Welcome to the road trip of a life time! On the afternoon of the 15 Corey and I decided that we were fed of of the city and needed to see the rest of Malaysia. We rented a car for eight days and planned our route that night..well kinda. In the morning we went to get some breakfast at 7:30am and pick up some maps. To our suprise no one gets an early start on the day and we had to wait till 10am till a shop opened to pick one up. Finally at 10:30am we were on the road..again, kind of. Leaving K.L is not as easy at one would think. The street names merge into other ones and one road becomes another without warning. After some frustrating stares at the map, a nervouse laugh ... read more

Hello From Singapore! This was the fastest stop so far. Corey and I arrived in Singapore at 1:30am and decided that we would sleep in the airport insted of looking for a place to sleep in the city. We found the most comfortable chairs and crashed. We were woken up by some guy that made us move all our stuff off the rug so he could vacume at 3!??? What the ..nevermind. He turned out to just sweep the floor and accomlish nothing. At 8 we hit the MRT and checked in at the YMCA. We walked down to the waterfront and checked out the escalanda theater and statue.From there we headed over to a small island off the south east coast and caught a cable car over. Ride was sweet and super high. We could ... read more

I had heard of these magical islands off the North West coast of Lombok called the Gili Islands. This string of islands boast some of the best diving, snorkling, and hammock recreation around Bali and Lombok. We chartered a shuttle to take us from Lovina, Bali to the Gili islands to put our new PADI certificates to use. Golo and Ingred, our German friends, saw a golden oppertunity and tagged along. Our first day on gili Air was breathtaking. Our bungallo was 20 meters from the beach which boasted a 2km reef 20 meters from the beach. White sand, hammocks and a bar that played Jack Johnson all day, there wasn't anything more we could ask for. For the next few days we snorkled in the morning, watched a movie with lunch and snorkled in the ... read more

Welcome to the first real entry on the blog! Sorry for the delay, sickness kept me confined to the room for a few days. Any ways lets begin... We arrived in Denpasar on the 11th of Jan at around 11:15 tired and jetlagged. Total time awake alomst 30 hours. When we arrived we were under the influence that we would be issued a 60 day visa without charge. To our suprise we had to pay 25 US and it was stamped and underlined NO Extention. WEll now we know! From there we played "rip off the new tourist" many times. Once for the cab, once for the porter and again for the internet. I guess that is the price you pay for looking so white. On our first day in Kuta, Corey and I were pretty ... read more