We haven’t written in a few weeks, but we’re still here.. in fact we’re in what might be our favorite country thus far! Taking trains through Singapore and Malaysia (stories for future posts) we arrived in Southern Thailand. Three days in Ko Phi Phi Don (where the 2000 film “The Beach” was shot) allowed [...]

  Carnival to Chinese New Year–what could be better? After spending 4 days partying it up at Carnival, we moved on to Singapore (with a short stop-off in Tokyo) and we were greeted with by a Chinese Year Party at our friend’s house–with a table full of New Year cookies, sweet bar-b-que [...]