Toilet facilities… we all have to use them. Large, small, shiny, fancy, clean, dirty. When nature calls, we are happy to have them. That said, backpacking throughout Asia brings on an entirely new experience with surprises around every corner!! As we psychologically prepare for toilets in India (3 days and counting), we reminisce about Vietnam, … More Leave Your Pride At The Door
The raw beauty of Bali is a National Geographic photographer’s dream. Further, the Balinese beliefs, spiritual strength and community spirit are inspirational. The fascinating architecture, the peaceful green rice fields and village gatherings contrast a western world full of neighbors who do not know each other’s names, concrete jungles, and brown stucco Starbuck stores. All … More Balinese Cremation
October 24 – November 7, 2016 At 16 years of age Mark remembers feeling sad that his best friend Fred returned to his home in Penang, Malaysia to spend high school summer vacation with family. Mark thought… “one day I need to see this place called Penang”. While Mark was out at parties, drive-ins, riding … More A Dream Realized, Penang, Malaysia
September 17 – October 3, 2016 I switched to an Apple MacBook in 2007 when I started my Masters in University. Christine, an avid Microsoft girl, has made fun of me since the switch. I never looked back. Computing life has been so simple and delightful with a MacBook in my life. Eleven months travelling … More Friends in Bali
The iPad alarm begins playing After the Disco (Broken Bells) – groovy tune. It is 2:00am in Bali and we just had four hours of sleep. Well sort of because even after being in the rice fields for two months, the sound of frogs croaking (what sounds like over a crackling elementary school intercom system) … More Puppies, Pyramids, Paramedical… in Paradise
June 28 – August 10, 2016 Our Air Asia 737 flew circles at 25,000 feet above Denpasar, Bali while mild turbulence bounced us up and down. Good thing air travel nowadays does not provide a whole heck of a lot of services… our tummies were empty. The storm outside prevented us from landing on the … More Welcome to the Made Yoga House, Ubud, Bali
May 18 – June 16, 2016 If we kept a diary and if we were a young girl, it would read something like this… Dear Diary, today we fell in love. Imagine super kind, friendly people that smile all the time. amazing and we do mean AMAZING organic food. fresh veggies everywhere and fruit right … More Magical Ubud, Bali
April 30 – May 18, 2016 From Ayutthaya we caught a wait-until-full-van back to Bangkok, got dropped off on the side of the highway, walked to the airport, jumped on a plane and flew to the ex-pat friendly city of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. An old quarter surrounded by a crumbled down wall and … More Slowing down in Thailand
April 25-29, 2016 Ayutthaya, the locals call it ‘Venice of Asia’ (but Hoi An gets that title in our opinion), is an island four kilometres by three kilometres surrounded by three rivers. An hour and a half van ride from Bangkok, we never really left the concrete jungle to get here. Instead of a bus … More Wat Hopping in 44.7C Ayutthaya, Thailand
April 22-26, 2016 For a better reading experience when in email, click on “Honkless Bangkok” above to open this post in our website. A short one hour flight on Nok Air from Hanoi, Vietnam and we landed in Bangkok, Thailand. A city that we have heard “just get out” or “you will love it or hate it”, … More Honkless Bangkok
The Roaming Two 