It's just one day until we board the plane for Sydney.  We're excited to get back to Australia for this 50-day adventure that will include twenty-four ports-of-call in Australia, Bali, Tasmania and New Zealand.  The chance to travel with some very good friends - Jean-Ann Norris and Renetta Godfrey out of Knoxville Tennessee and Ian & Wendy Hair from Sydney is an added bonus and will make this one-of-a-kind trip a very memorable experience. I'm hopin...

After a long bumpy ride from Hong Kong it was good to be in my own bed, well it would have been great, except I fell asleep on the couch as soon as I got through the door. This is my last entry until our Aussie trip in October but I have to complete the circle on Travelpod. We travelled well over 20,000 miles for two weeks of experiences in Asia. For me, well worth it, for Deb - the jury is still out. Thanks to all of you who followed us through the four countri...

Today the plan was to head out to both Indiatown and Chinatown which are considered both "tourist attractions". They're both on the MRT line as subway stops so we thought we'd hit Indiatown first. We need to take advantage of our three-day MRT pass so we grabbed breakfast first and then headed out. We always tell people that British Columbia really means "bring cash", but in reality this applies here more. While the exchange rate on one (1) U.S. dollar is curre...

Today was the day to visit the Singapore Zoo. Our original plan was that we'd head out to the infamous Singapore Night Zoo, but it doesn't really get going until 9:30 p.m. While our sleep patterns have stabilized somewhat, we're usually sawing wood by 10:00 p.m. On the Night Zoo side, they project this moon-like light into the animal enclosures so you can see these night-time predators in their fake, nocturnal habitat. Doing a little research, we've heard that ...

Today was Deborah's big day for 2016 and we took it easy. Rising later than normal, we were just in time to see the gang of 14 checking out from the hotel and making their way to the ms Volendam for their 49-day cruise through Asia and Alaska. We decided that a light lunch was in order so we headed over to Raffles Center, a gigantic shopping facility pretty much adjacent to our hotel (Carlton). We lazed around all afternoon in the comfort of our air-conditioned...