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Buddha, Beer, Buses, Bridges & Boats in Laos
I came across the tranquil country of Laos in the middle of a nine month backpacking adventure and just after spending a long time in the hustle-bustle of Thailand. In my travel journal, I referred to it as a “welcome return to the Third World.”
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Laos, My Favorites, Photography
Tagged Buddha, Laos, Photography, Southeast Asia, Transportation, Travel, Travel Journal
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Tsunami Memorials and Shipwrecked Boats in Thailand
A boat thrust two kilometers inland and a set of spires reaching towards the sky both double as memorials to the 2004 tsunami that slammed into the coast of Thailand. Storytelling accompanies photography of both sites.
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Photography, Thailand
Tagged Backpacking, Greg Goodman, History, Khao Lak, Memorial, Phang Nga, Photography, Thailand, Tsunami
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Standing a Quarter Mile Above the Ground in Malaysia’s Petronas Towers
Photography, storytelling and observations from below and inside Malaysia’s Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur from my backpacking adventure across SouthEast Asia.
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Posted in Buildings, Entrapment Towers, Breaking the World's Largest Flower, Bedbugs and Finding Nemo Scuba Diving in Malaysia, Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Malaysia, My Favorites, Photo of the Day, Photography, Photos With Stories
Tagged Building, City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Photo Essay, Photography, Urban
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Sigiria: An Ancient Sri Lankan Rock Fortress
Located in Sri Lanka, Sigiria is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures…as well as a potentially-fictional hornet’s nest that doubles as a bribe-inducing scam.
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Sri Lanka Train Photography
I know I’ve said it many times before in this blog, but if you don’t know it, I love trains. My father and I built a model train town on a balsa-wood table when I was growing up and I’ve loved the rails ever since. So Dad, these train pics …
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Tagged Galle, Photography, Sri Lanka, Train, Transportation
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Wrapping Up Our Trip in Hong Kong and Macau
Well, it had to happen sooner or later…the final post of the trip…as written from the plane ride home and finished up in NYC. This final entry covers our last week in Hong Kong and Macau where we stayed in the craziest tenement building I have ever seen, hiked to …
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Thoughts on Hong Kong, Skylines and Kowloon
Consisting of a few islands and a chunk of mainland connected to China, Hong Kong is really a large and spread out city that also doubles as its own country: much like Singapore. Ferries are the most popular way to get around the islands, offer amazing views of the skyline …
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Dim Sum, Congee, Donkey and Boar Meat, Jellyfish and Other Foods
As it is a big city, Hong Kong boasts a wide variety of food from all over the world and we took full advantage of the selection. However, when we did treat ourselves to Asian fare, it usually consisted of some form of noodle, soup or meat. Poor Carrie had …
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Chungking Mansions: Bedbugs, Racial Tensions and Closet Sized Rooms
About an hour after the bedbug check, I felt something crawling on my neck, slapped it and looked at my blood-stained hand. Sure enough…bedbugs! I guess they must have been in hiding and came out when they smelled my blood, because they were all over the bed and pillows.
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Friends From Home, Skylines and Giant Buddha Statues in Hong Kong
After eight months with no visitors, Karen (Carrie’s childhood friend), Ben (who Carrie used to nanny for) and Michelle (Karen’s friend) all coordinated the start to their backpacking trips to meet up for a few days in Hong Kong. It was great to have the company, though all of us …
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The Bird and Goldfish Markets
Heading to the Yuen Po Street Bird Market in Hong Kong, I really just expected to see a bunch of birds and supplies for sale. Sure, the market had that, but it also was a hang out place for older Asian men to come and socialize with their birds. In …
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Posted in Cities, Highlights, Hong Kong and Macau
Tagged animals, Bird, Hong Kong and Macau, Yuen Po Street Bird Market
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A Night on the Town Starts at 7-Eleven
Finding drinking in 7-Eleven highly amusing, we grabbed a few beers of our own and joined the fun. Within an hour of socializing, our group had added a pair Australians and a Hong Kong resident from Nigeria named James Later, we quickly looked around and realized that it was, in fact, a brothel. The quote of the night came from one of the Aussie guys who said, “um, we definitely need to leave here. Immediately.”
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Portuguese Streets, Beautiful Buildings and a Lady Gaga Concert in Macau
Located an hour boat ride from Hong Kong, Macau is a completely separate country that feels like a mix between Portugal and Asia. We were originally unsure if we would even go, but after seeing a sign for a Lady Gaga concert at the Venetian hotel and casino we decided …
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Wrapping Up Our Trip in Hong Kong and Macau – This and That
Money in Hong Kong is very weird, with multiple versions of each bill issued by separate banks. At one point I had five different Hong Kong 20 dollar bills in my wallet. The sign next to the line for Hong Kong immigration at the airport read, “Welcome to Hong Kong: …
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Posted in Cities, Hong Kong and Macau, Macau is filled with Portuguese Streets, Beautiful Buildings and Lady Gaga, Observations, Skylines, Racial Tension, Buddha Statues and Good Friends in Hong Kong, This & That - Musings From the Road
Tagged Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, India & Southeast Asia, This and That
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Wrapping Up the Trip – Some Final Thoughts
Some quick stats from the trip… Away for 8.5 months or 250 days or 6000 hours or 360,000 minutes Visited 13 countries Took 15 plane rides Needed five visas (India, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia) Spent the Most Time In: India (92 days) … Second place: Thailand (45 days) Spent the …
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Wrapping Up Our Trip in Hong Kong and Macau – Photos and Videos
Flickr Links: Hong Kong Highlights Macau Highlights Food Chungking Mansions Videos: Chungking Mansions Walkthrough A Symphony of Lights
Posted in Hong Kong and Macau, Lots 'o Travel Snapshots, Macau is filled with Portuguese Streets, Beautiful Buildings and Lady Gaga, Photography, Skylines, Racial Tension, Buddha Statues and Good Friends in Hong Kong, Videos and Multimedia
Tagged Hong Kong and Macau, India & Southeast Asia, Lots 'o Travel Snapshots, Macau, Multimedia, Photos, Videos, YouTube
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Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales
I may be back in the USA, but there are still a couple more travel blogs including the craziest thing to ever happen on a trip… After 18 whirlwind days in Vietnam, Carrie and I headed back to Thailand for a week of relaxing, seeing some final sights that we …
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Waterfalls, Train Rides, an Old Friend and Relaxation on the River Kwai
Based on the recommendation of Claire, our Scottish friend that we keep on traveling with, we went straight from the Bangkok airport to the bus station to head to Kanchanaburi, a small town on the River Kwai. We only meant to spend a couple of days there, but the laid …
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Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am
“The thief is getting away! Go after him,” Carrie yelled. Pure instinct and adrenalin took control and I jumped over the banister into the waist high river chasing after him. I gave a good run, screaming on the top of my lungs the whole time. “Stop! Thief! Help!”
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The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak is a highlight of the tourist trail through Thailand and one of the main reasons we booked one final week in the country. Boats line up to take visitors on a tour of the canals that weave their way behind and through a large …
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