Sanur, Bali, and the countdown begins

Reaching Bali has always been the last major part of our trip.   One item that we did not fully realize is that while we started in northern Asia during the prime, dry & cool season, we were now in Bali, south of the equator, during their non-prime, wet & hot season.  But, with our […]

Relax Bay, Koh Lanta

Terri and I have confirmed the thought that we are more “beach people” than anything else.   As much as we love the jungles, forests, deserts and mountains, we find that we are most at ease around large bodies of water (and I am happiest under them, on them or above them!) Koh Lanta is […]

Koh Samui

Transportation is always one of the biggest headaches of foreign travel, but, once in a while, the Travels gods smile on the weary travelers, and sometimes – we get dumped on.  We were scheduled to fly from Chiang Mai to Koh Samui with a stopover in Bangkok to change planes with a 2.5 hour layover. […]

 Bits and Pieces

We spent 5 nights in Chiang Mai and while the elephant camp was definitely the high-light of this location it was only 1 day. Chiang Mai is another ancient city that was originally built within four walls and surrounded by a moat.  The moat is still there but most of the walls have fallen or […]

Minah, it’s time for your bath…

A few years ago, when we were in Thailand, we rode elephants in the jungle. That practice is now becoming unpopular as being viewed as cruel. The newer adventure is to spend a day with the elephants feeding them, washing them and just watching them as they go about their day. Little did I know […]

…good friends.

We have met many new friends on this quest, we have exchanged emails & telephone numbers and have free invites to stay in Australia, Amsterdam, Germany, Qatar, Boston and Canada.  But, we have been eager to get to Bangkok and visit with our good longtime friends, Tony & Joni. Tony and I met when we […]

Fast Boat, Slow Boat, Broken Boat

It seems like every morning brings a new adventure, some better than others but they always lend themselves to our motto, “It’s an adventure!” Today’s adventure started well with a quick Tuk Tuk ride to the “fast boat” dock in Phnom Penh.  We boarded and found good seats as it was not crowded and we […]

Welcome to Cambodia

  We left Mui Ne with neither of us feeling great.  We had taken another sleeper bus to Ho Chi Minh City and arriving still not feeling well, we decided to lay low for a couple of days before heading to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  We a had a great little condo on the 18th floor of […]

Hoi An to Nha Trang to Mui Ne…..by bus

It’ s actually much better than it sounds.  You step onto the first landing and the driver hands you a plastic bag for your shoes.  Then someone ushers you to your lounge stair style seat with adjustable back.  Not bad, in fact quite nice if you are under 5’6″ tall – but I’m NOT!  So […]