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What can I say about Bali! Thailand used to be the primary place we visited and hung out while in S.E. Asia. But that all changed in 1997 on our first trip to Bali. From the moment I arrived I found Bali to be the most beautiful, nurturing, peaceful place I had ever been. And [...]
In 1997 we made our first attempt to go to Laos. We were staying in Nong Khai in northern Thailand on the banks of the Mekong River. This was the first year they opened a bridge to Laos, the Friendship Bridge. So no longer did you have to sit for days waiting on a Visa. [...]
Quite unlike any land you know about’ – Rudyard Kipling Burma (also known as Myanmar) is a spectacular jewel that has remained hidden for decades, but which is now opening up to the world revealing astonishing natural beauty and an unparalleled cultural heritage. With a civilisation that’s more than 2,500 years old, Burma is a [...]
Before Roger and I married in ’92 and began traveling, and living all over the world, I traveled a lot in my home country, the US. It is a amazing country with lots of diversity. My daughter lived on the West Coast, first in Portland, then Olympia Washington while she attended Evergreen State College. So [...]
Though we have been traveling to Asia for almost 2 decades, before internet, cell phones and other modern technological advances, it was only 3 years ago that we made it to China. This isn’t because we never wanted to go. It was a more practical reason that kept us away. When we are in Asia [...]
Who hasn’t wanted to visit New Zealand and Australia! And while our previous travels usually took us close, it wasn’t until my daughter moved there in 2008 that it made the agenda, and is now a frequent stop on our way elsewhere. We were living in Germany when she went there for the first time [...]
Having spent more than 17 years traveling all over Asia, in 2008 when we were leaving Bali for New Zealand and felt it was the right time for a stop over in Sydney. While four days isn’t long, it was enough for us to give it a once over. We stayed at the Y Hotel [...]
If you are looking for long, white, sand beaches, warm, azure crystal clear water, and majestic green coconut palms everywhere, in short, a tropical paradise, then Koh Samui is ideal for you. This beautiful island in the gulf of Thailand was, just a few years ago, on the insiders list. Now, however, it is becoming [...]
Thailand has a land area of approximately 518,000 square kilometers. On its north-south axis the longest distance is approx. 1,700 kilometers, and on the east-west axis it is 800 kilometers. However, at one point 250 kilometers south of Bangkok, the Burmese border is only 20 kilometers from the Gulf of Thailand. The country can be [...]
The first leg of Deb and Roger’s 2010 Travel Adventures. Tampa, Florida to Chennai, India.
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