We could have happily stayed in Bangkok for weeks. We had an amazing condo, courtesy of our matron saint Aunt Toy. The city literally sprawled out beneath us, 19 floors down, waiting to be explored. But John only had a precious 10 days with us, and we all decided it’d be a waste not to…
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Category: Countries
Singapore
When we checked out of our hotel in Kuala Lumpur and Sascha had caught his bus to the airport to head home, Franklin and I had absolutely no plans. No accommodation booked, no train or plane to catch, nothing. We had roughly three weeks left to travel and had thought a bit about where we…
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur wins a few awards on this trip: Alright now I’m just feeling pathetic. We only spent about 48 hours in KL, and although we quite enjoyed the time, I must admit it had less to do with being in Malaysia than it did having fantastic company and nicer-than-usual accommodation. It was sort of…
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Vietnam Road Trip
20 Liter Life makes its first video content debut! Right now I’m severely restricted by video editing software & hardware (read: this video is horribly edited), but at least you get a little looksie. (Click HD in the lower right and watch on Vimeo!) When we decided to stay in Vietnam for a full nine…
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
After our tearful departure with John and Aunt Toy, we took off to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (formerly Saigon). We arrived at night and took a taxi to our hostel, amid a sea of motorbikes. Vietnam must account for half of the motorbike industry in the entire world – it’s insane. At the time…
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Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok is a really cool city. Bangkok is a way cooler city when you are adopted by the most awesome Aunt ever. Our good friend John came out to meet up with us in Thailand for a two week vacation, which we knew would be an awesome addition to our trip. As it turns out,…
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India
I didn’t want to go to the Taj Mahal. I figured I’d seen it – in books and movies, on tourism posters, again and again. In DeLillo’s White Noise, there’s this trope about “America’s Most Photographed Barn,” which is a completely unremarkable barn in the Midwest that becomes famous for the stream of tourists who are…
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New Delhi, India
When we stepped off the plane in New Delhi onto one of those plane-to-tarmac ladders that make you feel like The Beatles, we immediately celebrated the temperature outside. Hell yes!! This is an environment suitable to human life! Finally! Since I’d left the cold of Zurich, I basically hadn’t ever been not sweaty. New Delhi…
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Kochi, Kerala, India
When we arrived in Kochi, in the region of Kerala, after the most heinous bus ride any of us had ever taken—a sleeper bus improperly named; gripping the rails of our bunks as the driver drifted that sumbitch; sleep impossible despite heavy sedatives—we were eager to get some rest. But did we? No. We went…
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Hampi, India
The overnight bus from Goa to Hampi was miserable (but not as bad as our second one would be). It’s not that it’s all that uncomfortable in the bunk, it’s just impossible to sleep when it feels like you’re on a Mars landing mission with a drunk driver. Alas, we made it to Hampi in…
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