Judging from the image above you would think we were intrepid explorers with our trusty guide…. Wrong, just tourists in pink shirts and big sunglasses! We really were deep in the jungle but this particular location is a major stopping point for tourists entering into the Taman Negara national park. It is an amazing place [...]
• Friday, September 18th, 2009Donald Duck says “Welcome to Kuala Lipis”. Our first morning in Malaysia we found the Chinese hawker center for breakfast and we were greeted by our friend Donald and these two kids, who roared with laughter and ran when I turned my camera on them. You may remember this location from the food postings, it [...]
• Friday, September 18th, 2009So far our food ratings, in terms of what might cause us harm in one form or another, have shaped up in what we are calling the FEARED scale, as in what to be feared and how feared do we need to be before we eat. 1. Â Most dangerous: Â SID Â or better known as Serious [...]
• Tuesday, August 4th, 2009This is a very rough first video from a shrine in Singapore. Â We happened by during an evening ceremony. Â I had no idea at the time and still do not know what exactly was going on. Â It was fascinating and the sound was amazing.
• Friday, July 31st, 2009Â Â Finally catching up with ourselves so I thought a few random images from our first couple of weeks would be a good post.
• Friday, July 31st, 2009OK, some long awaited food images. Â Impossible to describe all of the great meals we have had and the experiences that have gone with them. Â Nevermind that Ho Chi Minh is having his revenge on my gut right now and I am limited to rice and bananas.
• Wednesday, July 29th, 2009While cruising down the Mekong after visiting elephants, a number of local villages and the Buddha Cave, we ended up inadvertently in an international game of comparing scars and injuries with our guide. Â We noticed a small scar above his eye and he told us it was a shaving accident when he was studying to [...]
• Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Stepping back a week or so, back to Singapore. Â I thought I would post a group of images from one of the oldest remaining cemeteries in Singapore. Â Many of the old cemetaries are being moved or destroyed because of development. Â This one, called Bukit (meaning hill) Brown (being the former colonial owner of the property) [...]
• Friday, July 17th, 2009I am finding it very hard to set aside time to edit and post images. Â So, my postings may lag a few weeks behind where we actually are on our trip. Â There is just way too much to see and do. Â We are in Luang Prabang, Laos right now and its is an amazing town/small [...]
• Monday, July 13th, 2009Welcome to Asia! OK, so my blog is off to a slow start. Â Our trip to Southeast Asia however is not! Â We arrived in Singapore to a warm welcome from one of Jeanne’s old friends, Rachel. Â She kindly found a very posh condo for us to stay in (see image below) and played holiday with [...]
• Friday, July 10th, 2009