Thailand is a new destination for both Deborah and I. First impressions are always so important for me when I arrive in a new city. So this might get a little wordy, I hope not. It was my first time traveling on Malaysian Airlines ever, even with the tens of thousands of airline miles over the years. That being said my thoughts still went back to those 239 poor souls on Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared completely off radar on March 8, 2014 - almos...

When I pulled back the curtains on our 10th floor room at the Park Hotel, I kinda knew that it was going to be a very wet day - but "you gotta do what you gotta do". The plan was to take the Star Ferry over to Central Hong Kong and grab a Hop-On/Hop-Off bus. We met the sales girl on the Kowloon side and while the weather was pretty much overcast we decided we would be give these guys a try. So for 760HK ($110US) we thought why not. Given the weather we weren't in...

One of the unique things that the hotels do here in Hong Kong is that with each room, they provide you with an internet ready cell phone. The service is called HANDY, and it's a service that would be amazing in North America, but that would be too much to expect. On these phones, they highlight Things to Do, Places to Eat and Shop all complete with GPS maps that show you exactly where you are at any point in time. I realize that Deb and I probably look like "to...

Traveling as we do is not for the faint of heart. In our most recent case, it's often a grueling fourteen hours sitting on your **** in a less than sufficiently padded economy seat located midway in a metal cylinder traveling at 39,600 feet above sea level seat for fourteen hours. Given that we've traveled to Hong Kong on this trip, it's now close to two days later than when we left. Standing in the queue for boarding at YVR, I'm very convinced that I could hav...

It's always good to get home. We've been away from our base for about 36 days, we've slept in different beds since we've left and it's good to get home and close your eyes in familiar surroundings. We likely traveled close to 22,000 miles since we left, by both ocean and air, we've seen so many different cultures but it's nice to be home. As is normally the case, I've attached some 66,000 words in photos that I took along the way. While these are only just of fe...