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Day 2 – Hong Kong – TST Blitz

 Today was a pretty packed full day in HK. Got to sleep in which was nice.  Chantelle had a good plan for the day and so we went with that.  To start things off we had an awesome breakfast in the exec...

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Day 3 – In Transit to Bali

Day 3 – Thurs May 24 So today was a pure transit day from HK to Bali and all I can say is…if you can please take a direct flight! The day started off REAL early.  At 6:30 I was packed and ready to head...

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Day 4 – Bali – Barong, Monkeys, Babi Guling, Rice Paddies and Temples

Preface Sorry guys!  Been enjoying beautiful Bali and haven’t had a chance to update this since my last post which took over 3 days to put together.  On a mini-bus (melting) from Kuta to Mt. Bromo....

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Day 5 – Bali – Putu Round 2!

Preface Crossed the water with the ferry and on our way to Mt. Bromo now!  4 hour bus ride ahhhh… Day 5 – May 26, 2012 We negotiated with Putu to start the day a littler later – 9AM instead of 8AM and...

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Day 6 – Bali – R&R

Preface And yup still on the mini-bus to Mt. Bromo.  I think I’m getting a little car sick… Classic Bali & LombokSnorkel the warm tropical waters and watch Balinese shadow puppets dance in the...

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Day 7 – Bali – Cozy Crazy Kuta

Preface And yup still on the mini-bus to Mt. Bromo.  I think I’m getting a little car sick… Day 7 – May 28, 2012 The 10 second timer. The perfect moment. I was annoyed that this local got in the way...

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Day 8 – Bali – From Swimming with Fishes to Cooking Some

Preface In Cemoro Lawang right outside Mount Bromo right now trying to wrap up some backdated blogs and continuing again now on our ride from Probolingo to Yogyakarta. Roam Bangkok to BaliSlurp down...

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Day 9 – In Transit – Hello Perama Tours

Preface On a bumpy nauseous ride from Probolingo to Yogyakarta.  We just picked up another 7 people on this mini-bus on top of our original group of 4.  Transportation here is so random! Yolo Java to...

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Day 10 – Mount Bromo – Top on My List of Awesome

Preface Still on this bumpy nauseous ride from Probolingo to Yogyakarta but finally caught up to my blog entries. Yolo Java to BaliHome to 136m people, the Indonesian island of Java is the most...

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Day 11 – Borobudur – To Sunrise or Not To Sunrise

Preface Just said goodbye to Chantelle and on my flight from Bali to Singapore.   Chapter 2 awaits! Roam Bangkok to BaliSlurp down rice noodles under the streetlights of Bangkok and wander the paddies...

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Day 12 – Yogyakarta – Misterrrr Misterrrr!

Preface I started writing this post when Jia and I were on our way to Siem Reap but now finishing and posting it in Bangkok.  Man keeping these things up to date sure is tough.  When you’re out and...

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Day 13 – Transit – Hello Singapore!

Preface: Oh gosh uber behind once again.  On our flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai right now. Roam Bangkok to Bali Slurp down rice noodles under the streetlights of Bangkok and wander the paddies and...

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第 33 – 63 天 –上海 (Shanghai) –很奇怪, 很好玩

Dammit it can only display Chinese in certain areas of the blog.  This is what it should have said:  第 33 – 63 天 – 上海 – 很奇怪, 很好玩.  I tried Mom! No my Chinese still isn’t really that good but hey at...

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Day 74 – Taiwan to Japan – Reunited!

Day 74- August 3, 2012 With two weeks passing by, my time with travel buddy Joanna was about to come to a close.  I couldn’t have asked for a better travel buddy and without her suggestion I never...

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Day 75 – Nara and Osaka – When Deer Attack

Day 75- August 4, 2012 For the rest of the days in Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima you have to imagine the temperature was upwards to 35C on most days and with humidity probably a lot more.  The pictures...

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Day 76 – Kyoto – Mochi Express, All Aboard!

Preface:  Oh gawd it’s September 19 right now and this blog is for August 5.  So behind.  I feel like I can’t move on with my life until I finish these.  After this I have to process all my better...

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Day 77 – Kyoto – Torii Gates x Infinity

Day 77- August 6, 2012 We started off the morning with a traditional breakfast at our ryokan.  See Chantelle’s pictures.  I can say that I’m not the biggest fan of this kind of breakfast but it was...

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Day 78 – Kyoto to Hiroshima – Miyajima and The Real Okonomyaki

Day 78 – August 7, 2012 With Kyoto finished, Hiroshima was our next move.  I did some quick searching beforehand and found a direct JR from Kyoto to Hiroshima at 8:20AM so we had to wake up pretty...

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Day 79 – Hiroshima to Tokyo – A-Bomb Launch Detected

Day 79 – August 8, 2012 The original plan was to squeeze Miyajima with the A-bomb stuff the previous day but as the day went on I soon realized that there was no way that could happen unless we wanted...

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Day 80 – Tokyo – Not Early Enough for Tsukiji Fish Market

Day 80 – August 9, 2012 The 3:45AM wakeup call was not pleasant but one of those sacrifices you have to make to see the tuna auction at the Tsukiji Fish Market.  The sun was barely up either as we...

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