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Category Archives: Backpacking
Ricketts Glen Babymoon!
Everyone needs a Babymoon, a break before your baby comes and your entire life changes. For the better of course, but your life will seriously change. Thats what everyone tells […]
A Tokyo Layover
There is no way not to get a little culture shock when you step out of the airport in Tokyo. For most of the last year we were traveling through […]
Whale Sharks of Cebu
We took a bus from Malapascua to Oslob, Cebu. We were here for one reason, Whale Sharks. The largest shark in the world, measuring up to 40 feet and more. […]
Typical Morning in Paradise
Let me start with a typical morning here on the island. I wake up between five and six, not sure why, just do. Roll out of bed, take care of […]
The Spotted Leopard, Beijing
Beijing, a city of over 21 million people, covering an area over 600 square miles, making it the world’s third largest city. It was the Labor Holiday, so things were […]
Tigers Can’t Change Their Stripes – Beijing, China
It was with great sadness that we left Myanmar, and to be completely honest I was not all that excited to go to China again. Sure, the whole reason we […]
Kissy-face at Ngwe Saung Beach
One problem with so many foreigners going to other countries is they often ignore the countries traditions. We try to be as respectful of this and follow them as closely […]
Bagan – Land of 10,000 Temples
Egypt has its Pyramids, Cambodia has its Angkor Wat, and Myanmar has its Bagan. In the Northeastern section of Myanmar is an area known as Bagan. Originally there were over […]