Monthly Archives: January 2010

Video: Crazy Street Party and Football Pride in Vietnam

One of the great things about travel is that you never know what kind of festival or party you may stumble into. While we were in Vientiane Laos, they were setting up for the SEA Games (Southeast

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How to cross the street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

One word comes to mind when I think about Ho Chi Minh City: Scooters. I have never seen so many two-wheeled motorized vehicles in my life. On our drive from the airport

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Travel Design | Done Khone, Laos

After sing the duet "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers to Beau a thousand times in our floating hut, I don't think he could decide what was worse; my singing or bei

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4,000 islands of Laos: Done Khone

We found a perfect a place to disappear, relax, read several books and sleep -a lot. Just a 13 hour night bus, a 2 hour local bus and a leaky boat ride south of Vientiane lies the Si Phan D

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How did 2 days turn into 7 days in Vientiane, Laos?

To be honest with you, Beau and I don't know how we ended up in Vientiane for 7 days. We just stalled out. We went to Vientiane as a transition spot planning on seeing the few touris

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An absolute gem: Luang Prabang, Laos

During extended travel, some places you find yourself staying another night, and then another and then maybe a few more. Luang Prabang is one of those places. It is certainly not an un

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Beautiful people, villages, jungles and waterfalls -Laos

Our first stop in Laos was the beautiful city in the north called Luang Prabang. After the journey from Chiang Mai, Meggan and I were ready to do something active. Our first full day in Lao

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A new life for elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The world's environmental and social awareness is growing and as a traveler you have more options than ever to travel responsible. After seeing the effects of bad tourism, Beau and I make a

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Chiang Mai: the cultural outshining the not-so-cultural

Chiang Mai is Thailand's second biggest city and is said to be the cultural capital. Our first impression of Chiang Mai was the somewhat relaxed atmosphere compared to the chaos of Bangk

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Buddha Belly in Bangkok, Thailand

To start, I have to apologize that Beau and I have been slacking on the food post. Sorry foodie friends. The good news is we worked really hard in Bangkok documenting our good eats.

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Scammed at the floating market, but hey, great photos.

Meggan and I decided to take a little day trip outside of Bangkok to see the famous Damnoen Saduak floating market. We saw that there were several tours that went out there, but we really wan

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The pot of gold is in Bangkok, Thailand?

Does the rainbow with the pot of gold end in Bangkok? That question should seriously be asked after you visit a few of the beautiful temples in Bangkok. Beau and I were amazed by the ext

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The Blue Sunny City: Photos of Jodhpur, India

Jodhpur is the second largest city in Rajasthan. It has two nick names; Sun CIty and the Blue City. As the first name describes, Jodhpur is located in the arid portion of northern India

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Rural Rajasthan in full Color.

For this post we'll show you the same villages (previous post) we visited with more photos and in color this time. Below is a farming family and a few photos of the cute kids from the shep

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