Monthly Archives: August 2011

Ubud

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Since gaining recent popularity from the book Eat, Prey, Love, Chelsea and I were worried Ubud had lost the “hidden gem” appeal we had heard so much about along the backpacker’s trail.  Even though Elizabeth Gilbert’s story brought Ubud to …

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Kuala Lumpur

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For the majority of people the vision or expectation of a place is shaped by outside influences before or even ever visiting. There are a number of these potential picture painting influences, but one particularly powerful opinion generating machine is …

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Langkawi 2.0

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I was super excited and anxiously waiting at the Langkawi airport for Ashley’s arrival…. The first of our friends to actually come to travel alongside Brad and I!!!!! She was easy to spot with her blonde hair and I ran …

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Langkawi 1.0

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The road out of Thailand was hectic and a tad bit stressful. The reason being….our visa was running out in a couple days and if we didn’t get out of there, we might have been paying a hefty fine!! The …

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