This was the reason we decided on Vietnam in the first place, Halong Bay. Breathtaking beauty is only one simple explanation of this absolutely GORGEOUS place. It is by far one of the most beautiful places we have both ever been to. It's almost as though you are dreaming, being in a place this beautiful. Everywhere we would look, you just wanted to stop and just breathe....PHENOMENAL! The drive from Hanoi to Halong is about 3 and 1/2 hrs. We were picked up by a tiny bus, along with 6 other people and all our packs. Lets just say the ride [View Full Entry]

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Translation: WELCOME TO VIETNAM!!!!!! And yes we were very welcomed here! We arrived to Vietnam early in the morning. It was 9:30 in the morning and we were greeted by our driver first thing! It's always such a relief, bags check, driver with our name written...check check! The drive from the airport to the hotel was about an hour...we weren't really expecting that, but again, we weren't really expecting anything I suppose! It was such an interesting ride. Hanoi and it's surroundings are covered in a thick layer of smog...it's overwhelming at first, everything has such a haze to it....you look [View Full Entry]

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We left our place of paradise for the aiport in Bali at 630pm....the flight was continually pushed back 15 mins, 30 mins it left and hour and a half late....wasn't the worst delay, only Bali airport has not a whole lot to offer and has barely any seats worthy of sitting in....we managed however. We flew Airasia with no dramas and in 3 hours arrived in Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur Airport. It was 1am at this point...we had a plan in place to pay for the Plaza lounge they had at the airport. Sounded blissful, free flowing draught beer, food, comfy [View Full Entry]

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The next morning we decided we needed to get up early and start on our adventures since we had been doing nothing but relaxing, pool plunging and eating!!! We scheduled a friend of Sarah's parents, Charlie, to come and drive us to Ubud (about an hour drive) to the Bali Safari!! The rain had finally arrived in Bali thanks to this crazy weather pattern and it poured all day long. This however did not stop us! It was myself, Al, Blair and Louise two of Al's friends from Perth. Blair had only had a couple hours of sleep but was fabulous [View Full Entry]

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The beautiful wedding of Dave and Sarah started off a bit cloudy in Bali. Something we did not expect for the season in late September but with the Typhoon and earthquakes near by, we figured the weather might try to act up a bit. The hot sun did eventually make it's way out from behind the clouds and shone brightly for the ceremony. We had to take a cab about 15 minutes away from our little area/villa to another absolutely breathtaking villa. Inside the villa stood a gorgeous glass chapel where we sat to enjoy the wedding. Sarah was stunning and [View Full Entry]

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Well finally after a few days i have made it on here have just been so busy plunging in the pool sipping Bingtang and collecting as much sun as possible. But all has been amazing. As you would have been reading plenty of fun has been had by all and i couldn't say more about the villa. Days have been prefect here lots of sun and not too humid and even when we do get warm like i said "PLUNGE". Has been great over the last few days catching up with friends and introducing Aly to them some of the crew [View Full Entry]

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It was 6:30 again when my eyes opened and I was awake completely. Jetlag....*sigh* still here... I suppose it could be worse, it could be 3am instead! I crawled quietly out of bed to clean up (we had about 15 people over at our villa last night for cheese and beer before a great dinner), and figured I could read a bit and have a nice relaxing swim. I noticed 7 banana peels on the small table in the kitchen where our fruit bowl sits. It didn't even cross my mind as being something strange. I just figured one of the [View Full Entry]

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So I usually try to tell myself the jetlag thing is just in my head and the more I think about it the worse it is, it’s like the whole altitude sickness I felt in Peru…right…right, nausea had overcome me and there was no meditating or “thinking” myself out of this one. It happened right after we spent a few hours on the roof-deck and immediately the room was spinning and I had no appetite. Yes that’s right, me of all people, someone who can eat whenever food is offered, actually didn’t want to put anything near my mouth. I powered [View Full Entry]

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The adventure began early in the morning on Thursday September 24th in Boston..we woke up at 5am, both of us working the day before, but we had such an excitement that it didn't really matter to either of us. I of course was a bit anxious, knowing that we would be leaving the house, the cat, my family for weeks....ahhhhhh. I just wanted to make sure everything was covered and of course I couldn't be more thankful for Al being so calming and reassuring that everything was going to be ok....he's my rock and my light thank god we found each [View Full Entry]

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 BOSTON TO SINGAPORE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 SINGAPORE TO BALI THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2009 BALI TO HANOI (VIA OVERNIGHT IN MALAYSIA) THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2009 HANOI TO DELHI (VIA MALAYSIA) SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2009 NEPAL TO PERTH (VIA DAY IN DELHI) SUNDAY OCTOBER 25, 2009 ARRIVE IN PERTH AT 3PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MONDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2009 PERTH TO SINGAPORE (ARRIVE 11/10) SINGAPORE TO BOSTON (STOPOVER TOKYO) ARRIVE HOME IN BOSTON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2009 AT 730PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View Full Entry]

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