I’ll admit it, I like numbers. This post is a look at our year-long trip in numbers. Miles Traveled – 30,703 (The distance around the world is 24,901 miles) Posts Written – 130 Twitter Followers – 301 Tweets Sent – 798 Pictures Taken – 7,870
Previously, Sharon wrote the Top 10 Things We WON’T Miss About Asia. Today, I continue our “Asia Recap week” with the top 10 things we’re going to miss about Asia.
Our year-long Asia romp is coming to an end. Recently, Jason and I have been reminiscing about the good memories as well as a few of the bad. While the good memories far outweigh the bad ones, there are some very distinct moments where I really wished I was back at home. Here is a [...]
Upon our arrival back home (San Francisco or Sacramento, both are home to us) Jason and I will have spent approximately 355 straight days in Asia at each others’ side. In this case, when I say “days”, I literally mean almost 24 hours per day and most definitely 7 days every week. In a nutshell, [...]
I fit in again! After spending over 3 weeks in Padang, Indonesia (on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s 17,000 islands) we are now in the very international country of Singapore. It would be an understatement if I said that the transition has been drastic. We went from being in a city where we were about 2 [...]
I don’t normally create blog posts that consist of a rant, but, this post is a rant. I’m tired of being told how lucky Sharon and I are that we get to travel the world for a year. That’s not luck, we made that happen.
I recently sent out the following message via Twitter: “I’m much less motivated to learn Indonesian than previous countries. A sign that travel has lost its lure? A sign it’s time to go home?” I’ve been thinking a lot about why I’ve been lazy in learning at least some basic Indonesian. But the main question [...]
Click to enlarge Sharon and I have now officially booked and planned the rest of our trip, including our return flight back to the states. In this post, I’ll give you a quick update on our plans for the next few months.
Greetings from Busan, South Korea — our new home for the next 2 months. We’ve found ourselves a cozy (read: very small) studio apartment and will be settling down here for the next couple of months. Today’s post is focused around a constant battle Sharon and I experience: trying to see all of the sights [...]
In previous posts, I have mentioned some ridiculous and hilarious English translations from all around Asia. These terrible translations are affectionately called “Engrish”, and there is even an entire website devoted to funny translations from Asia. (Why are they always from Asia? Get with the program, Asia!!!!). I am going to keep writing to a [...]
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