Happy Friday! Finally! This week has been mentally draining and I am so ready for another trip in a couple of weeks. Peter and I are planning a 5 day trip to Thailand on the Phi Phi Islands and it couldn’t come sooner for the both of us. Peter is drained from work and I … More The Stresses of Expat Life and Banana Boat Pictures
If you have ever been to Penang then you know that the population is comprised of 3 distinct ethnicities: Chinese, Indian, and Malay. Although they are all Malaysian, each ethnicity remains very separate from the others. If you look around, you see that people congregate in distinct groups of their own ethnicity. In the manufacturing … More A Day of Firsts: The Snake Temple and Ice Kacang
Wow I am loving this unstructured blogging time. Except… I am taking advantage of this freedom! In the process neglected any sort of information on my new life in Penang! Well friends starting today I hope to aim for 3 days of blogging per week. There is so much to share! But first let’s finish … More Langkawi: Perfect Weekend Getaway
Hello! Now that the 365 project is over, I am loving my lack of a blog schedule. Daily posting was fun but it is SO not my style. You could probably tell from those daily posts that my life is not that exciting. At all. Haha! Now that I live abroad, my life is punctuated by exciting … More A Day in the Life of an Expat
It has been months but I am FINALLY posting our last day in Japan! It is crazy to think that so much has happened since this trip! When we went on this cruise I had just moved to China and expected to live there for a year or so. Well, a month later we learned … More Japan Cruise Part 5: Hososhima and the Cave Shrine
And I am only in Singapore. Haha! I just wanted to check in while I have the internet. I am somewhat delerious with various levels of jetlag due to a layover in Germany and almost 6 hours of hanging out in the Singapore Airport. I am so bored and so tired of reading. I desperately … More 36 hours of travel…
My last China post! Wow. I can’t believe that 2 months have already passed! I realize that in no time I will be on a plane (well 4 planes to be exact) to Malaysia! This time I am less nervous about moving across the world (weird) and know I can do it. I am eager … More Day 338: The Joys of International Traveling
Are you getting confused yet about my erratic posting? I hope not. It has been fun jumping between Italy and China because they are SO DIFFERENT. Reviewing these pictures just makes me remember how 2012 was an incredible year of travel and adventure. Thanks for reading! I promise the 365 project will end… soon! Thursday, … More Day 333 and 334: Changing Seasons and Getting Sick in China
Sunday, December 30th Finally we are on the slopes! The terrain is icy but we don’t care. The jagged Dolomites loom around this playing ground in the valley, making us feel small and insignificant. To make up for it, I plant myself in the snow and wait for Peter to come flying down the mountain. … More Day 364: The Jump
Day 2 Up bright and early, we packed up the car to its full capacity with me stuffed in the back seat, and started the long 5 hour drive to Val Gardena. Traversing the southern base of the Alps, we traveled east from nearby the intersection of Italy, France, and Switzerland to just below Austria. … More Italy: Selva di Val Gardena
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