Asia can be quite the culture shock when you first arrive from the western world. Once you start getting accustomed and understanding the traditions, however, you’ll find Asia to be uniquely appealing and you will truly start to appreciate it. The following quiz, though, is for someone who may have found Asia a little too […]
One of the more interesting things I discovered as we traveled around Asia was how different many of the countries public bus and taxi options were. Cambodia had their motorcycle pulled Tuk-tuk, Thailand had their songthaew and Indonesia has the Angkot. Towards the end of our trip we spent nearly a month in West Sumatra, […]
One of the traditions I’ve tried to keep for each country I visit is to take a picture of the license plate. It has been interesting to compare something as common as a license plate throughout the various countries we’ve visted. In this picture post, I’ll share the different license plates we’ve come across throughout […]
I fit in again! After spending over 3 weeks in Padang, Indonesia (on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s 17,000 islands) we are now in the very international country of Singapore. It would be an understatement if I said that the transition has been drastic. We went from being in a city where we were about 2 […]
Fact: Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation. Fact: Jason and I have spent the last 2 and a half weeks in Padang, Indonesia and a surrounding city called Bukittinggi which are both cities of the island of Sumatra. A vague “fact”: The population of Muslims in Padang, Indonesia is somewhere in the vicinity […]
I recently sent out the following message via Twitter: “I’m much less motivated to learn Indonesian than previous countries. A sign that travel has lost its lure? A sign it’s time to go home?” I’ve been thinking a lot about why I’ve been lazy in learning at least some basic Indonesian. But the main question […]
As I write this post, Jason and I are sitting in our much needed air conditioned room in Padang, Indonesia. Our 3rd hotel in 4 nights in Padang. It has been quite the whirlwind of travel this past week. We started our adventure exactly one week ago (although it seems like a month ago), when […]
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