Rosi & Jen's 11 Thousand Beach Odyssey Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do, then the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream...."

Toot toot honk honk

VIETNAM | Wednesday, 5 Mar 2008 | Views [1104] | Comments [2]

We've been in Hanoi since Saturday.   Toot toot honk honk.   Every 2 seconds someone toots or honks or asks us to buy a watch, a zippo, a hammock, a pineapple, a banana, some rambutan, a cap, a tshirt, some chopsticks, another banana, a toy wooden ... Read more >

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Hanoi Pearl

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [705]

Today we saw the cutest dog ever!!!!! Sorry to all my dog luvin' friends back home.. Yes this dog was cuter than Molly the wonder dog or Weasel...  Today we met Hanoi Pearl.  I bet she even barks in Vietnamese!!!!

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Good Morning Vietnam

VIETNAM | Sunday, 2 Mar 2008 | Views [1120] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Hanoi yesterday afternoon and on the way in from the airport in the taxi our minds exploded with images of the South East Asia we had always imagined.  The moment I saw the guy with 48 dozen eggs strapped to the back of his motorbike racing ... Read more >

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Night Safari

SINGAPORE | Friday, 29 Feb 2008 | Views [620]

Last night we went to Singapore Zoo again this time to do a Night Safari.  It was incredible. he highlight of our trip so far.  To see so many animals in the nocturnal state was something I will probably never see again.  We saw Lions, Rhinos, Leopards ... Read more >

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Colour

SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [681]

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Laundry

SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [576]

Most people in Singapore live in apartments.  They have wonderful contraptions which they use to hang out their washing. 

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Cruisin'

SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [585]

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Pearl's Centre

SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [959]

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Airconditioners

SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [517]

Jen was fescinated by this lane in Boat Quay.  There were more airconditioners here in one place than we had ever seen before.  We thing they need some sort of birth control policy for airconditioners!

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Cranes Shopping and Airconditioners

SINGAPORE | Monday, 25 Feb 2008 | Views [937]

Try the bakeries of Chinatown for unending array of tasty treats that I have never seen before This morning for breakfast   I had fishcakes wrapped in banana leaves and chargrilled. You can buy beer at the 7 Eleven.   We did.   ... Read more >

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Toastbox

SINGAPORE | Monday, 25 Feb 2008 | Views [1048]

Singaporean’s have interesting taste in breakfast foods.   They seem to prefer toast smeared with uncooked eggs or partially poached eggs in bowls.   This morning we simply felt compelled to succumb to this ritual.   Just near our hotel is an amazing ... Read more >

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Buddha

SINGAPORE | Monday, 25 Feb 2008 | Views [744]

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Our first day of adventure

SINGAPORE | Sunday, 24 Feb 2008 | Views [788] | Comments [1]

Today was our first full day in Singapore.  We left the hotel early in search of adventure and decided to spend the day wandering around getting our bearings and ending up wherever our Keen Super Hybrid Sandals would take us.  We strolled around Little ... Read more >

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