Friday November 27, 2009 - Thursday December 3, 2009 Pics only for now. Unfortunately, we didn't carry the camera often. [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday June 10, 2009 - Saturday June 13, 2009 [View Full Entry]

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Friday June 5, 2009 - Saturday June 6, 2009; Saturday June 13, 2009 - Sunday June 14, 2009 Random Observations/Nuisances - As a whole, the “service with a smile” premise seems slow to reach our Eastern European servers. - By far the coolest encounter was the large number of people who gathered outdoors nightly near the Deak ter metro. A mass of folks bringing their own alcohol, the scene felt very controlled despite no sign of law enforcement. Lounging in the grass, visiting clubs close by, I imagined the spot being a big “coming of age” spot f [View Full Entry]

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Friday January 23, 2009 - Wednesday January, 28 Last island stop for our Hawaii vacation is the Big Island. By far, our most enjoyable stop for our vacation. Friday: I loved the landing at Kona airport. Very cool feel with the runways surrounded by lava rock desolation. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought we were landing in a zone dedicated for evacuations. It was an eerie welcome to the unusual geography of the Big Island. Picked up our yellow, soft-top, rental Jeep (Short Bus) and headed to Hilton Waikolola Village for check-in. The resort was [View Full Entry]

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Friday January 16, 2009 - Friday January 23, 2009 No time for a write-up. Just this quick list, and some photos for now. Hopefully I'll make it back for a write-up when time permits. Friday: Waikiki at night. Saturday: Resort and Waikiki at night. Sunday: North Shore Monday: Resort and Paradise Cove Luau Tuesday: Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, and East Shore Wednesday: West Shore Thursday: Chinatown and Hanauma Bay Friday: Off to the Big Island [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 - Friday January 16, 2009 We kicked off our 2009 Hawaii trip in Kauai; a very scenic, under developed side of Hawaii. Tuesday: Off the plane, I was dealing with sleep deprivation and jet lag. It was difficult to want to do anything but sleep. We split a pizza in Kapaa and then headed to the hotel to call it a night. Wednesday: Wednesday was our most enjoyable, productive day on Kauai. After a hearty breakfast, we rushed to the north side of the island to visit beaches and do a bit of hiking. We spent most [View Full Entry]

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Thursday July 17, 2008 - Sunday July 20, 2008 <<Unfortunately, we didn’t take a lot of photos while in Montreal. Seemed the camera always got left behind in the hotel room.>> So Tegan and I headed up to Canada to attend Brian and Ghislaine’s wedding in Montreal. We spent 3 nights in Montreal and 2 nights in Quebec City. What follows is a brief description about our time in each city. Overall I really enjoyed the feel of Montreal. Festivals aplenty, the streets seemed very alive despite the unpredictable showers. A very friendly feel, I don’t [View Full Entry]

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Friday January 18, 2008 - Tuesday January 22, 2008 Our final stop for our New Year vacation was Bangkok, Thailand. Based on past vacation destinations, I think we were both a bit skeptical on how we would enjoy Bangkok. We’ve started to recognize that for our preferences a big, modern city typically feels too much like home, and therefore fails to deliver that inspiring feeling of experiencing something very new. Kuala Lumpur and Stockholm are two past destinations where this held true. Fortunately for us, for a large city, Bangkok had a good measure of uniqueness that neve [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 - Friday January 18, 2008 As we planned our vacation this past summer, we researched many different locations. Chiang Mai was one of those locations that we constantly waivered on. It wasn’t until the last minute that we decided to add Chiang Mai to our itinerary, and I’m happy to say that we were thankful many times after we arrived in Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai seemed like a good fit from the beginning. A sizable city by population standards with a small town feel. Everything in Chiang Mai seemed to move at a pleasant pace much to [View Full Entry]

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Thursday January 10, 2008 - Wednesday January 16, 2008 When we first started brainstorming about our trip to Southeast Asia it became clear early on that we wanted to spend some time relaxing on a beach somewhere in Thailand. We figured with all the sight-seeing throughout our vacation, a sizeable break in the middle of our trip to simply relax would be very well earned and appreciated. We considered the west peninsula beaches around Phucket, but ultimately felt that the descriptions of Koh Samui Island off the eastern peninsula were more aligned with our interests. We booked si [View Full Entry]

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