Let's be serious for five minutes. Wandering through Hongdae in Seoul, is like walking through the Taste of Colorado minus the tickets. Taste of Colorado is a one weekend, three day experience in the heart of Denver where restaurants bring a selection of simple foods and recreate them for you to try. It's a teaser menu. A menu big enough to entice you to their restaurant. Hongdae, is like this everyday. There are little eateries everywhere. And since bumping into Justin about a month ago (again). We've been indulging on eclairs, ice cream cones, artisan breads, pretzels, macaroons, barbeque beef, noodle dishes, sweet bean pies, fruit shakes and more. It's been one heck of an edible cornucopia adventure! One unexpected Friday evening, Shauna and I take off into Seoul after work for dinner. Justin calls says, ... read more

Wake up. Breakfast. Depart for Airport. 30 minute taxi. hour flight north on Vietnam Airlines. Land. Grab a cab. Ending up at Hoa's Place near the beach. It must have been here since the war in 1973. Everything is crumbling or falling in around it. It's the only old structure still standing as far as the eye can see. And the eyes can see at least 5-kilometers up and down China Beach. Hoa is a super friendly gentleman, running a family owned and operated establishment. Really we cannot complain, after all. The price for the night is less than dinner $12 USD. What bothers me most about 'Nam... the American dollar being charged everywhere. And if you want to pay in Dong, 'Nam's currency, they (Vietnamese) up the price. Dumping our bags, we packed a beach ... read more

2,250 Images to choose from. Hundreds of stories. Amazing. Tremendous. Exceptional. Choked up. Insane. Impossible... to write less than seventy-five pages... Thus, we've created this Photo Essay to visually explain our first day on our Easy Rider Adventure. Start Time: 8:00 am, Da Lat Duration: 7.5-hours Arrival: 3:35 pm, Dak Lak Lake Resort If you want to know details about a photograph. Please inquire and we will write an answer including image in its own short entry. All Images are Copyrighted to Aaron J JacksonCrabb 2011. Any use of images is strictly prohibited without proper licensing. ... read more

Our first visit into Tin Tin Cafe, was on Wednesday July 6th after the Crazy House and a bit of walking through Da Lat. We had decided to find a nice cafe, sip on coffee and eat dessert because neither of us was truly hungry. Walking into the restaurant we found it deserted usually a bad sign but we decided to give it a shot. Perusing the menu we both ordered ice cream sundaes, Shauna went with coconut and I went taro. Both of us ordered coffee. The sundaes came in these neat lotus glass dishes. The sundae consisted of three scoops of ice cream, chocolate sauce, peanuts, fruit shavings, cylinder cookie and topped with a cherry. They were the perfect looking sundae. Digging into the ice cream I was instantly surprised at the delicious taste. ... read more

Contemplating over the last twenty minutes how to describe the Crazy House experience and I'm still trying to decipher this experience. Ripping through my mind I withdrew several slides of art history books displaying Gaudi creations all over Spain. His twisting shapes, bending iron, and colorful ideas filled my head. Looking over the architectural drawings on display near the main entrance there twisting roof lines, swirling window pains and bright beautiful colors reminded me of Dr. Seuss. But again... how do I describe all this bending turning twisted architectural excellence, I don't. I just upload all my photographs and let you take the Crazy House tour for FREE. Hope you enjoy? Oh Yea... If you are ever in Da Lat, you can head out to the Crazy House yourself but your first and only question should ... read more