NAMIBIA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [12]
[Editor's Note: Stick with me here, it
gets funny toward the end]
Our super-exciting, fast-paced
Africa-overland safari-adventure started with... two days in exactly
the same place where we already were. ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008 | Views [34] | Comments [1]
At this point we had a little over a
week, and only a few hundred kms to go. This is the “Garden
Route”, South Africa's answer to the Pacific Coast Highway.
We shot over to Knysna, a pretty, but
overrated town. The ... Read more >
LESOTHO | Friday, 3 Oct 2008 | Views [59] | Comments [1]
After leaving Kruger at close, we had
dinner at a little family run place and a long snooze in the town of
Sabie. Waking up at 8-something is so nice after a week of 5 am
alarms.
We did a lot of deliberation about our
route through South Africa, ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 29 Sep 2008 | Views [73] | Comments [4]
We had an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Johannesberg, and got in about 6 in the morning. We had a little bit of adventure getting from Bali to KL as we had overstayed our visas and would owe some extra fees. This process was pretty shifty, ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 | Views [106] | Comments [5]
Ubud was great. We spent 3 days in a cute little place arranged by our hosts at the Bali Dream Villa in Seminyak. Mostly we ate (and ate well) but we did log some time at the art museum and watching the monkeys in the "Monkey Forest."... Read more >
INDONESIA | Monday, 22 Sep 2008 | Views [72]
After three months of traveling in Asia, Susan and I needed a break (see Alive and Well, Just Slacking in Bali). Travel is great, but intense. Asia especially so, and it ain't like we're staying at the Four Seasons (although we aren't rock-bottom budget ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 | Views [66]
From Bhutan we had a couple of days in Kuala Lumpur, to reprovision and sightsee (and buy airline tickets), before travelling on to Borneo. It was my first experience with a Muslim country. Kuala Lumpur is a fast growing, and rapidly modernizing city.... Read more >
BHUTAN | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [131] | Comments [3]
Day 7...
Our last full
day in Bhutan, we set off from Punakha in the morning. We needed to
get all the way back to Paro for our early morning flight the next day. We
stopped in Thimphu for lunch with ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Monday, 8 Sep 2008 | Views [143] | Comments [3]
Day 6
Our day in Punakha was pretty relaxed.
We'd been setting an ambitious pace, both physically and
informationally, so this was a welcome change. Again, Tashi's
experience benefitted us, and Susan and ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Thursday, 4 Sep 2008 | Views [94] | Comments [2]
Day 5 The next morning we came down for
breakfast and noticed the fruit was peeled. Actually, I really
noticed this when breakfast was brought for another table in the
restaurant and their fruit wasn't. I never ... Read more >
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