VIETNAM | Saturday, 20 May 2006 | Views [902] | Comments [4]
Sailing down narrow tree-lined streets on the back of a Honda Dream Motorcycle. Through small villages, high-fiving the local kids, we made our way from the city of Hue out into the unvanquishable Vietnamese countryside. A kingdom of rice fields and ancestor ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
VIETNAM | Saturday, 13 May 2006 | Views [2294] | Comments [1]
We're now on day 4 in the lovely town of Hoi An. We plan to stay for another 6 nights so our pace has slowed down accordingly. We have weaned ourselves from the A/C to save 2$ a night, and of course, so that we can adapt in preperation for the humidity ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
VIETNAM | Friday, 12 May 2006 | Photo Gallery
Our lazy days in Sapa, Hanoi & Hoi An
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VIETNAM | Monday, 8 May 2006 | Views [2305] | Comments [1]
Hanoi. A city drenched in sweat like a french cake marinated in a lusty liquour. It's hot and the change from the dry mountainous climate of northern Yunnan has given our bodies much to complain about. We are trying to use the AC as little as possible ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 2 May 2006 | Views [579]
After bus mix-ups and the dreaded 10 hour sleeper bus from Kunming, we are now settled in at a hotel with a view in Sapa, a hillside resort town 35 km from the Chinese/Vietnamese border. For $5 a night we have a gorgeous view of a valley of rice paddies ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
CHINA | Friday, 28 Apr 2006 | Views [1013]
After several days of deliberation and heavy thinking, we decided to pull up our socks, put down our tea and go mountain climbing. An old folk tale tells of how a tiger once escaped becoming a chinese virility salve by jumping across the narrow gorge, ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
CHINA | Tuesday, 25 Apr 2006 | Views [611]
The second day in Zhongdian saw us sleepy-eyed due to a late night rude awakening when the owners of our guesthouse suddenly started blasting techno beats into the courtyard. Aren't the guests supposed to be the ones having the parties? We've been good ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
CHINA | Friday, 21 Apr 2006 | Views [883] | Comments [2]
After a grueling bus ride (the first 3 hours up windy mountain roads did a number on Naomi's stomach) we have finally arrived in Zhongdian, a town 70km from the border of Tibet. The altitude of this plateau is so great that it feels as if you ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CHINA | Monday, 17 Apr 2006 | Views [657] | Comments [1]
We are now in Lijiang, a small ancient Naxi town in the north teeming with tourists. Naomi is recovering from her first case of food poisoning. She thinks it might have been the tasty yak we ate upon arrival, I doubt it--nothing that good could be bad ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
CHINA | Monday, 17 Apr 2006 | Photo Gallery
APRIL IN BEIJING & YUNNAN
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CHINA | Monday, 10 Apr 2006 | Views [581]
Arrived on the 6th to the welcoming arms of our long lost friends, Albert, Dan & Nitasha. The days pass quickly with all of the sightseeing to get under our belts. Have been to the Great Wall, an acrobat show, the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
JAPAN | Tuesday, 28 Mar 2006 | Views [545]
Exactly one week left until we fly out of Tokyo and into the life we've been waiting to live for oh so long. Finished my last day of work today and things are underway... it's beginning to feel like we are actually leaving. We have officially sent all ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
JAPAN | Friday, 17 Mar 2006 | Views [468]
Here we are...comparing record prices. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Full Force, was 2500¥ in 1980. Hmm. Brandon is pretty happy that he found it today for 800¥ at Warzawa records in Shibuya. One more to ship home. This is what we think about when we have ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
JAPAN | Friday, 17 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery
just a test run to see how this web journal works. our last few weeks in tokyo...
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