USA | Sunday, 23 Apr 2017 | Views [826]
Yesterday I attended the closing dinner for Cruise 360, where awards we're handed out to industry professionals. I immediately found out i was vastly underdressed, wearing just a long-sleeved button-down shirt and khakis, while the great ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 23 Apr 2017 | Views [739]
It has been a long time since I have written here. I have been home and landlocked since Jan 2016, and working.
But today I had the pleasure of visiting Cruise 360. Specifcally, it is a week long conference in Fort Lauderdale where ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Thursday, 21 Jan 2016 | Views [591]
Yesterday was my last day in Singapore, and a busy one.
(1) First I got back on the hop-on hop-off bus, and saw some different areas I haven't yet been to. I saw the Malay area-where Malay live, and also Orchard Road, a road where ... Read more >
Tags: singapore
SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 20 Jan 2016 | Views [554]
Yesterday I took the metro in Singapore to Marina Bay-which is a giant hotel and office complex by the waterfront, and walked around. Then I went to the city hall area, looked at cheap camera equipment, and went to Raffles hotel-which is an old historic ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 19 Jan 2016 | Views [538]
Yesterday I left Penang early in the morning to catch the flight for Singapore.
Penang wasn't my type of city-it seemed too touristy with old colonial buildings-but the food stalls we're good and I could eat cheap.
So I left ... Read more >
Tags: singapore
MALAYSIA | Monday, 18 Jan 2016 | Views [732]
Yesterday, I started the day by taking a long walk, and I went to the waterfront and saw two different sights:
(1) A Queen Victoria memorial, which is a large clocktower by the waterfront.
(2) Right next door to the clocktower, Fort ... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Sunday, 17 Jan 2016 | Views [626]
As my first day here in Penang, I went on the Hop-On-Hop Off bus. I don't particularly like these buses, but not knowing what to do here in town, (other then read the Lonely Planet), I decided to take the bus.
I got on at the city route.... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 16 Jan 2016 | Views [653]
Yesterday I checked out of a hostel in Kuala Lumpur called Reggae Mansion.
Hostels tend to be interesting. Unlike hotels, particularly cookie cutter chains-no two hostels seem to be alike. And this was one of the more interesting hostels.... Read more >
Tags: kuala lumpur, malaysia
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 16 Jan 2016 | Views [722] | Comments [3]
Yesterday I checked out of the hostel in Kuala Lumpur, and went to the bus station to take the bus to Penang.
The bus station in Kuala Lumpur was actually one of the nicest bus stations I have ever seen-looking more like an airport. I went ... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Friday, 15 Jan 2016 | Views [633]
Yesterday was my final full day here in Kuala Lumpur. It was a good day overall. I awoke a little later, and went to a bookstore in the train station to buy some used guides on the city. I also went to Little India, (I think). It looked like I was in ... Read more >
Tags: kuala lumpur, malaysia
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 14 Jan 2016 | Views [595]
After breakfast at Mcdonalds, I started the day with a free walking tour. This guide was ok but not great. It started in what is called the Kuala Lumpur gallery, which scale models of Kuala Lumpur, and she explained the progress of the city. The ... Read more >
Tags: kuala lumpur, malaysia
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016 | Views [573]
Yesterday I started the day doing a few different things. I took an excellent tour from the hostel, called 7 secrets of Kuala Lumpur, which was just that. The tour, done through the hostel, was actually great. The tour guide knew his stuff and answered ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 12 Jan 2016 | Photo Gallery
See all 23 photos >>
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 12 Jan 2016 | Views [583]
I had my first day in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, and after getting up and going on the computer, I had breakfast at the hostel-the breakfast wasn't expensive by US standards-about $2.00 for an omelette, toast and coffee-so I ate it-it tasted like the ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Monday, 11 Jan 2016 | Views [794]
Yesterday was my last morning in Ubud, before taking the shuttle to the airport for my flight to Kuala Lumpur.
I spent longer then I planned in Ubud, Bali-and I can't figure out what drew me to the city. It is overrun with tourists-... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sunday, 10 Jan 2016 | Views [565]
Yesterday I spent the whole last day here in Ubud waiting for a parade. Yesterday was supposed to be the Hindu celebration of the New Moon, and the woman who sells me tropical fruits in the evening for the following morning's breakfast( Rambutans (a ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud
INDONESIA | Saturday, 9 Jan 2016 | Views [656]
Yesterday was a busy busy busy day. I took one last all-day tour, because I wanted to see some places I haven't yet seen here in Bali. These places, in addition to all the temples I have seen. include a coffee plantation and a Balinese Village. ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud
INDONESIA | Friday, 8 Jan 2016 | Views [582]
Yesterday was pretty much a lazy day, but I started out with a yoga class just a few doors down from the hostel. Ubud has been known as a spiritual center since the days when it was founded, so yoga classes here are sought after, and they aren't ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud
INDONESIA | Thursday, 7 Jan 2016 | Views [614]
Yesterday I set out to make a long long walk through the rice fields. There is a little road that leads to a path behind the hostel, and I set out and wore my flip flops, which are usually pretty comfortable, and I set off on the walk. It was a ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, rice
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2016 | Views [728]
Yesterday, I took a short walk from the hostel (about 20 min) to the Ubud Sacred Monkey Sanctuary, otherwise known as the monkey forest. One Hindu belief is that humans must live in harmony with their natural environment, and the monkey forest ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud
< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next >
