This will be the first of many… June 20-25 Jack and I arrived to Nilambe for a 5 day silent meditation workshop. We were separated men/woman and yes silent for the all of the days. Our teacher was Ewen Arnold and he was absolutely fantastic. I was pretty stoked when I found out about this …
I finally got this WordPress app to work on my phone so you’ll be hearing a lot more of me. (Michelle) **don’t ask I couldn’t log in. Anyways this is just a quicker way to keep updated vs getting out the computer. This is old news but wasn’t written about… As a wedding thank you …
I found out from our taxi driver today that here in Vietnam they eat dogs and cats. In fact he continues “ here Vietnam we eat all animal” (imagine broken English.) So as I’m still horrified and grossed out in the back—I asked “Do you eat dog? Then Jack asked if dog tasted good.” Boi …
Hoi An, Vietnam 10:28pm — When you’re in Hoi An, you get clothes made. I call it “Tailor Town” because there are dozens and dozens of cheap, yet professional clothing shops that will make anything you want. Suits, wedding dresses, sandals, pants. Anything. So what the hell. Michelle got 2 dresses and a pair of …
Seen the Jungle Book lately? It’s a Disney movie that takes place around Cambodia’s ancient jungle temples. Michelle, Nancy and I took a mountain biking tour through the place a few days after flying into Seim Reep. Definitely a “top 10 experience” since leaving on our trip 6 months ago. You see the big temples. …
Michelle and I went scuba crazy last week in Gili T. We got our advanced and Nitrox certification 🙂 Pictures on the way, probably. Trying to keep track of things… Posting daily hasn’t been practical for this trip. I’ve found that the more fun stuff we’re doing, the more stuff we want to post, but …
We’ve been in Sri Lanka for 10 days now and we LOVE LOVE LOVE the people! It’s refreshing to have someone say hello to merely just want to acknowledge you. So far anyone we’ve come across is interested where we are visiting from and then when we say America…they go (every time!) ” OHHH AMMMMERRRICA!!!!” “WOW!” …
Kandy, Sri Lanka 10:17 pm They say elephants don’t forget. That they can remember every single person they encounter in their lifetime. And they remember if they’re good or bad. Safe or dangerous. This explains why there are so many stories about elephants that kill the people that hurt them. Today, we heard one of …
Hello Michelle here! Backtracking a bit! Jack and I made it to Sri Lanka on May! Its super green and I didn’t expect it to be so CHEAP!! We spent the first couple of days in Colombo. Eating amazing spicy Sri Lankan food, taking tuk tuks (scooters that have been converted into a mini 3 …
A 7 year old on a bike told me a joke today. (For context, you should know we’re in the Maldives and it’s Ramadan.) He said, “Hey mister! Hey mister!” “Yeah?” “I’m fasting. Are you slowing?” Lol. — Fun fact: Geckos make noise. Did you know that? It’s like a loud bird noise. Cool huh? …