Phuket, Thailand For the last week of our trip we decided to spend a week at the beach in Thailand. It was great to walk along the beach, swim in the pool, and read several book (basically it was great to relax)! Apart from relaxing, we did a little bit of sightseeing the local way. [...]
For our last few days in Bali, we took the 45 minute ride to Ubud — a town known for being a haven for artists and performers. We visited “Monkey Forest” where monkeys come to eat bananas in droves, enjoyed peeking into a few of the hundred or so art studios, rented a small motorcycle [...]
Sanur, Bali, Indonesia One of the activities we enjoyed while in Bali was walking the mile or two from our hotel, through a local neighborhood, and down the boardwalk toward Sanur. It seemed that every time we did this, we stumbled upon something interesting — for example a Hindu religious ceremony, a guy making a [...]
Bali, Indonesia Here is another instance of finding something fun amongst the “normal” life in Bali. Walking down the street one morning, we found a little one-man barber shop. Considering my hair had not been cut since sometime in New Zealand, we decided I should go in. While doing so, Katie walked across the street [...]
Bali, Indonesia One thing that we’ve discovered about traveling is that it is often more fun to stumble upon a local activity than to try to find something in particular from a guide book. One of these instances was the Kite Festival at Sanur Beach. During the week, we saw tons of kites being flown [...]
Of the 17,000 islands in Indonesia, Bali is one of the more touristy and more developed — not to mention easily accessible. Since it was an inexpensive and fairly quick flight to Bali, we decided to make this our next stop. Since it is peak season in Bali now, we had a hard time finding [...]
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia We came back to Georgetown, Malaysia for one night so that we could catch our early flight the next morning. While there we were able to see a few temples that we hadn’t seen before. We took a short taxi ride up to Wat Chayamangkalaram, a Thai Buddhist temple. After walking around [...]
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Okay, so I know you’re going to think this is crazy (since we are already on vacation), but we both were in need of a getaway. We’re becoming weary of traveling from city to city and country to country so we decided to go to a resort for a few days. We [...]
It has been so much fun to try the different foods that Malaysia has to offer. There are several local dishes that we have enjoyed such as Nasi Lemak (rice with peanuts, anchovies, cucumbers, and a boiled egg on the side). There are tons of hawkers (streetside vendors) around the streets of Malaysia, but after [...]
Georgetown is a much smaller city (in Malaysia) compared to Kuala Lumpur which we were thankful for. We’re pretty much big-citied-out. Georgetown’s architecture was unlike any other city we’ve been in simply because they had such varied architecture. While walking around the streets you see influences from European, Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian backgrounds. Georgetown, Malaysia [...]