Hong Kong can be a very confusing city. Well at least for us. On our first day of exploration we could not find anything we set out to find without a lot of work. Our first plan of action was to visit the museums on the bank of Victoria Harbor near the Walk of Stars. Some how we ended up getting out on the farthest MRT station from the water that their was. See MRT stops here branch off in many directions creating a vast network of underground tunnels. So during our walk we stumbled upon Kowloon park which was quite interesting. They had a public pool, some exotic birds, and nice water features. Anyway back to our mission. We then stumble around some other street for about another 45 minutes until we see the walk ... read more

Day One After having been disappointed by Sanur's lack of cultural attractions, we ventured on to Benoa. With this tiny village, we actually discovered a cultural center within Bali's highly touristed Southern sector. When we arrived, we were immediately surprised to find a man who wanted to show us hotels in our price range. Naturally, after having met so many sales people in Bali, we assumed that he worked for one of those hotels. But he actually showed us three different ones and explained that he knew all the owners, but didn't work for any of them. We knew from our guide book that he had shown us all of the budget hotels in town and we were beginning to think that he had done so simply to be nice. We had experienced such people in ... read more

Hello all, sorry for the late updates, we seem to be updating our journals about a week after we visit a place. It is actually bothering us, since we seem to forget things as time passes. But we will do our best to record things as we remember them. Ubud Day 1 Ubud is an amazing place; the environment is unlike anything we have ever seen. We stayed in a hotel near the Sacred Monkey Forest on the slow side of the street. Our hotel was wonderful, very tranquil and relaxing. We were in the back of the complex near a small river on the top of a hill. Our room was without air conditioning but it was not needed since Ubud is much cooler than the costal area. The hotel was set in a ... read more

Hello Everyone, First off I'd like to apologize to all our avid readers for slacking off on our entries so much. We shall try to do better in the future. So I'm going to start by catching up on our Singapore experiences. On the 15th of June (wow, time flies), we had a very busy day. We started by visiting the famous Singapore Zoo. I can see why it's famous. Instead of cages or fences, it has moats filled with water or other obstructive materials, so you have a close-up view of the animals. There were even some animals that didn't have much of anything between them and the visitors. Monkeys, elephants, and bats were perfectly within reaching distance. We also learned a lot about tigers and the rapid destruction they face. For example, white tigers ... read more

So far our travels have been amazing, we have eaten a lot of great food, met some interesting peple, and seen some increadable sites. But our traveling has not been without rocks in the road. We left on this journey with the hope to learn more about the culture in which we are traveling in. Well we have learned a lot but at the same time it is difficult to understand Thai culture, or any culture for that matter, without knowing the language. As it is, we can only observe, and guess why things happen the way they do rather than receive feedback from the locals. Even if we could speak the language we would still be ignorant of some aspects of Thai life because we are not Thai. Since we wish to travel the world ... read more