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Trip: New Zealand/Australia/SE Asia

There are [20] stories from my trip: New Zealand/Australia/SE Asia


Hong Kong- The last leg

HONG KONG | Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [448]

Hong Kong was literally a breath of fresh air.  HK is by far the cleanest city I have ever stepped foot on.  You can't even find a cigarette butt on the street.  The entire city is clean and layed out in such a user friendly manner that getting around ... Read more >


India- Holy Cow!

INDIA | Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [1119] | Comments [1]

How can one describe India?  I will try to explain in a way that is truly representative of our time and experiences.  Basically, India is everything at once: beautiful yet filthy, sinful yet holy, malicious yet loving, etc. One day you will be flying ... Read more >


Thailand to Nepal- Sometimes up hill sometimes downhill

NEPAL | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [681] | Comments [2]

Namaste (hello from Nepal)- We are blessed! The past month we've been fortunate to have my mother and our friends visit us in Thailand. We immediately headed off to the island of Koh Tao. This island is every diver's mecca and so we indulged in ... Read more >

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Sawa Dipi Mae! (Happy New Year in Thai)

THAILAND | Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [801]

Wow, it seems like ages since we've updated this blog.  We've been doing so much in Thailand that the time is flying.  We were fortunate with our second attempt at snorkeling.  In Ko Chang, which is an island that is a national park we experienced ... Read more >


We're in Paradise Now

THAILAND | Friday, 4 Apr 2008 | Views [782] | Comments [4]

The private Bamboo island in Cambodia, what a relaxing experience.  The beach was pure white sand so fine that when you walked on it the ground made squeeky sounds.  The island was barely inhabited with a few people operating bungalows and a restaurant ... Read more >


Temples, Genocide, and Private Beach Huts

CAMBODIA | Monday, 24 Mar 2008 | Views [2352] | Comments [3]

We are REALLY in Asia now!  Currently we are in Cambodia and have been here for over a week.  We began our time here in the city of Siem Reap.  Siem Reap is famous for Angkor Wat... a complex of numerous religious temples that were built around the ... Read more >


Good Morning Vietnam!

VIETNAM | Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 | Views [645] | Comments [2]

Let us begin by saying that Vietnam is our favorite place visited as of yet!  Anyhow, I believe we left off last in Mui Ne with the Sand Dunes and sledding.  Well, the sand dunes were beautiful and sledding down them was exhilirating; however, getting ... Read more >


Vietnam

VIETNAM | Monday, 3 Mar 2008 | Views [782] | Comments [2]

Well weve been in Vietnam for about 6 days now and it has been really great. We've been in Saigon most of the time, except for 2 days where we went on a southern tour of the Mekong Delta.This is the first place that we've been where we have stepped into ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Bali!

INDONESIA | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Australia

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Bali,Indonesia

INDONESIA | Sunday, 24 Feb 2008 | Views [1188] | Comments [8]

Hello Friends and Family- It has been nearly two weeks that we have been on the tiny island of Bali. Bali is in Indonesia and is one of a few hundred islands. Indonesia is the most popular country for Islam and over 80% of the Country is Muslim, ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Aussie Part 2

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 12 Feb 2008 | Views [469] | Comments [1]

I think when we left off last we were going to the Hunter Valley to do some wine tasting. Well we have done that and so much more! The Hunter Valley is where most Australian wines come from. We went down for 3 days and stayed at a pretty cool hostel ... Read more >

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Aussie!

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 4 Feb 2008 | Views [617] | Comments [4]

Gday mates! How ya goin? We're here in Australia havin'a heap of a good time!So no worries mate! It's Super Bowl monday here (we're 17 hours ahead so we watched the fourth quarter of the game live at 1:00 in the afternoon.)We went to the pub here in ... Read more >

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5 year anniversary

NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Views [578] | Comments [4]

Kia Ora- Currently I'm sitting her at an internet cafe in Aukland NZ.  The smell of urine is so strong I'm going to make this fast.  Just wanted to say thanks to all of you that keep commenting and sending emails.  We love to hear news of home, especially ... Read more >

Tags: Friends


Gallery: Abel Tasman

NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Wellington, Abel Tasman

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 | Views [560] | Comments [2]

Spent 2 days in Wellington. We went to the Te Papa museum which is the national museum of NZ. There was a lot about how NZ was formed by plate tectonics, earthquakes, etc. and a lot about the Maori history, which is the native tribe here. Also went on ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


Gallery: Auckland

NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 16 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery


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The City, The Cave, and The Possum

NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 16 Jan 2008 | Views [1206] | Comments [3]

Well, now that we have done a few things we can write about them. Our first 2 days were spent in Auckland which isn't bad for a big city but we were ready to get out. If I could compare it to anywhere back home it would probably be Chicago. A big city ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline


New Zealand.....Finally!

NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 12 Jan 2008 | Views [636] | Comments [5]

Ok so we are here at our hostel in Auckland....after 30 hours of flights and wanting to kill ourselves with a 10 hour layover at LAX, we made it! We don't really have much to tell yet other than we were really excited to take a shower and brush our teeth ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation


Welcome!

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 10 Jan 2008 | Views [578] | Comments [12]

Welcome to our World Adventure blog page! We are currently flying to New Zealand! Aukland here we come.. our upcoming adventure is caving in Waitomo with glow worms. Yee haw!

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