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After spending our first full day in Vang Vieng checking out the party ruins on the river, Alissa and I have decided to be a little less lazy today and explore the Laos countryside by...

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Even though it goes against my tourist instincts, we haven’t actually visited a temple in Thailand. Shocking, I know. But with our one day in Vientiane, we have rented two bikes for about $2.50 USD...

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We survived our second sleeper train of the trip and arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos early Saturday morning. Crossing the Border from Bangkok to Vientiane Our experience was a little different than other...

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We planned on only three days in Singapore because of everything we read about how expensive the city is, but when we got there, we found that it doesn’t have to be. The most expensive...

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“I could retire here.” Not something you hear many people in their 20’s say, but as we cruise around Bali on our motorbike, it’s one of the constant thoughts that keeps coming to my mind....

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Filling the tank in Bali We’ve pulled over our near-empty-tank motorbike at a roadside stand on Bali’s main street that features a hand-written ‘PETROL’ sign in front.  I don’t see any gas pumps, or people,...

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We’ve been in El Nido, Palawan for four days now, and this morning we decided to take a boat ride out to visit what’s known here as The Secret Beach, or The Keyhole Beach.  We...

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It’s day three here in El Nido, Philippines, and we spent it on a full-day kayaking and snorkeling tour of some nearby islands and lagoons.  We booked through one of the town’s most reputable shops,  El Nido Boutique...

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Located on the tip of Palawan, El Nido remains a beach town paradise left undisturbed by big tourism, corporations and hotel chains. El Nido is our last stop on our tour of Palawan Island.  I...

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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park The underground river (subterranean river if you are a scientist) in Sabang is one of the Philippine’s national treasures.  Thanks to some fancy Facebook marketing, they were even able...

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