NE Japan and Hokkaido, Dec 2010
In early December of 2010, we embarked on another great Japan trip. Starting out in our old home city, Tokyo, we boarded the shinkansen with our 10-day JR rail passes and headed north, along the eastern...
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Yunnan Province, China, Dec 2009
When Rodger had to go to a conference in Kunming, Yunnan province, we jumped at the opportunity to get a first taste of China. Kunming met none of our expectations. Instead of being crowded,...
New Zealand, 1996
Figuring that living in Japan was as close to NZ as we’d ever get, we booked a cheap flight and headed south. That’s when we learnt that nowhere is close to NZ, it’s literally...
Laos – Northern Thailand – Vietnam, March 2009
With Rodger’s job at Sunway wrapped up and our few Malaysian belongings sent to Vancouver by post, we were free to go travelling again. Our route – by plane, train, automobile, boat and tuktuk...
North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Dec/Jan 2008/9
North Sulawesi (Indonesia) Diving, highlands and Christians in North Sulawesi In order to avoid the Christmas and New Year’s crowds in the most famous SE Asian dive spots and holiday resorts, we decided to...
On the Mekong, Vietnam-Cambodia, Aug 2008
Since we really enjoyed our trip to Hanoi and Halong Bay in February, we decided to pay Vietnam another visit, this time with our friends Emma and Mark from London in tow. Starting off...
Redang, Malaysia, Oct 2008
In order to finish her PADI open water training, Doris had to do 4 open water dives. So we joined Vincent, the dive master and proprietor of Dragonet, and a few others from KL...