packed with my underwater photos! Diving Roatan How Underwater Photography Compares to Food Photography Night Diving Lionfish Invasion Dive Operator – Reef Gliders Camera Used for Underwater Photography * * * * * Diving Roatan Located off the coast of Honduras, Roatan is one [...]

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Back from Roatan (Honduras)

August 10, 2011

It’s been a little quiet here at Ginger & Scotch and that’s because I’ve been away happily scuba diving my a** off in Roatan, part of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The photo above was taken from the deck of our rented villa, overlooking our private plunge pool and Half Moon Bay. I logged 11 [...]

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Riverpark

July 23, 2011

My first dining-out experience since being back in New York was Riverpark, a restaurant overlooking the FDR drive and the East River. Would you believe it? The first time I’m out in NYC and it rains (I hadn’t seen rain since April/May in Dubai) so I was treated to a view of this beautiful rainbow [...]

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A Long Day’s Travel – Lost Luggage – Mom’s Comfort Food

July 14, 2011

Another way to avoid the oppressive Dubai heat? Leave it completely! Wee Scotch and I are visiting my parents for the next 6 weeks. We’ve arrived safely to our New York City home after a long day of flying. Unfortunately our luggage did not made it – not even Wee Scotch’s carseat nor gate-checked stroller [...]

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Jerash (Jordan, part IV)

January 10, 2009

On our 4th and last day in Jordan we visited Jerash, which is about 50 km (30 miles) north of Amman, and is considered one of the largest and most well preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside of Italy. It once had a Roman population of 15,000 to 20,000. We entered the [...]

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Dead Sea, Madaba, Mt. Nebo, and Amman (Jordan, part III)

January 8, 2009

Day 3 in Jordan was spent visiting the Dead Sea, Madaba, Mt. Nebo, and a short drive to see the Roman theatre in the old part of Amman. First we went to Madaba which is reknowned for its Byzantine-era mosaics. Here is the most famous one in St. George’s Church – it was unearthed in [...]

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Wadi Rum (Jordan, part II)

January 6, 2009

The next day, we spent a half day at Wadi Rum which was made famous by Lawrence of Arabia. Unlike the desert of Dubai (which is flat), the desert area of Wadi Rum is hilly – great for rock climbing! – and the scenery is quite spectacular. We hired a driver to take us around [...]

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Petra (Jordan, part I)

January 4, 2009

In early December, Scotch and I decided to get the heck out of Dubai for a few days since we had 3 days off due to one of the Eid holidays. After considering a few places like Maldives, Eqypt, Turkey, we settled on Jordan. We flew Emirates from Dubai to Amman (3.5 hours) and then drove [...]

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