In full honesty, India was the country I was most nervous about visiting on our one-year RTW trip. I wasn’t sure how I’d react to the crowds, pollution, dirt, and otherwise general chaos that I feared would engulf me as soon as I stepped off the plane. After reading in my guide book that between […]
Kandy, Ella, and the Slow Train in Between
After a few days in Colombo, it was time to venture into the center of Sri Lanka for some cooler weather and greener scenery. We took a train to Kandy, the cultural capital of the country. With sizeable Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian populations, Sri Lanka is a religious melting pot, though Buddhism is the […]
Circling Southwest Sri Lanka
I try very hard to have no expectations for the places we go on our trip. I find this usually prevents me from getting too high of hopes, and I usually end up pleasantly surprised. Chris, on the other hand, can’t help himself. Case in point: Sri Lanka. Chris had sky-high expectations Sri Lanka, going […]
Malaysia and Singapore Budget and Tips
Describing our combined budget for Malaysia and Singapore is a little bit like trying to average your restaurant bills for a hamburger joint and a steakhouse. The average costs for each place are just so different that lumping them together doesn’t give you an accurate picture of what it costs to visit each place on […]
Our Utopian Stopover in Singapore
I’m wracking my brain to try to figure out a more literary way of describing Singapore other than “ridiculously awesome.” The safest city in the world. A cleaner and friendlier NYC. As filled with luxury malls as Las Vegas and shopping streets that are like Chicago’s Magnificent Mile on steroids. Sparkling, affluent, businesslike, but still culturally […]