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Category Archives: Travel

New Years Flip-Flop

April 21, 2013by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Our options for New Years were pretty limited, because most everything was booked, we knew we wanted a beach. All the beach towns were already booked, but the travel agent […]

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Beach, Dance, Festival, Travel, Vietnam

Good Morning Vietnam

April 20, 2013by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Goooood Morning Vietnam! These words scream in my head as soon as I think about my next destination. Who can forget Robin William’s performance in this brilliantly done film. Movies […]

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Festival, Travel, Vietnam

Chinese Visa

March 29, 2013by michaelbencik 3 Comments
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Art, Comic, Laos, Sequential Art, Travel, Web Comic

Bangkok – You Dirty, Dirty, Little City

March 26, 2013by michaelbencik 12 Comments

WARNING: Some of the content is not intended for young audiences, 18 and older only. Bangkok. The very word oozes dirtiness. A place where everything goes, and corruption is just […]

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Festival, Thailand, Travel

Hysterics at Sea

March 23, 2013by michaelbencik 4 Comments

Coming up to the coastline of Koh Tao, I instantly felt something was very different about the island. From afar it rose up out of the water, mountainous peaks breaking […]

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Adventure, Beach, Conservation, Scuba Diving, Thailand, Travel

Ten Days Left – A Sketch A Day – Thirty Day Challenge

March 21, 2013by michaelbencik Leave a comment

So here we are, a little more than two thirds of the way through the challenge, and things are going great. I started this in Cambodia, and now I am […]

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Adventure, Art, Cambodia, Laos, Travel

Beach Wedding in Thailand

March 17, 2013by michaelbencik 6 Comments

Destination weddings, for some, a huge pain in the ass where you have to put up a lot of money to fly far away, pay for accommodation, as well as […]

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Beach, Thailand, Travel

Language Barrier

March 6, 2013by michaelbencik 7 Comments
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Art, Cambodia, Comic, Sequential Art, Travel

Sketches From The Road III

February 26, 2013by michaelbencik 1 Comment

To paint… to travel… to combine the two… is to celebrate life. Jack R. Brouwer I have updated my page with new art from hospitals to some of the most […]

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Art, Cambodia, Thailand, Travel, Vietnam

Cannibalism and Landslides

February 24, 2013by michaelbencik Leave a comment

If you were to look at Sumatra from a thousand miles up, there would be few landforms that would be noticeable from the air, but on the Northern part of […]

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Adventure, Dance, Indonesia, Travel, Travel South East Asia

Revenge of Mina – A Jungle Tale in Sumatra

February 19, 2013by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Butic Luwang is located in Northern Sumatra, in a jungle clad valley with a raging river running through it. One side of the river is a very idyllic town, on […]

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Adventure, Conservation, Food, Indonesia, Travel

Mina – Terror in the Jungle

February 9, 2013by michaelbencik 1 Comment

We flew out of Singapore to Medan, Indonesia. The flight was uneventful enough, but at customs we had forgotten to take money out of my checked luggage, and we only […]

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Adventure, Conservation, Indonesia, Travel

Singapore Sling

February 8, 2013by michaelbencik Leave a comment

We came upon a massive complex, with all clean lines, stainless steel and glass. A cavernous mouth greeted us large enough for the Millenium Falcon and a few squads of […]

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Conservation, Travel, Travel South East Asia

Malaysia’s Modern Metropolis

January 25, 2013by michaelbencik Leave a comment

Ironies being ironies, we had no idea how close we were going to be to where we hung out in China Town, literally a half block from the entrance. We […]

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Adventure, Art, Malaysia, Travel

Sketches From The Road II

January 17, 2013by michaelbencik 2 Comments

I have updated my Sketch Page with new art from my travels. Click on the link or go to the Sketches from the Road link to see the new art. […]

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Art, Thailand, Travel, Vietnam

Artificial Reefs and New Friends

January 8, 2013by michaelbencik 4 Comments

One of the great thing about the Gili’s Islands is how active the dive centers are into conservation. Of course you think that is a given, but it actually isn’t. […]

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Adventure, Art, Conservation, Indonesia, Scuba Diving, Travel

Adventures of Captain Bintang, Aliikai Part 2

January 6, 2013by michaelbencik Leave a comment

Day 3 The next day we arrived at a small volcanic island named Satonda that had a huge crater in the center that was filled with water. We hiked around […]

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Adventure, Art, Conservation, Indonesia, Scuba Diving, Travel, Travel South East Asia

The Land of Dragons, Aliikai Part 1

January 1, 2013by michaelbencik 3 Comments

Day 1 Time had come for our boat journey to begin. We were to meet our guide Niko at the port around 9 am to get ready to board our […]

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Adventure, Conservation, Indonesia, Scuba Diving, Travel, Travel South East Asia

Monkeys With Drug Problems!

December 21, 2012by michaelbencik 1 Comment
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Adventure, Art, Conservation, Indonesia, Sequential Art, Travel, Travel South East Asia

Every Day Ends In Splendor

December 20, 2012by michaelbencik Leave a comment

We flew in to Flores in the early afternoon. The airport was rustic, with just the bare necessities to run. It was a really hot day, and the heat hits […]

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Adventure, Indonesia, Travel, Travel South East Asia

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