We are Derry Malsch and Kate Hulpke, from Eugene, Oregon. We like to travel, hike, snorkel, and camp, among other things. (And Kate loves to cook.)
We started this blog in Fall 2007 right before leaving on a nine-month trip around the world, as a way for family and friends to share our adventures.
We’re back in Eugene now, but you can still partake of all the amazing places we visited. Going backward through time…
| Where? | When? | Post |
| Greece | June 2008 | Greece is the word |
| Nepal | May 2008 | Nepal – Kopan |
| Nepal | May 2008 | Oh Happy Day |
| Nepal | April 2008 | Hello Nepal |
| Sikkim | April 2008 | Sikkim: Brrrr!!! |
| India | April 2008 |
India: Views from a Bus Window |
| India | March 2008 | Welcome to India |
| Thailand | March 2008 | Images of Thailand |
| Thailand & Laos | February 2008 | Leaving the Mekong |
| Vietnam | January 2008 | Hanoi |
| Thailand | January 2008 | Thailand – Happy New Year! |
| Hong Kong | December 2007 | Hong Kong |
| New Zealand | December 2007 | New Zealand – The Adventure Continues |
| New Zealand | November 2007 | Springtime in New Zealand |
| Fiji | November 2007 | So long, Fiji! |
| Fiji | October 2007 | On to our tiny tiny island… Caqalai |
That’s not EVERY single thing we wrote, but it is all the posts about places, with pictures. You can navigate to some other random entries via “Recent Posts” or “Archives” (both in the sidebar).
BTW: Yes, Oregon is beautiful and green, but no, that’s not it pictured above. That’s the Limahuli Botanical Preserve on Kaua’i, Hawai’i, where we labored with Wilderness Volunteers for a week in September 2007. Afterwards we backpacked for five days on the Na Pali Coast; in fact if you look closely at our header photo, you can just make out Derry clinging to the cliff-side trail. Quite the warm-up for further adventures…
derrykate 
January 26, 2008 at 12:31 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER
HALONG…..YA GONNA BE? I HEAR RETURN IN JUNE??? ISN’T HALONG GORGEOUS!! I DIDN’T KNOW THE 3000 LIMESTONE ISLANDS….LIKE THOSE STROMATOLITES THAT WE LIKE. LITTLE BUBBLES OF LIVING EARTH COMING UP THROUGH THE OCEAN…ALSO VERY BEAUTIFUL..ANYWHERE.
HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME AND I’LL SAY A WISH FOR BETTER BIKES.:)Z
February 9, 2008 at 9:01 am
Hey Zan! Thanks for the birthday wishes. Yes, we will be back at end of June/beginning of July. Thanks for your bike wishes too, they came true in Thailand! Speaking of, maybe we can go on a bike ride in Eugene this summer?
March 20, 2008 at 9:40 am
Derry & Kate–You have fantastic photos–you should enter some in a photo contest when you get back.
We love seeing where you’ve been.
Love, Rondi
November 24, 2008 at 11:05 am
Are we going to get a Hawaii post soon? 🙂
December 5, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I was out surfing and stumbled across your blog.
What a journey you two have been on! You both look very happy and I am happy for you! While you have been adventuring, I’ve been slaving away in the machine of corporate America, but lately I’ve been having a strong pull to get back to the realm of quantum physics to see what all advances have been made in the past decade. I was happy to see Amit in “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” I’ll have to see if the cobwebs will all dust off my gray matter!
Anyhoos… hope all’s well with you & yours and may this message find you both in good health and good spirits.
Take care,
Dan
April 26, 2009 at 2:15 am
Hello, my name is Helle Christiansen I live in Copenhagen. Are you Derry the son of artist Ellen Malsch, sister to my granmother Irma Christiansen?
Best regards Helle
March 19, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Derry,
Beloit Mem H.S. 1961?
Troop 15? (I think that was the number)
Explained to me, among other things, how right wing the Chicago Tribune was especially the front page cartoon?
Con Mahoney (A.k.a. John Mahoney)
February 3, 2020 at 3:19 am
Hello from Del Prado, Derry. Here once again to admire Bosch. We are still grateful to you, four sons, seven grandkids, fifty-five plus years later. Tim and Gayla Lindquist
April 23, 2021 at 5:12 pm
I’m Felix, I know them. They take me on trips!
April 24, 2021 at 11:38 am
YAY!
August 5, 2022 at 4:56 pm
Robert Hausmann in Eugene 406-544-0650
Give me a call. I am leaving town Saturday latemorning.