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The sixth and seventh stops on our round-the-world adventure would bring us to India, the second most populated country in the world.
During the past three weeks, we’ve witnessed some of the differences in how people live in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Thailand. And, we’ve also noticed a vast change in standards of [...]

Our fifth destination on our round-the-world adventure brought us to the capital city of Thailand… Bangkok.
Though we would have loved to explore more of Thailand’s well-regarded coastal areas (and scuba dived, of course!), we were able to witness some of the attractions in and around Bangkok that Thailand has to offer during our [...]

Trying to stay on top of these updates and getting them written has proven to be a much greater challenge than anticipated! Especially given that this trip was planned to see as much as possible in the limited time available… =)
Anyway, our few short days in Singapore were a mix of sightseeing, catching [...]

After 5 days in Queensland, Australia, we spent a few days in New South Wales, which is the region where Sydney is located on the southeast corner of the Australian continent.
Our experiences in Australia have been quite pleasant, as there is much to see and do and the culture is pretty laid back [...]

Day 10
After three days of amazing diving out on the Great Barrier Reef, the next two days were jam-packed with guided tours to see the surrounding areas of Queensland around Cairns.
Our tour to the Daintree Rainforest (which claims to be the oldest rainforest in the world!) and Cape Tribulation was [...]

Day 6
Boy, was it a looong day. And the way this trip is planned, there are many more just around the corner! So, after waking up at 3:20 AM in Auckland (which turns out to be 1:20 AM local time in Cairns), we made it to the airport where we caught our [...]

Day 4 – Waitakere Ranges
Today,
we ventured out west in our rental car to explore the Waitakere Ranges
on the southwestern corner of the North Island of New Zealand.
Driving
on the left side of the road was definitely an interesting experience
as was sitting on the right side of the car. Picking up the driving was
pretty quick [...]

Turns out that internet access may be readily available most places that we’ll be going to… and in order to keep my memories straight, I figure I’ll just try to jot everything that I remember down each night so that they don’t become distant and hazy memories by the time we get back home and have a chance to [...]

After a whirlwind month of quitting my job, packing and storing my life, numerous graduations and other general chaos…
It’s already time to depart for a 5 week adventure around the world.
 
Stay tuned here for updates… if we get around to them and survive this trip! =)

It’s who you know!
 
It’s a saying that’s become almost so cliché… yet, was sooo very true today and I am so thankful that I know people. =P
 
So, earlier today, I was checking my seat assignment for my [...]