| Japan | Thailand | New Zealand | Fiji | Turkey |
| Vietnam |
"...And The World is Your Oyster" (10/01/19)
Off to Japan, well really Thailand, with a “brief” stop over in Tokyo. I will get into that meaning behind that punctuation that surrounds the word ‘brief’ later. Am I supposed to use double or single apostrophe for either/both of those references? I will be honest, if you keep up to date with my blog, like I know you do, then you know I don’t really care too much about grammar or spelling. Probably because I suck at it. During grade school we had a spelling bee every year. Continue Reading
"...And The World is Your Oyster" (09/30/19)
We Boarded a Morning flight from Tokyo to Bangkok, where according to the Murray Head song, one night and the world will be your oyster. We used a low-cost carrier, but it worked out fine. A 6 hour flight, fortunately I slept through the whole thing. Amy’s sisters picked us from the airport and we had dinner at the house with the family. Her sisters had recently finished construction on a house on in Bangkok. Continue Reading
"Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" (03/15/18)
Headed to the land of Lucky Cats, Hello Kitty, and Cat Cafes. The holy trinity of feline adoration. A cheap flight to Japan came across my inbox and we jumped on it. Although Amy had just been there a year ago she had no qualms about a reboot. After last year’s trip to Vietnam I knew that I wanted to make this trip a local as possible. I always try to shy away from tourists, but I was doubling my efforts to experience things as a local. That meant no westernized hotels or restaurants. And even try to get off the path of the main cities. Continue Reading
"Good Morning Vietnam" (04/23/17)
Been planning this trip for a while. I read a bunch of travel articles and usually file them away or add them to my list of places to visit and/or adventures to undertake. I read an article about riding motorcycles around Vietnam. I have always wanted to go there since my younger days of playing army in the woods and researching the American War there. Why not add a bit of danger by throwing in a motorcycle? Most of my trips I travel solo and just bounce from town to town. Continue Reading
Fiji:
"It's All About the Water" (04/04/14)
I landed in Fiji’s capital city of Nadi about 6pm. My bags arrived with me; always a good thing. I had reserved a room at hotel before I left NZ. They picked me up at the airport and we proceeded to drive around running errands and getting gas. I was now on "Fiji Time” which meant we are gunna do things slow and you will deal with it. Continue Reading
"See You on the Flip Side " (04/15/15)
Let's get some of the basics about NZ out of the way before we start the trip. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 900 miles east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 600 miles south of the Pacific island of Fiji. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. Continue Reading
"It's Nobody's Business But the Turks" (05/25/13)
Ok, for some reason I have been putting this blog off forever. Spring has sprung here in Michigan and I am trying to stay as active as possible, or at least that is the excuse I am going with. I decided on a whim to travel to Turkey in March. The flight was cheap and looked interesting as I could knock both Europe and Asia off the list at the same time. Turkey is the only country I know of that actually sits in two continents. Continue Reading