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After recently updating our itinerary to include three extra weeks in Amsterdam, Alissa and I are in full swing planning everything from when we’ll visited the recently renovated Rijksmuseum to deciding whether to book a hotel or a...

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Bike Tour of Bangkok

April 28, 2013

After over a week in Bangkok, I still feel totally lost all the time. The road are winding, and the addresses and street names totally confusing. I looked for a bike tour to explore the...

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I’ve wakeboarded behind a boat before, but I had never heard of a cable ski system until today.  My only preparation for trying this was a few YouTube videos and some stretching.  Arriving at the man-made lake...

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As I was walking down the main street of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur last week, I noticed that I kept hearing a lady repeat the same thing over and over again in perfect succession.  Now...

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We’ve headed north from Bangkok to the city of Kanchanaburi, Bangkok’s most popular day-trip city.  We are only going to stop here briefly to do some sight-seeing before heading further west to see what remains...

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This is part two of a two-part series on our fellow traveler Justin’s visit to Cuba.  Click here for part one. After a few days of tension in Havana, I decided to take Lisa’s advice...

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This is part one of a two-part series on our fellow traveler Justin’s visit to Cuba.  Click here for part two. In 2009, few Americans could visit the island of Cuba and get away with...

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We did very little research before coming to Bangkok.  I’d like to say it’s because we like to travel spontaneously and live in the moment, but mostly we just had less downtime (with good wifi)...

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After Singapore, we had another quick, big city stop on our trip: Kuala Lumpur (KL).  We wanted to see the Malaysian capital, but research and tips from others said that three days is plenty to...

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Las Vegas’s Best Pools

April 16, 2013

A Vegas pool for every occasion During my extended travels, I have a few rules that I set with one goal in mind: SAVE MONEY.  One of those rules is that I don’t gamble.  When...

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