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Weekly Twitter Updates
There's been trash in the water & on the sand at every SE Asia beach we've visited. It's the locals dumping it & Claudia picking it up. Sad. # Tried out deep water soloing (rock climbing from a boat over water & then jumping when you get about 10 m up) today. Pretty sweet! #CatBa…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Claudia got over her fear of motorbiking today while we scooted to a gorgeous waterfall. Off to #Hanoi & ready for 6d motorbiking adventure! # Got our tickets home from #Vienna See you on June 26, DC! # Needed:contractor guru @Rashid_AM arch. @rexualhealing &real estate guru @kendamachamp to go in on an old French villa:…
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Phnom Penh and Cambodia’s Sordid Past
We found Phnom Penh to be a charmer: tons of wide and clean green spaces, precisely executed temples, palaces, and monuments (none of which we toured!), a pretty riverfront, eco-friendly boutiques, and tons of restaurants, cafes, and bars to satisfy a wide range of tastes. We cannot emphasize how clean the sidewalks and parks were;…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Heading to #Hanoi on Wed., then motorbiking in NE #Vietnam for 6 days! Very excited. Hope we can each handle a 125cc scooter. Amateurs! # While N America celebrates Cinqo de Mayo, pretending Corona isn't crap for a day, we're gonna celebrate Buddha's bday! Now, to find a party! # It's weird: we only couchsurfed…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
In #Pakse #Laos heading off into the jungle to do some ziplining and sleep in some treehouses! # Heading to #Laos tomorrow & doing this for a few days!: http://t.co/t9ZtGSZP # Traveling to #Myanmar and want the low-down on money matters? http://t.co/MyCBg7mw #Burma # Sums up development in #Kep & #Kampot (where we've been this…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Arrived in #Kep on the #Cambodia coast. It's famous for crabs which we plan on devouring tonight. Missing #Maryland & Cantler's! # 1 of our most favorite experiences of this entire trip: Election night in #Mandalay #Myanmar #Burma #NLD #AungSanSuuKyi http://t.co/zVvv51qD # Visited the Killing Fields outside #PhnomPenh today. Wow. Very moving. #Cambodia has come…
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Election Day, and The Mustache Brothers
We were lucky enough to be in Mandalay for a historic event: a by-election in which Aung San Suu Kyi ran for a parliamentary seat, the first election she has stood in since 1990. There were 44 parliamentary seats being contested by her party, the National League for Democracy. We started spotting tee-shirts and other…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Made the mistake of trying to log into @paypal from #Myanmar Having to go thru all kinds of crap to try to restore my account. Ugh. # #SiemReap seems lovely so far! Except that one of us is melting. #Cambodia in April– brilliant planning! # Haven't done a land border crossing since December, but we…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
It's strawberry season here and we've had at least one strawberry-coconut smoothie per day! Yum. #Hsipaw #Myanmar # Still drooling over the chicken, bean, and coconut steamed buns we ate yesterday… # Went on a short trek to stay in a Paulang village in #Shan State. Back in #Hsipaw &laying low until we head to…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Very excited to be here for the elections tmrw. Got our Aung San Suu Kyi tshirt & we're ready to celebrate w the ppl of #MYANMAR # #Bagan #Myanmar is stunning- temples as far as the eye can see, and not even that many tourists considering it's the #1 sight in Myanmar. # #Myanmar in…