What does ricewhine mean?

Greg here.

A couple of thots on this blog...

As ricewhine is our first travel blog (or any type of blog for that matter) and none of our family really do facebook or other types of social media like twitter and such, I'd like to get some feedback about what people would like to see and read. (BTW feedback means comments.)

I'm thinking that there are essentially three types of posts:

1. Pictures and stories where we are the central focus, like the Adventures in Singapore video. Friends and family may enjoy watching it but really don't learn much about Singapore. So the focus is on us and not our destination.
2. Pictures and stories focused on our destination. These posts are informative and probably enjoyed most by others that have travelled to or have an interest in the location. These posts relieve us from constantly putting ourselves in the spotlight but, on the other hand, we often don't have better insight into a location than a five minute google search may yield.
3. Pictures and stories that reveal both ourselves and our context, the nirvana post where readers see a world through our eyes. Sure you can read about how elephants get bathed, but how much better to experience it as we did and laugh when you see Max get sprayed. (Although none of this happened yet, we are going on an Elephant Life Adventure tomorrow so who knows.)

Trying to wake sleepy boys.

Before I get back to work and write a *real* post, I'd like to remind those of you who have endeavoured this type of traveling of just how much of your day is caught up with those simple things in life--finding a place to eat, getting across the street without being run over, planning tomorrow--that it is tough to stop and reflect and then share.

Oh, I realize that we did not explain the ricewhine name. Simply, Cynthia & I wondered how this whole trip thing would fly with the boys. Over wine we wondered what they would eat--Thomas in particular is less adventurous in the "trying new foods" department--and how much they might whine. At worst, the blog would spiral into stories of only eating rice and whining most of time.

We are really at the beginning of "traveling in South East Asia with kids" and we have much to learn about the traveling in Asia part and about the traveling with kids part. Keep visiting this blog (and participating by commenting) and if you are lucky you may learn a bit about Asia through the eyes of a family that is learning together.

Last, I really appreciate comments.

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