Month: March 2011
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Good Bye Hong Kong, Hello Yangshuo, China!
On the first step off the plane, we knew we weren't in Kansas, or I should say Hong Kong, anymore. Fortunately, we had the luxury of having a hotel taxi waiting for us. Our hotel is in…
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I Heart Hong Kong
Irina, thank you! Alfredo, thank you! I would have never imagined Hong Kong in such a way: Boats that sail right into the center of town… Graceful steel and glass modernity. Ultra-chic glamour… An architect's paradise… Grocery stores with Gold…
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The Italian: Alfredo and the Local
When in a foreign country the best way to see and taste it is to have a friend show you around. If not paying for a local guide is well worth it. Irina is Ukrainian though has lived…
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Little Pieces of the Heart… Hong Kong
Blogging makes the world smaller. It connects people, and ideas together… unbelievably, profoundly… it simply utterly amazes me everyday. Two years ago when my father was very ill. I went home to California to be by his side. My…
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One Night in Bangkok
If you have less than twenty four hours in Bangkok, and you have a swollen foot you still have many options to taste a mouthful of Bangkok. We arrived to our hotel (Legacy) to find many people waiting in…
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Morning has Broken: On the Ferry from Koh Samui to Surat Thani
Views from the Ferry Boat crossing from Koh Samui to Surat Thani (Southern Thailand) at five in the morning. This little girl was as happy as a lark at five in the morning.…