Seoul
2 de janeiro, Coreia do Sul ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Landed in Seoul, decided to stay downtown for a fun night out. It was a looooong metro trip in, a cold evening with Korean BBQ, then to bed because jetlag. Up early to head back to the airport. NotLeia mais
Arrival taipei
3 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Landed early afternoon, and took the MRT into town. One of the prettiest metro rides, through jungly canyons.
Settled into our room, then hit a nearby night market for street food dinner.
We wentLeia mais
Walking tour
4 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
We started our day waking up super early, thanks jetlag! But then we headed out on a walking tour of Taipei Old Town. Learned much about the history of this island, including politics.
Afterwards weLeia mais
Gondola!
5 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We took the metro to the outskirts of the city, then a very long gondola 🚠 ride to a high peak. We walked through farming areas and tea plantations, went to a tea museum, had a tea-themed setLeia mais
Jiufen and Shifen waterfall
6 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Daytrip! We started off with a fast train east, followed by a slow local train, to Shifen. A small town with train tracks running right through the middle, famous for folks writing wishes on lanternsLeia mais
Birdwatching and taipei 101
7 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Morning was doing laundry at our hotel, although the dryer didn't seem to be working so we have laundry draped all over our room
We metro'd over to the chiang kai shek memorial, then walked to Da'anLeia mais
Museums
8 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
This morning Bill went on a bird walk, while I worked on Airbnb for our Spain trip with P&K this fall.
Late morning we went to the national museum - nice building with many good artifacts andLeia mais
Miniature museum
9 de janeiro, Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Another morning working on travel planning. Then we walked across town to the museum of miniatures. Very nice and quirky, it was a fairly extensive collection of miniatures - houses, doll houses,Leia mais
Travel day
10 de janeiro, Filipinas ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Long day of travel - left our Taipei hotel at 6:30 am, walked to MRT station, train to airport. Flight to Manila. At Manila we had to go through immigration/customs, then recheck bags. We found aLeia mais
Vans and boats
11 de janeiro, Filipinas ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We caught a van in Cebu city headed northwards. We were pretty smushed in. It was technically a 3.5 hour drive, but took more like 4.5. That got us to the Maya port, where we caught a ferry (boat). WeLeia mais
Malapascua
11–17 de jan., Filipinas ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Days of relaxing, snorkeling, and exploring Malapasqua. We loved it!
To another island
18 de janeiro, Filipinas ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Today we left Malapascua to head to another island off of Cebu. So we walked to the ferry dock, again navigated the gangplanks. The water was much smoother than last week. Back at Maya port weLeia mais
Bantayan
18–24 de jan., Filipinas ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A relaxing week (almost) on the island of Bantayan. Bigger than the first island, but missing some of the charm. Our resort had a great pool and nice beach, so we mostly just swam, chilled out, andLeia mais
Transit day
24 de janeiro, Filipinas ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Breakfast at our resort, then time for the ferry. On the other side, it was easy to find the big green bus headed to Cebu city. I was hopeful it would only take a few hours, but no, it was 4 hours. WeLeia mais
Transit day #2
25 de janeiro, Vietnã ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Grab to Cebu airport, flight to Manila, lounge, flight to da nang, hang out near the hotel
Hanging out in Da Nang
26 de jan.–3 de fev., Vietnã ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Low key week hanging in Da Nang. It's the week of lunar new year/ Tet, so it's great fun to see so many people dressed up and enjoying the holiday. Downside, many things are closed.
In our week here,Leia mais
Travel day
3 de fevereiro, Vietnã ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Flight to Bangkok
Koh Chang
4–11 de fev., Tailândia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Lovely resort and beaches. We've been mostly hanging out - walks on the beach, swim in the ocean, hang by the pool. We did a morning kayak around a little island out front of our resort, as well as aLeia mais
Koh Chang to Koh Mak
11 de fevereiro, Tailândia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Travel day! Picked up in a pickup, drive to the pier. About an hour long catamaran, then another truck ride to our new lodging/resort.
Koh Mak
11–18 de fev., Tailândia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A week of absolute chill on Koh Mak. Had a scooter for a few days, so we could see the rest of the island. Also took a boat to an even smaller island (Koh kam) and enjoyed some good snorkeling
Travel day
18 de fevereiro, Camboja ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C
Long day of travel - first a relatively short ferry ride to the mainland. Then a long and boring bus ride.....first we spent an hour or two backtracking to other pickup spots to get more passengers.Leia mais
Tuktuk tour
19 de fevereiro, Camboja ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C
We hired a personal guide/tuktuk driver to take us to the major sites today. Sam was a wonderful guide, and guy. We saw old style Khmer raised wood houses, temples, the bamboo railway, loads ofLeia mais
Bummin around battambang
20 de fevereiro, Camboja ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C
We went to the small provincial museum (archeological) and saw cool sculptures in what seems like a bit of a preview to Angkor wat.
Then we walked across town to a very interesting gallery that wasLeia mais
Travel day
22 de fevereiro, Camboja ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C
After another lovely buffet breakfast at our resort hotel, we finished packing. A tuktuk picked us up at the hotel, and the concierge told him where to take us. We are hoping it's the right busLeia mais
A week in siem reap
22 de fev.–1 de mar., Camboja ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
Spent a week in Siem reap. We spent three full days touring the many temples in this area - Angkor Wat is just one of dozens, and while cool, there were others I liked even more. We also had a meetupLeia mais





























































































































