When we last left off, Wes and I were taking a day off so that he could recover from too much white man in the sun time. We did this by going on a night snorkeling adventure at the barrier reef just off of Caye Caulker. As luck would have it, the group of 4 that booked with us were nowhere to be found, and it was just Wes and I and our guide. We took a tiny boat out about 10 minutes, and anchored at a buoy just inside of the breakers. Here we got our warnings: watch out for [View Full Entry]

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I am without photo uploading capabilities or a lot of computer time on this trip, so I'll be keeping these updates brief and expand when we get back. Wes and I arrived in Belize on July 18th and headed straight to Caye Caulker for some relaxation and island time. Our first night we went for a quick swim at the split, a beer at the Lazy Lizard, and then spent the evening enjoying the breeze on the balcony of the Mira Mar Hotel. Grilled lobster and snapper made me glad we came here during lobster season! We spent our first full [View Full Entry]

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After an uneventful flight from Jakarta, Wes and I returned to Bangkok. We caught a cab to Liv's apartment (the driver definitely sped up the meter - it generally costs 150 B and we paid 400!). It was heavenly to have an apartment with a comfortable bed and a shower to crash at. We washed up and napped, waiting for Liv and David to get back from work before venturing out for anything other than lunch. That night the four of us went out to the Sukhomvit district and enjoyed a feast of Middle Eastern food followed by drinks at a [View Full Entry]

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After our marathon Bromo trip we all slept in, uninterested in any plans that involved an alarm clock. We got up around 9 and set off in search of more tasty street food. Our first selection was some coconut custard treats to tide us over until we found a suitable restaurant. Once there we ordered a selection of menu items we didn't recognize and tried things until we were stuffed. Back at the hotel we booked a tour out to Candis (candi=temple) Sukuh and Ceto, about an hour outside of Solo in the countryside. We had a few hours until our [View Full Entry]

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Let's see. When last I left off, we were passing the time in Lovina bar, enjoying some Bintang and the sunset. It was easily the prettiest sunset we saw in Indonesia, so I've included a picture here. Around 6:30 we harassed our waitress for our bill, and made our way back back to the hotel to pick up our bags. We learned that the tourist agent who had booked our bus to Probolinggo was frantically searching for us. Apparently the 7 pm bus actually left at 6:45 and they were waiting on us to leave. We raced to the bus, enduring [View Full Entry]

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We enjoyed a lazy final morning in Ubud before we needed to catch our bus to Candidasa. I took the opportunity to visit the local pasar (market) and browse around. We bought Wes his first ever mangosteen (he was as unimpressed as I was with my first one, although I have come to enjoy them more over time). We wandered through dozens of stalls of clothing, vegetables, spices, fruits...and finally found our way back to the street unscathed and with all but the money we'd spent on mangosteens. The Perama bus left on the late side, a little after 11 am. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Denpasar around 9 am and headed straight to Ubud. Ronn, a Warm Heart friend, was already there, so we asked to go to the Swan Inn where he was staying. Our driver couldn't find it, but we were quickly exposed to some Balinese hospitality, as a stranger offered to walk us down a side street to the guesthouse. We managed to get the room next to Ronn's and ran into him on our way out to search for food. The three of us wandered down Monkey Forest Rd. to find lunch, continuing downhill until we found a price [View Full Entry]

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Singapore became a stop on our trip in large part because Wes had heard tales of tasty chili crab. We had planned a day and a half in the city, which seemed reasonable for fitting in the sites, but not as reasonable for sampling all the food. I am sad to say that it was a hawker stand free trip. On arrival we had to rush to the Lion Air office to purchase our tickets to Bali, as we were going to lose our reservation in 4 hours if we didn't pay. So by the time we got to option A [View Full Entry]

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The last few days have been spent wandering the temples of Angkor and the streets of Siem Reap. On Monday afternoon we went to Angkor Thom, the old Royal City. It is not very far from Angkor Wat, and contains a few temples of its own. We spent most of the afternoon wandering around Bayon, the most famous temple at the complex. Bayon's most famous feature is an array of towers that have faces carved into all four sides. We could climb as high as the third level, and got to see them up close. Even after hundreds of years of [View Full Entry]

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After one last Friday in Chiang Mai, Jessica, Rose, Laith and I boarded the night bus to Bangkok. The ride was largely uneventful beyond the usual crying babies, frequent stops, and the girl in front of me reclining her seat all the way back into my lap. The only real struggle was finding room on the bus for the mountains of luggage that we had between the four of us! In Bangkok I met up with Liv, David and Wes. Wes had gotten in the day before and crashed at David's apartment. As all of us hadn't had much sleep, the [View Full Entry]

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