Month: February 2010
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Jumping In

Right now I'm sitting at the little desk in our hotel room in Kuala Lumpur. Jeff is catnapping in the other room. I'm wrapped up in a robe, with my feet tucked inside those cushy white hotel sandals that you find in the closets wrapped in plastic. Its twilight...

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Our Last "Hurrah"

Jeff and I only have a week left in Asia, so what are we doing? We're sleeping. And eating. And then napping. You know, before we go to bed again. Don't judge. We're on vacation people. In the middle of all of this extreme laziness, though, we have built up enough...

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Casa de YoungrenSweet and Sour

It's been two weeks

It's been exactly two weeks since my last blog post. When I read that out loud, I feel a mixture of gentle relief and slight nausea. This is the longest gap of time with no posts on this blog since I can remember (which really isn't that far back - I blame the...

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Japamala Resort | Tioman Island, Malaysia

I can't believe we're here. Honestly. Its such a reality check every time I look outside and see high rise apartments all around us. I can't believe we're in Singapore. I can't believe we've been to Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I can't believe we're about to go...

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Highlands Coffee Cafe | Saigon, Vietnam

While sitting on top of one of the Angkor temples in Cambodia watching the sunset last week, Jeff and I chatted with a group of travelers that had just arrived from bike riding through Vietnam. They said the city streets in Saigon are filled with more scooters than...

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