We enjoyed our time on Moalboal, diving and on land with Cebu Dive Centre. When it was time to move on, we caught an early bus back to Cebu City, ran a few errands, and then grabbed a ferry (full-sized…
Sharks and Sardines: Diving in Cebu
On October 15th we woke up at 5 a.m., took a taxi to the Chiang Mai airport, flew from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, then from Bangkok to Manila, and finally (after a few hours of delays) from Manila to Cebu City–…
Khao Soi & Elephants: Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai
After our complete failure to obtain visas for India in Bangkok, we headed north for another attempt. The Indian consulate in Chiang Mai was completely different from the Bangkok visa agency, but no less confusing. We showed up bright and…
Back to Bangkok
On September 28th we left Indonesia for Bangkok. We’d visited Bangkok before and weren’t crazy about it. We were jet-lagged, and the city is hot, humid, huge, polluted and loud. Our reservations notwithstanding, we needed a visa for India and, from…
Nusa Lembongan: Why Don’t We Live Here?
On September 16th we said goodbye to Bali and set out for Nusa Lembongan, which is a small island just off of Bali’s southeast side– it’s actually part of the province of Bali but, as far as I’m concerned, it’s…
Balinese Road Trip Adventures (pt. 2)
After contending with our first (and so far sole… fingers crossed) roadtrip mishap, we left Kintamani and headed for Pura Besakih, Bali’s Mother Temple. It’s Bali’s largest and most important Hindu temple, and is actually a sprawling complex of buildings.…
Seeing Bali by Scooter (pt. 1)
August 31 was a busy day. We woke up before dawn in Pulau Weh and then took a taxi across the island, a ferry to Banda Aceh, another taxi to the airport, a flight to Kuala Lumpur, another flight to…
The Bules Take on Pulau Weh
We always intended to go to Indonesia on this trip. It’s a fantasy location– more than 13,000 balmy islands offering everything: jungles, cities, resort destinations, tiny barely inhabited islands that take days to get to, and so on. Like most travelers,…
Beautiful Borneo
On August 13th we said goodbye to Penang and set out for Malaysian Borneo. Borneo is similar to the Galapagos insofar as it’s beautiful, full of crazy wildlife, has some of the best scuba diving in the world, and… it’s relatively…
Scooters, Street Art & Temples: Penang Between Meals
As Rachel briefly mentioned in her street food post, we started off our adventures looking for a clinic at which she could have the cut on her foot examined. The nice but not very helpful young man at our hotel…