Category: General
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Turkey Day 1 – Arriving
This will be a quick one, but we arrived last night in Istanbul. The flight was fine, though Qatar Airways is not really the five-star kind of airlines they advertise, at least not in the peanut gallery. 🙂 It took us a while to get out of the airport due to the visa lines. It…
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Musandum (Khasab) Oman
[shashin type=”album” id=”58″ size=”medium” crop=”n” columns=”3″ caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”] I just realized that I never posted about my trip to Musandum in Oman. It’s a popular location to go diving or to enjoy a boat cruise and watch dolphins. I had been wanting to go for some time, so Paola and I decided to book…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand (Kata/Karon) – 10 days left…
Time is flying by ever so quickly and quite sadly…. The good news is that I submitted the first chapter of my dissertation a day ahead of schedule. It was probably the longest academic piece of writing I have ever done and to think that it’s only part of the entire project at 47 pages…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand (Karon/Kata)
We’re back in Phuket and relieved after our trip to Hong Kong. It’s been a long time since we’ve been around fast-paced and pushy people. Plus, we happened to stay in Little India/Pakistan land, which just reminded us of what we don’t like in Abu Dhabi, so that was rather unfortunate. Therefore, we’re more than…
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Summer 2012: Hong Kong
After our fun in Macau, we realized that the weather probably wasn’t going to get much better for us and my leg wasn’t going to miraculously be great for wandering the city on our own. So, we decided to book the Big Bus Tour – Premium – since they were offering discounted prices and it…
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Summer 2012: Hong Kong – Afternoon Trip to Macau
Leg update: It’s healing and I’m walking almost normally, but it will still be a bit longer before it’s totally back to normal…. After spending the majority of two days in the hotel room, and realizing that we are going to have to get out despite Typhoon Vicente plowing through and my leg being what…
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Summer 2012: Hong Kong – Day 1 Night 2
Well… I’d like to post some pics, but I literally haven’t left the hotel room since we arrived – over 24 hours now, I think. I’m beyond cabin fever stage and into the acceptance that I could probably survive in a jail cell if I had to and didn’t have to worry about surviving the…
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Summer 2012: Hong Kong – Night 1
We’ve arrived safely in Hong Kong. Phuket Airport is nice and small, so it’s very easy to get through immigration and all that fun stuff. Our flight on Thai Air Asia was smooth and easy. We usually pay for the seats with more legroom since R is a big man and needs the space. Luckily,…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – Kamala Beach and Surviving…
Okay, so…most people who know me know that I’m not the most adept on two-wheels. I have balance problems and control issues (literally and figuratively), so these alone are bad characteristics when behind the controls of a motorized two-wheeled machine. We had just had a lovely dinner a little north of Patong and decided to…
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Summer 2012: Phuket, Thailand – Karon and Kata beaches
The days blur together and I rarely know what day or date it is, which is how vacation should be, right? 😉 So, sometime last week, when the weather broke (thankfully!), we went exploring the island a bit. A Thai lady recommended that we see Karon beach and others had mentioned it before. Also, one…
