Entries from October 2008

October 30, 2008

Top 10, Japan

1. FRIENDS

2. SUSHI

3. HARAJUKU

4. TSUKIJI FISH MARKET

5. PLASTIC FOOD

6. CONVENIENCE

7. TEMPLES

8. LOVE SHRINE

9. CUTENESS

10. MODERNITY

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October 30, 2008

Shibuya Street Crossing

The fun of Japan is all the craziness and all the people. Shibuya is a hip, young neighborhood with an incredible street crossing.

October 11, 2008

Singapore Sling Time

After much time spent in developing countries, Kelly and I ended our trip with a few days in Singapore. What’s different here? Well everything costs a heck of a lot more here, it’s a whole lot cleaner, I haven’t really seen many motorbikes, and you can’t buy gum. Just to name a few.

All in all [...]

October 8, 2008

Welcome to the Jungle…Taman Negara

After KL, I met up with Kelly in Taman Negara Rainforest for a 3 day adventure in the wilderness. While not as intense as our Gibbon Experience, we did get to be out in the elements and see cool stuff.
We did a night jungle walk where we saw all kinds of crazy insects.

The [...]

October 1, 2008

A Day in Kuala Lumpur

After Vietnam, we hit Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
First stop was the Petronas Twin Towers, the most famous landmark of KL. If you get in line early enough you can actually get free tickets to the skybridge, ie the bridge connecting the 2 towers which is 43 floors up. Besides getting up early (all the tickets are [...]