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Days 138-152: Thailand

August 10th, 2005

Bangkok to Chiang Mai

We have spent the past two weeks in central and northern Thailand and have taken advantage of it’s “first world” resources to re-equip for the months and countries ahead. After 5 months on the road, some of our gear was in desperate need of an upgrade. Not that we were too worn out ourselves, but it was good to “relax” from travel for a bit.
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Thailand Map

August 8th, 2005

Here’s a largish map of northern Thailand.
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Days 131-137: Java Temples

July 30th, 2005

Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia

We returned to Indonesia – and Java specifically – for one main reason: to visit the Buddhist temples of Borobudur and the Hindu temples of Prambanan.
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Days 126-130: Tour de Solo

July 23rd, 2005

In honor of the Tour de France – and Lance’s imminent 7th victory – we took a cycling tour around the town of Solo (Java, Indonesia).
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Days 123-125: Java Jive

July 17th, 2005

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the Java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup – boy!

Let’s be honest: anyone who knows Marcus knows that he’s a coffee addict. So it was only a matter of time (that time being 12 years, 4 months, and 6 days) before he got Kelly to order and drink a cup of coffee. Huzzah!
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Days 120-122: Bromo Volcano

July 16th, 2005

We spent the last Malaysian Ringgit we had on a copy of The Economist and a caramel macchiato at the airport (you’ve gotta have priorities) and flew to Surabaya on the NE coast of the island of Java, Indonesia. We got out of the chaos that is Surabaya as fast as we could, but not before noting that Pizza Hut is the most popular restaurant in town on a Saturday night. We headed straight to picturesque volcano country.
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Java Map

July 16th, 2005

Here’s a map of the Island of Java. The red boxes are where we fly in (Surabaya) and out (Jakarta), and the green boxes are places we visited (or plan to).
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Days 101-120: Borneo Insects

July 8th, 2005

A few of the interesting insects we’ve seen in Borneo.
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Days 110-120: Sarawak

July 8th, 2005

Just some notes from our 10 days in Sarawak.
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Days 108-109: Happy 59th!

June 29th, 2005

After a long day of snorkelling in the only clothes we hadn’t turned in to be laundered, we arrived back at the hotel salty and wet and in need of a shower. We tried to pick up our laundry only to be told that it wouldn’t be available until the next day. Trouble was, we had tickets for a boat to Brunei that left early.
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