Hello Philippines! This is the land of... um... I'm still not sure. We didn't see enough of it for me to come up with a clever AND fair generalization. We landed in Manila and only ventured out a few blocks from our accommodation, and most of our limited time was spent recovering cancellation refunds and [...]
Month: March 2020
RTW Trip- Guam
(From March 9) We are back in the USA! Well, sort of. Guam is a US territory. It is the land of beautiful beaches, crazy water colors, quite a bit of modern civilization, 2 military bases, and the place "Where America's day begins". Since it is the easternmost US territory, they are correct (almost directly [...]
RTW Trip- Palau
Palau? More like Pa-wow! Palau is the land of (almost) stingless jellyfish, electric blue green water, numerous islands, blazing tropical sun, sunken military ships/planes, and an unusual mix of cultures. It feels like a more rustic Hawaii, and Palauans seem to appreciate American tourists. Palau is there. It is near Rota, Saipan, and Guam. I'm [...]
RTW Trip- Singapore
Quick look into the future posts Recently, we've had many travel difficulties and had to change plans in a whiplash fashion. However, we did make it through Palau, Guam, and escaped Manila (luckily). I will post about them soon. The blog is approximately 2 weeks behind the present. Currently, we are safe in Thailand trying [...]
RTW Trip- Vietnam
USA: If we don't have stoplights, traffic won't move and everyone will die. Vietnam: Hold my beer. Honk! Honk! Beep! Welcome to Vietnam! Honk! The land of tiny chairs with tiny tables, chaotic traffic, excellent food, chain smokers aplenty, bootleg copies of everything (even restaurants next door to each other), useless sidewalks, wicked good prices [...]