Brian & Dana

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We're headin out on a 10 month adventure to South East Asia... destination.. unkown!



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April 3rd 2008

So we figured we've made ya'll wait long enough for our next update (plus all the nagging from all of you is making us feel REAL bad) so here's what we've been up to for the last 58 days (if we can remember...It’s so hard when everyday is the best!). Let's see... From our last blog we headed from Hanoi, grabbed our passport in Qui Nhon and headed to Nha Trang. Nha Trang is a great beach city but unfortunately the weather was not the best (but still definitely warmer than Hanoi). We were only there for a few days but got a chance to see some of the sights. We visited the Oceanographic Institute which was a giant facility with sharks and other fishes and marine history. We also caught one sunny day to visit ... read more



Xin Chao from Vietnam

Published: February 9th 2008Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi
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February 9th 2008

I suppose we have made you'll wait long enough... I guess it's time to fill you in on our travels!! To pick up where we left off, we finished our last day at the temples as a newly engaged couple. I think the temples of Angkor are so far one of the highlights of our trip. What an amazing place!! We arrived back into town a little early so decided to go shopping in the market. We decided to look at some backpacks and Bri was looking at A GIANT 100 liter north face pack, as we were walking away the vendor started yelling out prices to get our attention 50$, 47$, 40$, 35$,…20$!!!! That was enough to stop us and turn around so now Bri is the proud owner of the BIGGEST backpack in Southeast ... read more



Update of a LIFETIME!

Published: January 5th 2008Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
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January 5th 2008

Happy New Years from Cambodia!! We’ll begin this blog from where we last left off... but hold tight because we promise some excitement near the end!! We had an absolutely amazing Christmas at Big Blue in Hadd Yuen, Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand. We spent almost 3 weeks and I think we found the true definition of RELAXATION! We spent the majority of our time sipping mango shakes and sunnin’ on the beach and Bri even got a chance to take the surf board out.. But failed miserably... (Damn beach break, Long beach styles, Enahs). The evening before Christmas Eve, we stumbled upon to the famous Friday night party on Hadd Thian. We definitely missed all of you during the holidays, but Bri still got to enjoy his un-Christmas traditions and we had a fabulous time together. ... read more



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December 13th 2007

Happy holidays to everyone! I think that when we last blogged we were in Trat on our way to Cambodia to renew our visas. We’ll we never actually made it to Cambodia and of course there is always a better and much harder way to leave the country.. and that’s where our blog begins. We decided rather than spending all the money that we had in order to get to Cambodia, we would just head to Bangkok to try to get an extension on our 1 month visit so that we could stay longer. But, to our surprise, apparently the rules have been changed now and the longest extention that we could get is 7 days.. which costs 2000B for just the week. So we headed to the airport cause we only had about 8 hours ... read more



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November 29th 2007

Hello everyone! How many of you are wondering if we have fallen back into the hospital or something??? NOPE!! We have just been relaxing on the beaches of Ko Chang with no way to contact the outside world... AND LOVIN' IT!! We finally finished off our doctors appointments and healing on November 14th and headed to the opposite end of Ko Chang to a very secluded bungalow right on the ocean.. and there we stayed until today! Before we left Lonley Beach, Ko Chang, Bri was able to get a bamboo tattoo by a friend who took ideas from the one on his back and created just what Brian was thinking of! (Photos to be added as soon as possible.. no usp ports at this cafe). It took me 18 days of staring at the ocean ... read more



We made it to Thailand!

Published: November 9th 2007Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Chang
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November 9th 2007

We've followed our hearts to a different land, as if our feet marched to a different band. Something to be said about that first line, It's not so different with her hand in mine. On we'll go down an unknown path called living, Realizing each day's a gift that won't stop giving. Learning how to acept this gift is the real true key, Like someone once said "what's to be, will be". On we go through the jungle an beach, Learning life's lessons (maybe sometimes teach). We hope that this blog, shows adventures galore, good times, new friends, true love and more. And to all of you that we love so dear, Your in our thought and always near. - BE We'll can you believ that we actually made it half way across the world... no ... read more






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