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Team America Does New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [1545] | Comments [2]

This is a repeat for some of you...but skip down to the World Horizontal Bungy Competition part where Team America ("Fuck Ya") shines. So--the Kiwi Adventure began in Auckland when AP and Schaiman woke us up from our daily nap.  Let ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline


i get my kicks above the waistline sunshine

THAILAND | Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [848]

Sorry again for the long gap in posting a blog.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Since Turkey Day, we rushed through Cambodia stopping only to pretend we were tomb raiders at Angkor Wat.  Then, after the bumpiest bus ride in the East, we landed in Bangkok (now you ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


Gallery: New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 5 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Thailand

THAILAND | Friday, 5 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

Beaches
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happy thanksgiving

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 | Views [1653] | Comments [2]

by Phong: We are in Cambodia right now and basically flew through the country in 10 days. Going to the Killing Fields and to S-21 (a prison where over 20000 people where "reeducated" to death) was disturbing--to say the least. Though more ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


leaving lazy laos

CAMBODIA | Monday, 13 Nov 2006 | Views [941] | Comments [1]

don't you love the alliteration! since our last entry, we have done very very little...thankfully we don't have bed sores because we have spent most of our time on hammocks.... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation


Gallery: Laos

LAOS | Saturday, 4 Nov 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Phong's SoapBox(: China

CHINA | Wednesday, 25 Oct 2006 | Views [762]

How can I describe China to a person who has never been there? It is a land of contradictions. They claim to be a socialist country but only the top 10 percent have health care, vacation time or the ability to purchase a home. Well, ... Read more >

Tags: People


Lovely Laos

LAOS | Wednesday, 25 Oct 2006 | Views [717] | Comments [1]

we are in laos! we bought some whitening suntan lotion--so we should be more white by the time we get home (it seems to be working)...we escaped China to the Luang Nan Tha (LNT) region--a ecofriendly tourist site that is not frequented often ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures


Technical Difficulties

CHINA | Wednesday, 25 Oct 2006 | Views [721]

Since the last posting (sorry still no pix yet...China doesn't let you upload and Laos--where we are now--is in the slow lane of the internet highway), we visited two of our favorite places in China--Tiger Leaping Gorge and Sanya. Sorry for the delay.... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


Gallery: Everest

MONGOLIA | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Tibet

CHINA | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: China

CHINA | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery


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free Tibet?!

MONGOLIA | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [659]

By Phong: Tibet, or Shangri La, is very different from my preconception. It is a rough land especially with the chinese occupation. Unlike "mainland" China, there is extreme poverty...mothers, children, and the elderly begging; garbage strewn ... Read more >

Tags: culture, tibet


Engagement at Everest!!!

CHINA | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [997] | Comments [4]

From the ecstasy of engagement to the agony of altitude sickness!!! no joke--Paul surprised the shit out of me and proposed at Everest...though he qualified the proposal stating he wasn't responsible for any of his words or actions at such a high ... Read more >

Tags: engagement, mountains, mt everest, tibet


Contradictory China

CHINA | Saturday, 23 Sep 2006 | Views [1890] | Comments [1]

China has been very eye-opening for us...it truly is a country of contradictions...you don't have to worry about finishing the food on your plate because there are "starving people in China"--but there is a lot of poverty here: especially ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Mongolia

MONGOLIA | Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Siberia

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Kazan

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: White Nights

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery


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