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A day in the life here in Bali

January 10, 2010

Today has been one of the most perfect days here. It has taken me a while to adjust to being in a place so new all by myself but the mind and body have a way of adapting to anything. For the last few days, I’ve set goals to go and do all of these […]






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Of ghosts and demons

January 9, 2010

I met a lovely Calgarian couple (Rita and Ken) yesterday on my cycle tour and like so many other Canadians I’ve met on my travels, they’ve done enough miles to circumvent the globe.  It’s always nice to talk to other travelers about traveling.  Usually they’ve learned the same tips and tricks and have garnered insight […]






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Back from the back villages

January 8, 2010

It’s nearly 5pm and I’m ready to go to bed!  =)  I did a cycling excursion today, from the top of Gunung Batur volcano aaaallllll the way down through the back villages and into Ubud.  Though I don’t think I could bike my way through Laos for 3 weeks straight like some people I know, […]






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Oh romance and oooboood and jungle rain showers

January 7, 2010

At around noon today, it started to pour jungle rain here.  And pour it did for about 1.5 hours straight.  The skies haven’t really recovered since.  The village is damp and humid and I feel like we’re in a moist bio dome that smells of banana leaves and incense. To shelter from the storm, I […]






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Ubud

January 7, 2010

Don’t you love how that sounds?!  OOOOBOOOOD! I arrived last night at midnight and didn’t get to the hotel until about 1 AM.  The place I’m staying at provides transfer service from Denpasar into Ubud (which takes about an hour), and from the minute I landed, I knew I was going to love this place. […]






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A few words on Singapore

January 6, 2010

Singapore is so much better than I expected, though I can’t really judge accurately considering I’ve only been here 22 hours.  It’s my stop en route to Bali, but I have to say that it’s nice.  A perfectly clean and beautiful Asian city with more malls than I can count.  How is it possible for […]






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Finally, some videos!

January 1, 2010

It has taken FOREVER to find internet connection fast enough for video uploading but I’m happy to say that a few are finally up! Below is a smidgen from the Giant Lantern Festival that we attended last week. It will give perspective to the pictures I posted then.






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A picture is worth a thousand words: The Peak in Hong Kong

October 22, 2009

This is an oldie, but a goodie. Taken in November 08 during a trip to China with JS. Hong Kong is a fusion of British influences and Chinese history. The food is magnificent: fresh razor clams, garlic crabs, fish noodles. We spoiled ourselves with foot massages and explored the chaos of Kowloon markets. Such a […]






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