http://travel.jnuwebsites.com Megs and Jb Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We thought our friends and family would want to see how we are doing, so we put together a post with some pictures from the past couple weeks. Meg and I spent Easter weekend with her Dad and Glenda in Bermagui where they have a house on the coast. ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2007/04/14/st-kilda-and-bermagui/ Meg and I have been in Australia for about two weeks now. Its been nice being in a country were we dont stick out like a sore thumb. Meg's Dad, Dennis and his partner, Glenda have graciously welcomed us into their home in Ballarat while we are looking for ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2007/01/05/australia/ We left Koh PhaNgan and crossed southern Thailand, heading for Koh Lanta. When we arrived, we were happy to find a laid back and environmentally conscious atmosphere.  The locals have gone to great lengths to preserve the natural beauty of the island and their efforts have not been in vain.  All along ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/12/28/koh-lanta-and-saying-goodbye-to-se-asia/ As we prepare to depart from one island paradise for another, it seems proper that we fill you all in on our time in Haad Khom,  Koh Pha Ngan. There’s been a lot of hammock swinging, reef snorkeling, sunbathing, chess playing, storm watching and fruit shake drinking going on. ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/12/11/koh-pha-ngan/ Meg and I are well. We enjoyed Koh Chang and some of its hidden spots. We also visited a nearby island called Koh Maak. Its was quite nice, we splurged for a bungalow that overhung the ocean and had a nice hot shower. We returned to Koh Chang to start heading ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/12/06/162/ Meg and I are currently in Ko Chang, Thailand. Its an island near the Cambodian border. We had origianlly planned on flying to Bangkok and taking a hard slog into Cambodia to see Angkor Wat. But after considering the time required, the dusty and bumpy road, and the costs ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/25/ko-chang-thailand/ I've always said, if there was only one place that I was able to return to in Vietnam, Sapa would be it. This is why: Sapa is set in a Northern Vietnamese mountain range almost to the Chinese border.The tiered rice paddy fields cut into the mountainside,the bamboo forests and the ever present ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/22/sapa-vietnam/ After spending the last couple of weeks in remote countryside, we were thrust into this: I didn't mention renting a motorbike once. Needless to say, Hanoi was a little bit of an adjustment for the both of us, but Meg was excited to be back on somewhat familiar territory. As some of ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/22/hanoi-vietnam/ The bus from Nong Kiaow to Xam Neua was packed. Not just with people, but with people transporting god knows what from one end of the country to the other. We had to climb over crates and burlap sacks just to get to our seats. I spent most of ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/16/xam-neua/ We've covered a lot of ground since we last posted. After floating down a river in innertubes for two days, we switched gears and hit the road - hard. From Vang Vieng, we took a 7 hour bus ride back to Luang Prabang where we stayed overnight. The next morning, ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/16/nong-kiaow/ We arrived in Vang Vieng, ready to move on from Vientiane. We booked a nice guesthouse near the river. The town has a strange air about it, there are many young westerners and many open air lounge restaurants with double tv's blaring recent dvds. Luckily we are away from ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/10/vang-vieng/ the Stache is back We have done numerous posts in chronilogical order, by location. They cover the time since we where last able to properly post. Please scroll down to the post titled "Mae Salong Redux" to start where we last left off. http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/ps/ We took an 8 hour vip bus from Luang Prabang to Vientiane. We came here to see the city, get our visas for vietnam from the vietnamese embassy, and use the one international ATM in all of Laos. We spent yesterday bicycling around the city. It was interesting, with the ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/vientiane/ After a two day journey, we arrived in Luang Prabang just as the sun was starting to set. We climbed off the boat, loaded on our packs and made finding a guesthouse our first priority. Unfortunately, that proved to be a harder task than we'd anticipated. Every decent guesthouse ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/luang-prabang/ After our experience in Huey Xai, we were ready to start our boat trip and see what else Laos had to offer. We weren't disappointed. The slow boat trip was one of those experiences where when you to try to describe it, words just plain fail. Even the pictures ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/pak-beng/ We already briefly posted about our trip to Phu Chee Fah but at the time that we posted, we couldn't upload the pictures. I thought you guys would like to see these. What we didn't post about was our experience on the drive back from Phu Chee Fah to Chang ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/goodbye-to-thailand-hello-to-laos/ Let me first just say that I apologize to anyone who was getting a little "nervous"as to our whereabouts. I know it has taken us too long to catch you all up on our latest movements but know that it was more to do with the technology at our ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/11/07/mae-salong-redux/ Since our last post Meg and I have done quite a bit. We will post full details of uor past couple days with pictures and all when we arrive in Luang Prabang in three days. There we will have access to high speed internet and decent computers. Currently Meg ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/30/chiang-kong-thailand-and-huey-xai-laos/ We just wanted to post a quick update, no pictures though. Today we left Chiang Mai and caught a posh bus to Chiang Rai. We are crashing at a small guesthouse here, renting a bike, storing our big bags, and heading out in the morning. We have decided to ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/25/chiang-rai/ Our plans of driving a motorbike from Pai to Chiang Mai fell through and we ended up taking a minibus. I think 4 hours on a motorbike would have been a little more than we bargained for. We arrived back in Chiang Mai on Sunday for the big weekly ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/24/chiang-mai-chiang-dao-and-heading-north/ So we had to cut the strings sometime...so we're doing it, we're finally moving on from Pai today. In the past couple of days since you last heard from us, we left Pai, stayed one night in Soppong and then took a bus to a town even further north ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/22/saying-goodbye-to-pai/ JB warned me to stay away from puns but, with a town name such as this, who can really blame me? Yes, we are still in Pai and have had some full and eventful days since we last caught you all up. Where to start... After we last posted, we ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/16/another-slice-of-pie/ So we've decided to move to a little town called Pai. JB is going to open up a little web design business and I'm going to sell my cards by the side of the road like a local. It will be quite the life. Well, maybe someday....Don't worry, we've ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/13/a-little-piece-of-paradise-called-pai/ Meg and I have been enjoying Chang Mai alot, its a great mix of up country thailand and modern traveler services. Over the past couple days we have visited a few wats (temples), we had thai massages on Sunday and regular massages on wednesday. The food here has been ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/11/around-chang-mai-and-on-to-pai/ Some where in the upper right of the sea of people is meg, sitting on the floor as we wait for the over night train to Chang Mai. We experienced the national anthem for the first time; every night at six oclock all over the country every one stops, ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/08/a-breath-of-fresh-air/ Our time in Bangkok has come to an end and I can't say we will be shedding too many tears over it. Over the past three days we've been on quite a wild ride through the chaos that is Bangkok and are looking forward to heading North tomorrow to ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/06/15/ After 32 hours of traveling Meg and I have made it to Bangkok and to our guest house. We are both exhausted and jet lagged but very excited. Its 3:20 AM here and we have checked into our room at a place called the Thai Cozy House. In ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/04/first-night-in-bangkok/ It is 2:50 am and Meg and I are in my brothers place in Boston. We are leaving for the airport in about two hours. Our flight leaves Boston at 6:50 am and heads to Los Angeles. We depart Los Angeles at 10:00 am pacifc. 14 hours and 40 ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/10/03/4-hours-till-take-off/ This site is a Wordpress / Googlemaps mashup that uses geocoding (Lat/Lon attached to posts). Meg and I plan on posting to it while we are travel this winter, whenever we hit up the internet cafes along the way (or from my phone, if its data service works!). Ill be ... http://travel.jnuwebsites.com/2006/08/02/hello-world/