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Trip: Around the World with Susan And Lars

There are [53] stories from my trip: Around the World with Susan And Lars


Pellet Poo (Mongolia)

MONGOLIA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [3523] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia on a Tuesday in the midst of a duststorm. We were so happy to be out of China, and so excited to be in Mongolia, that nothing could stem our enthusiasm. Our hostel didn't meet us at the airport as ... Read more >


Adventures in Mongolia begin!

MONGOLIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [2176] | Comments [2]

You know how when you go to the movies and the preview is always better than the movie... How to capture the essence of two weeks in Mongolia? To frame this problem, I'll quickly summarize what we did (and why we were offline for two ... Read more >


Alive & Safe, just slacking in Bali

INDONESIA | Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [1500] | Comments [13]

OK, so we got a little behind... Here's why - First off, for 13 of our days in Mongolia we had no power; hence no laptop; hence no writing. This put me a tad behind from the start.... Read more >


Susan in Paradise (Luang Prabang)

LAOS | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [1583] | Comments [9]

Laos is that little country that you learned about in 11 th grade on the unit about the Vietnam war, and then promptly forgot because summer break was two weeks away. Tucked in a volatile corner of the world between China, Vietnam, Cambodia, ... Read more >


Brought to you by American Express ... (Beijing)

CHINA | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [1415]

On our last day in Beijing we packed it in. We started early, and hit the Forbidden City. It's big and crowded and kinda sad. There is a small garden in the section that would have been very private to the emperor (and his hundreds of concubines ... Read more >


Not the real Mongolia post - just the day we spent waiting to "get going"

MONGOLIA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Views [874] | Comments [1]

Mongolia is awesome! We're still assembling a group to share costs of our overland adventure and the train from Beijing gets in the day after we flew in so we took a day trip out to Terelj National Park. ... Read more >


The Great Wall of China lives up to all the hype.

CHINA | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [2101] | Comments [3]

Today we went to the Great Wall of China. Hoping to avoid the crowds (a bit) we opted for an early departure to a more remote location. Now we've all been reading about the Great Wall our whole lives, so ... Read more >


Adventures in Mongolia! (a short preview)

MONGOLIA | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [2435] | Comments [7]

We just finished our 2 week roadtrip around Mongolia and Lars is busy working on his next piece d' resistance... so, in the meantime I thought I would give all of our loyal blog readers (i.e. our families) a little ... Read more >


Beijing: They Eat Jews!

CHINA | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [1597] | Comments [2]

We'd had a rather pleasant day in Beijing, having walked about and then taken a great bike tour to see the new Olympic stadiums. But after we sat down for dinner we were a little surprised by the menu! You ... Read more >


Different city, same red tape (Beijing)

CHINA | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [970]

Well, at least it's isnt Shanghai. Our arrival to Beijing quickly reminded us that this was China. We got way too comfy in our English-speaking, business oriented paradise of Hong Kong. Worried about business ... Read more >


The equally over-rated Vegas of the East (Macau)

MACAU | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1345] | Comments [4]

So our last day in Hong Kong we went to Macau. Not much to tell really, it's really small. You have to go through emmigration and immigration both to and fro, and officially they speak Portuguese and Cantonese ... Read more >


Two Systems, One Crappy (Hong Kong)

HONG KONG | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1146] | Comments [2]

What a difference 150 years of British rule makes! Hong Kong is awesome, everything Shanghai isn't but desperately wants to be; modern, energetic, diverse, clean, entertaining. We had a great introduction ... Read more >


Crazy Chinese Headlines!

CHINA | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1142] | Comments [1]

I don't know if this made the news back home but here's an excerpt from the Chinese news. “Big Dorky American Saves MagLev Train” Shanghai – A big American foreign devil was the hero of the moment after he helped stop an out-of-control ... Read more >


Nice... for China (Hangzhou)

CHINA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [1387] | Comments [2]

PHEW! Despite our better judgment we got lulled into forgetting that this was Asia, and darn near missed our train. I am happy to report that I am in my seat (we thought we might have bought standing tickets by accident) on the train and that ... Read more >


At least the dumplings are good (Shanghai)

CHINA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [2130] | Comments [3]

We're in Asia now. Susan kind of looked at me funny when I would say that Japan seemed more like Europe than the Asia I remembered. My last trip here was Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. The dusty hustle and flow of those countries ... Read more >


30,000 years of history and a little bit of BladeRunner (Tokyo)

JAPAN | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [1670] | Comments [2]

Ahh, Tokyo. Back in the big city, back in our Sakura Hotel. This time, however, we got a “twin room” instead of a “double room” as the latter were all booked. Good news actually, as the room was much bigger ... Read more >


You can never have too many huge Buddhas... (Kamakura)

JAPAN | Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [2938] | Comments [1]

After Nikko we're back in Tokyo. Only briefly this time, for a change of trains to get to Kamakura. But the station is unmistakeable in its Tokyo-ness. Again the crowds are dominated by the conservative grays ... Read more >


Of Pancakes and Drowned Rats (Nikko)

JAPAN | Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [1513] | Comments [1]

I am old. I did my best to run away, but turned 30 nonetheless. Although, when exactly I turned 30 is a little bit of a mystery, what with timezones and datelines and what not. We decided that this meant I got to ... Read more >


Wanted for Lunch – Dead or Alive (Nara)

JAPAN | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [1976] | Comments [1]

After such an early start for the Buddhist ceremony, and walking around Koya-san, and then the trip to Nara, we were dead on our feet when we got there. The tourist information desk booked us into a nearby hotel. After about two-weeks in ... Read more >


So I am not a morning person (Koya-san)

JAPAN | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [1552] | Comments [6]

Koya-san is a remote little town high up in the hills south of the conjoined metropolises of Kyoto and Osaka. It's home to a Japanese School of Buddism, and houses many monasteries ... Read more >


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