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Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi December 27th 2009

Today, we had breakfast at the hotel and we went for walk to Connaught Place. There is a market named the Palika Bazar in the center of this area. I brought a few Silk scarfs from the vendors there. After shopping, we came back to hotel and arranged a car with the hotel to go sight seeing around the city. We went to the Red Fort, Jama Mosqsic, Indian Gate & the Presidental Palace. Tomorrow, we will wake around 5 am and catch a train to Agra to visit Taj Mahal. I don't think we will have a problem getting up this early as we are still waking up around 3:00am anyway! We are looking forward to it. Here are some pictures from today.... read more

Day 3 - Varanasi to Delhi

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi December 26th 2009

Our Flight from Varanasi to New Delhi

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Day 3 - Dec 26 Well, I am sitting here typing this blog at 4:30 am. Our bodies have not fully adjusted to the Asian time zones yet. It seems we keep getting up around 3 am in the morning and can not go back to bed and at night we are getting tired and sleepy around 9:30 or 10:00 pm. I am hoping that we will adjust to the local time very soon. Anyway, we don't have much to report on Day 3 since it was a travel day. We left Varanasi around 3:30 pm and arrive at New Delhi around 6 pm and did not get to our hotel until around 7 pm. What a different world between Varanasi and New Delhi. New Delhi is a much more modern city. We took the pre-paid ... read more

Day 1 Part 2 & Day 2 - Varanasi

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi December 25th 2009

Ken about to leave Bangkok to Varanasi

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Dec 24 & Dec 25. First of all, Merry Christmas from Varanasi, India to everyone! Hope everyone had a merry Christmas. Warning this blog will be very long. We have lots to talk about since we arrived here in Varanasi. The only thing I can said about India is "WOW!". What's an experience so far... We arrived in Varanasi, India around 3 pm local time. Before we arrived in Varanasi, we had a minor hick-up. We did not realize that our flight from Bangkok had a stop over at Gaya, India. We thought it was a direct flight. We got off from the plane and proceed to the airport build. We got stopped by a guard who could not speak one world of english and asked a question. We could not understand what he was saying ... read more

Day 1 Bangkok To Varanasi

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok December 24th 2009

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Just to let everyone know that we arrived safely from LAX to Bangkok. We arrived at 6 am on Dec 24. Our next flight from Bangkok to Varanasi will be around noon. We have a few hours to kill here at the Bangkok airport. We basically got something to eat and walked around to kill time... Here are some pictures I took at the Bangkok airport.... read more

Journey Start Soon

North America » United States » California » San Diego December 22nd 2009

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Hi all, I am sitting here at work writing this short blog. I have about 3 or 4 work hours left before heading home to pick up our stuffs and heading to airport around 5 pm to catch our flights from San Diego to Los Angeles to Bangkok and to our first destination Varanasi, India. I am very excited and nervous at the same time. It going to be a long flight to India. We will try to update our travel blog, post pictures as time permits. I will try to update our facebook as well. It going to be a very exciting trip for us... Steven... read more

Carnival Cruise Elation - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

North America » Mexico » Baja California Sur » Cabo San Lucas September 3rd 2009

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Here are some pictures of our Carnival Cruise Elation that we took over the labor day weekend of 2009 - September 3, 2009 to September 7, 2009. This is our pre-trip before we head back to Asia for our fourth time. This time we include India & Vietnam in addition to Laos & Thailand... Our itinerary will be: December 22nd, 2009 from San Diego, CA to Varanasi, India (via Bangkok) December 24th, 2009, Arrive in Varanasi, India December 25th, 2009, Varanasi, India December 26th, 2009, Varanasi, India to New Delhi, India December 27th, 2009, New Delhi, India December 28th, 2009, New Delhi to Agra to New Delhi (Day trip to visit Taj Mahal) December 29th, 2009, New Delhi, India December 30th, 2009, New Delhi, India to Luang Prabang, Laos (via Bangkok) December 31st, 2009, Luang Prabang, ... read more

Last Day of Our Journey

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok February 9th 2009

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Hi all, Today is our last day here in Asia. This marks the end of our vacation as we board our plane for San Diego later this afternoon. We are sad that our vacation is ending, but we are ready to go back home. This morning we slept in. We had been getting up early the past few days and it felt good to sleep in for once. We had our final breakfast here at our hotel (Mellinium Hilton). After publish our final blog, we will pack our stuff and leave for airport around 2:00 pm. I will see everyone back home... I have been gaining weight eating all of my favorite foods while ken has lost some weight. I can't wait to play tennis again.... See you in SD! Until our next adventure... ... read more

Aryuthaya Tour - Acient Capital of Thailand

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayutthaya February 8th 2009

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Hi all, We woke up early this morning (6:00 am) to go on our Aryuthaya tour. Ayuthaya is a 2 hour bus ride outside of Bangkok and was an ancient capital of Thailand A couple from Oahu was on our tour and we enjoyed talking with them. They are heading next to Luang Prabang and so Steven gave them information on where to stay and things to do. It was nice to meet people from US and it was great to talk to them. Anyway, the tour was nice but both of us were very tired from our late night out last night. Here are today's pictures tour...... read more

Luang Prabang to Vientiane to Bangkok

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok February 7th 2009

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Hi all, We are now in Bangkok. Yesterday (on our last day in Luang Prabang), we woke up at 5:30 am in the morning to give alms to the monks. This has become a tradition of ours as we try to do it every time we are in Luang Prabang. The wats are so much a part of what makes Luang Prabang special and giving alms is a bit of their traditions. After giving alms, we went to a small bamboo bridge that Anthony Bourdin walked accross during his show on Laos. We then walked around the morning market and then to a vendor's stall for nam kao (soft rice wrap with pork and mushroom) before heading back to the hotel to pack. After packing we climbed up Mount Phousi to take some pictures of the ... read more

Luang Prabang

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang February 5th 2009

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Here are last night and today's pictures....... read more

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