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Southeast Asia
And so begins Episode III of the Road to Bali We are hopelessly infected with dromomania. And in that fugue like state we begin our most ambitious voyage yet; an expedition of some 22,000 miles. (All with one carry on bag!)
We will be hopping around Southeast Asia. Our journey will take us to Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and even Tokyo. Our road will eventually lead us to circumnavigate the globe, a journey of over 22,000 miles! So in the spirit of Phileas Fogg we are off!
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The Eternal Now
April 9, 2018 - ‘Travel is fatal to ignorance, prejudice, and narrow mindedness ‘ - Mark Twain The world is so very big. After traveling...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Trang An Caves
April 9, 2018 - This is one of the many caves you can take a rowboat through as part of the Trang An Landscape Complex. There is evidence...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Getting lost on a scooter
April 8, 2018 - Took a motorbike ride to explore the area. Google maps does not work well here so all we had was a paper map. We...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Rice paddies in the rain
April 7, 2018 - These are some of the rice fields of Tam Coc Vietnam. We had read this place was beautiful and it does not disappoint The...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Magical Realism
April 6, 2018 - A bit of a potpourri of images. This has been a travel day. We traveled 4 hours west of HaLong bay by car Our destination...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
A tour of tours
April 5, 2018 - We traveled to the coast to do the signature experience here - a cruise around Halong Bay. The tour traveled a set route...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Poem Mountain
April 4, 2018 - We made it to the coast. This is the top of Poem Mountain which offers this spectacular view of the bay. It was very...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
The "Train Street"
April 3, 2018 - It was our last full day in Hanoi. We wanted to just go for a walk and immerse ourselves in another neighborhood. We read...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
A full day
April 2, 2018 - Kind of a full day. Started off getting scammed for $20 dollars- so that was fun. Visited a pagoda where Zen Buddhism...
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
Hanoi Hilton
April 2, 2018 - This is the gate to the infamous prison in Hanoi - "The Hanoi Hilton". About one half of the original complex is gone...
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Apr 2, 20191 min read
Easter in Hanoi
April 1, 2018 - Happy Easter from Hanoi. We celebrated the day here at St Joesph’s Cathedral this morning. It is a Neo-gothic style...
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Apr 2, 20191 min read
A first walk in Hanoi
March 31, 2018 - We took a walk, after several loads of laundry, around the Old Quarter in Hanoi. We found this city very surprising. ...
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Apr 2, 20191 min read
Hanoi - Some initial impressions
March 31, 2018 - Hanoi - A few brief observations. It is 12:30pm local time. We have still not made it out of the hotel since we arrived...
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Apr 1, 20192 min read
This is Angkor Wat
March 29, 2018 - In 1152, after only 37 years of labor the world’s largest religious complex was constructed. After 866 years it is...
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Apr 1, 20191 min read
Tomb Raider
March 28, 2018 - From a distance it looks like a pile of rocks. When found by western researchers it was shrouded by dense jungle. They...
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Apr 1, 20191 min read
These are the small ones
March 27, 2018 - “If something profound ain’t happening, at least it feels like it is” - Anthony Bourdain We drove around the periphery...
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Apr 1, 20191 min read
Coming out of darkness
March 26, 2018 - I love this picture. It looks straight out of a Anthony Bourdain episode. This is the thriving central market in Siem...
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Apr 1, 20192 min read
The American spy who disappeared
March 23, 2018 - This lovely young girl in traditional Thai dress is spinning silk at the Jim Thompson house in Bangkok. The house is a...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
Vagabond Ground Zero
March 22, 2018 - If you have ever read any vagabond traveling stories or thought about backpacking in Thailand you will inevitably end...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
A day of days
March 21, 2018 - Such a day! When you travel, every now and then you are gifted with something unexpected and wonderful. We were...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
They forgot
March 20, 2018 - This is a great story. This is ‘The Golden Buddha’ of the Wat Traimit Temple. They call him that because unlike other...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
The Author's Lounge
March 19, 2018 - Through a New York Times article we found ‘The Authors’ Lounge’ at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the banks of the Chao...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
The Reclining Buddha
March 18, 2018 - This is the ‘Reclining Buddha’ at the Wat Pho Temple near the Royal Palace. If you stood him upright he would be 155...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
What happened to Val Kilmer?
March 17, 2018 Do you ever wonder what happened to Val Kilmer after he did his Batman movie? Mr Kilmer pulled up on his Bat cycle and...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
Arrived in Bangkok
March 16, 2017 - We arrived in Bangkok , Thailand. This splendid edifice is ‘Wat Arun’ Temple in Bangkok - The Temple of the Dawn. It...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
"The Beach"
March 13, 2018 - Ever since Alex Garland’s seminal 1996 novel “The Beach”, Thailand has been a magnet for vagabond travelers in search of...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Frog sex
March 12, 2018 - ok mystery solved. The picture below is the pond outside our bungalow. Pretty right? For the last three nights there...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Thai cost of living expenses
March 12, 2018 - I was having trouble deciding which story to tell today. There are the cicadas that take performance enhancing drugs...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
She is better now
March 11, 2018 - Colleen has recovered and thanks for all the well wishes We spent the entire day at our bungalow as Colleen nursed to...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Never trust a duck
March 10, 2018 - Well it finally happened. My poor Colleen got food poisoning last night. She is better this morning. We narrowed it...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Long Tail Boats
March 10, 2018 - Here is another look at these iconic Thai Long Tail boats as we visit Phranang Beach. Their engines all sound different...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Do not feed the monkey
March 9, 2019 - They have one rule here. ‘Do not feed THE monkey’. However, there are way more of them than just one . We found these on...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Gibbons!
March 8, 2018 - We took a walk this morning around the cliff base where we are staying. I began to hear loud and distinct hooting calls....
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Getting lost here
March 7, 2018 - It is evening here at Railay Beach on the West coast of Thailand. It is still hard to believe we are here. We will be...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Thailand at the water's edge
March 6, 2018 - We made it to Thailand! Much more tomorrow. We had dinner on the beach and everyone had a napkin! We are not actually at...
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Mar 29, 20191 min read
Why no napkins?
March 5, 2018 - Our last night in Singapore. Walked along the harbor. The is the “Merlion” - The symbol or mascot of the country. So as...
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Mar 28, 20191 min read
A Holy Tooth
March 4, 2018 - This is a beautiful Buddhist temple in Singapore that was built in 1980 in the Teng dynasty style. Here is the thing- it...
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Mar 28, 20191 min read
Batman's favorite flower
March 3, 2018 - Quieter day today. We went to the National Orchid Center and saw the strangest flower I have ever seen. This is ‘Tacca...
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Mar 28, 20191 min read
Which would you rather?
March 4, 2018 - This is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. It is an icon here in Singapore. I show it to ask an interesting question -...
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Mar 28, 20191 min read
A Cloud Forest
March 2, 2018 - Singapore sent Cheyenne Goh to the Winter Olympics this year. Cheyenne was the only athlete to represent this tiny...
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Mar 27, 20191 min read
The Burden of a Trophy Wife
March 1, 2018 - Ok this just happened. We were walking along and this random family on holiday from India asked to have their picture...
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Mar 26, 20191 min read
A Journey of 22,000 miles begins
March 1, 2018 - After 22 hours total in the air and celebrating my birthday over the Bay of Bengal, we arrived in Singapore. It is 80...
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Mar 26, 20191 min read
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