http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Laurence---Melanie/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Laurence Melanie en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:43:07 +0000 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:43:07 +0000 South America Cruise 5Rio de Janeiro Brazil On this port day Larry had to work a lot however we were still able to wander off the ship for a little while in the morning. Shortly after we stumbled upon a little market where we bought Havianas Brazilian flipflops for some family members back home. When Larry had to get back on the ship I thought I would show Nicole the caf that we wen http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-379705.html Cruise 4Valparaiso Chile This was the start of the cruise for us and not the greatest start for me. I had been experiencing some tooth pain and so I had the ship book me a dentist appointment and ended up having a root canal performed What a day Afterwards I met up with Larry and my friend Nicole for a little lunch up at our favorite spot the top of Ascensor Concepcion. Here we ha http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/blog-379703.html Cruise 3Rio de Janeiro This was the first day of our new cruise and so our time ashore in Rio wasnrsquot as long as it was the prior days. Also it was pretty rainy out so Larry and I decided to head to a popular little oldstyle tearoom called the Confeitaria Colombo. Here we had lunch and did a lot of peoplewatching as this place happens to be right in the middle of downtown Rio and http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/blog-379687.html Cruise 2 Hi everyoneWell this blog is going to be all about our 2nd cruise ship voyage From Valparaiso Chile all the way to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. This is one of our regular routes that we will be taking for the next couple of months but since this was our first time in all of these ports we took a lot of pictures Also this cruise was especially special since we celebrated both Chris http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/blog-368192.html Hello allWell here it ishelliphopefully what yoursquove all been waiting for our first cruise blog Now this cruise was our first although it is not actually an itinerary that we repeat often. It was kind of called a ldquorepositioning cruiserdquo to take us from San Diego to Valparaiso Chilehellipbecause for the next few months we have and will continue to do a regular route fro http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/blog-361817.html Hello allOK so now wersquore getting somewherehellipwersquore finally almost to the blogs from our cruise ship we just have this one more to post first. This blog is about the 6 weeks that Melanie spent in Los Angeles rehearsing for all the shows she is now performing on the ship and the couple of weeks Larry came out to join her not to dance of course but to see and catch up with http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-361810.html Hi family friendsThis blog is about some of the things we did our last month in Korea. Even though we were very busy our last month selling our stuff our Kia Avella ldquoSnowflakerdquo some home appliances etc. and packing up the rest to bring home to our storage facilities both our parentsrsquo homes we still found some time to see some friends and do some things that we had w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-316295.html Hi everyoneThis blog is from a little weekend trip Larry and I took over Chuseok the Korean Thanksgiving holiday this past September. We decided that since we would soon be leaving Korea to start a new adventure at the end of this month that we should use this vacation to see an area of the country that we have not yet seen. Jeju Island in Korea sometimes described by the locals as an ide http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Jeju/blog-316293.html Hi everyoneLong time no talk huh Well hopefully now we can take the time while wersquore on our ship and catch up on our travelblog entries. We still have a few to make up from our last couple of months in Korea then wersquoll move into Melaniersquos rehearsals and our time together in L.A. and then finally wersquoll start doing some cruise ship entries. Eventually our goal is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-316292.html Hi everyoneWell this blog is long overdue...since we've already sent out Indonesia Part I a few weeks ago and the actual trip was back at the end of June...but here it is anywaySo last we left you we were on the beautiful island of Lombok just east of Bali in a southern city called Kuta. Well we had a WONDERFUL time in Kuta but now it was time to fly over to Bali and see what that isla http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-295908.html Hi allThis blog is from our latest trip to Indonesia in June Once again we had a few really slow weeks here at work due to the majority of our students taking time off to study for their final exams so we took advantage and hopped on a plane. Although we only had about a week and a half in total to travel we managed to visit three different islands in Indonesia and see do quite a bitOur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/blog-295907.html Hello everyone This blog is about our recent weekend trip to North Korea I'm sure most of you have all heard about the latest commotion over the recent tragic shooting of a S. Korean female tourist in North Korea httpwww.msnbc.msn.comid25634009 Well that is actually the same tour that we were on about a month earlier. Now the tours are temporarily suspended until the North agrees http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/North-Korea/blog-295906.html Our First Adventure Korea trip Ferry riding Caving and 3 Weird Rocks on the RiverHello everyoneSo this blog is about our first Adventure Korea tour experience a day trip to Chungji Lake Kosu Cave and then finally over to have a look at the 3 weird rocks on the river. Adventure Korea is a tour company for foreigners living in Korea. They have a website that Larry and I always http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/blog-288679.html Howdy folks So oops...made a mistake....these are actually some more fun things we did in the month of May. EnjoyThe Rick Thomas Magic Show Starring Gretchen Ironically enough a childhood friend and fellow dancer my friend Gretchen came to Korea for about a month last month. She was performing in The Rick Thomas Magic Show at Olympic Park here in Seoul as well as a few other locati http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/blog-288662.html A Couple of May CelebrationsHello againHere are some photos from some festivities that we celebrated in May Having drinks with the assistant producer and some of the cast from Boom Boom Musicland and Larry's big 33rd birthdayCastle PrahaOn this night Larry myself and Michael the other main character of Boom Boom Musicland his family met up with our asst. producer SangJoon and h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-277430.html Singapore Part IISo despite the longawaited anticipation here's the rest of our trip in Singapore...Day 4On this beautiful day we got an early start once again and this time hopped on the subway train and then a bus to go to Singapore's famous Jurong Bird Park. This park was really special because it had a lot of exhibits where you could actually walk right into the environment of the b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-277429.html SINGAPOREAt the end of April Larry and I were lucky enough to get a week off at our school most of our students had time off to study for their midterms and so we decided to get out of Korea for a bit and head to Singapore Here are some pictures and stories from our fabulous trip...Day 1On our first day in Singapore we decided to get up early and first check out the area around our hotel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-274631.html Hello friendsThis blog is about the latest Korean TV show I was in called Boom Boom Musicland. Actually this was the 2nd season of the same show I did at the end of last year and so I guess technically it's Boom Boom Musicland 2. Hehe Anyway for those who didn't know Boom Boom is a children's educational show on EBS a HUGE educational network here in Korea where I teach children http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-255447.html This February Larry and I were very lucky to get a week off from work due to the big Korean holiday Seolnal otherwise known as the Solar New Year or Chinese New Year. Excited to get away for a little rest and relaxation especially after the extremely busy month we had at the academy where we work we decided to check out an island in the Philippines just south of Manila Boracay. Well http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Boracay/blog-244449.html Christmas 2007 SeoulOK...so Christmas is the main theme of this particular blog but because we haven't published a blog in quite some time now Larry thought we should add a few more pictures that we had floating around. So the first few pictures although random are some things we were up to before Christmas time....having lunch with some of our E.V. friends in Seoul at one of our favorite r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/Itaewon/blog-244446.html