After 76 nights in hotels, hostels, and whatever other lodging we could find reasonably cheaply, we are finally back home. As fun as it is to travel, there is always something sweet about being home. Of course, we aren’t technically “home” since we are spending the rest of July visiting family in GA and PA.
Finally [...]
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 boat, [...]
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 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 traveled [...]
We’ve finally started to make real plans! What a relief! We’ve made plans to go out west (as Dan already said in a previous post), but the even bigger news is that we booked our ticket to go overseas! It has taken a lot of researching, reading, and planning, but we finally made a decision [...]
As I write this, the New Zealand Dollar is at .49 in US Dollars. That is the lowest since 2003 and down from .80 just a year ago (a decline of nearly 40%). As the dollar has continued to improve from its weak point a few months ago, our traveling dollar is now back to [...]