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Da Nang & Hoi An
< See the photos here > We took almost a full week in Da Nang because I wanted to spend 3 days at Radikal Forze Jam (that post is here). We had some time before and after the jam to explore the area too. Da Nang was very laid back and had a bit of…
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Ho Chi Minh City
< Click here to see the photos > I’ve wanted to go to Vietnam for a long time and wasn’t sure where to start. In the end, I looked at a map and all the places I wanted to go and decided to start “at the bottom part” in Ho Chi Minh City. It was…
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Radikal Forze Jam (Da Nang)
Back in 2018, I travelled to Singapore for work and decided to stay the weekend for Radikal Forze Jam. It was a huge event with hundreds of dancers from around the world, but with the majority from across Asia and Australia. It was so good, I decided to make it an annual thing. 2019 was…
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Angkor Wat & Siem Reap Temples
<< Click here for the photos >> Angkor Wat gets top billing when most people think of amazing sites to visit in Cambodia. Meta talked about the experience of his family when he visited for the first time. I was excited to finally have a chance to see it – and it was really massive. …
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
<< Click here for the photos >> Siem Reap is best known as the place you stay when you’re visiting Angkor Wat. However, it was a really great stop for us and we did more than just temple hop. As luck would have it, there was a (free) music festival sponsored by a German beer…
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
<< Click here for the photos >> Phnom Penh was out first stop in Cambodia. I feel like a lot of people skip it to go directly to Siem Reap for temple trekking. For me, the history of the country was something I really wanted to see an experience. Specifically, I wanted to see and…
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A concert in Siem Reap!
<< Click here for the photos >> It’s always a good thing when you get to experience a culture and community while traveling. In this case, Granzberg Beer held a concert in Siem Reap for International Women’s Day. It was a free concert that had a ton of food and a very chill crowd. One…
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Seoul & the DMZ
<< Click here for the photos >> One of the things we learned AFTER we booked the tickets is that Seoul is nearly at the same latitude as Chicago (home). So going in February meant that we were going to be cold! We still tried to get out in Seoul and explore some of the…
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Jeju Island (S. Korea)
<< Click here for the photos >> Jeju Island was a stop we added to the Korea trip because of how it is frequently shown in K-dramas. We really had no plan or idea of what to expect, so we just went. We booked a full day tour so we could explore the Central and…
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Jeju Loveland (S. Korea)
<< Click here for the photos (NSFW) >> Our experience in Korea was pretty “proper” for the first few days. Seoul is a great city to wander around (especially when it’s warmer). The people were friendly enough but they were somewhat formal and polite (not to mention fashionable). Going to the DMZ added a bit…
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#GrafNModels – South America
<< Click here for the photos >> One of the threads that ties all of my trips together is finding graffiti in every city I visit. Hip-hop culture is worldwide and finding graffiti everywhere I go allows me to experience the culture in a variety of contexts. Several years ago, I started GrafNModels.com, which has…
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Carnaval – Uruguay!
< Click for photos > I was super excited to experience my first “Carnaval” during our time in Montevideo. Santiago and Coki talked about it in our podcast discussion and I could believe it was actually happening while I was there. I hadn’t figured it out, but when I texted Santiago saying we were in…
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Uruguay – Montevideo
< click here for photos > Confession time. I had no idea what I’d see or do in Uruguay before we decided to go. I saw that it was close to Argentina, and figured I’d hit another country since we were nearby. Let me say it plainly: If you go to Buenos Aires and don’t…
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Argentina – Performers
< click here for photos > Emilia said I needed to get to an Estancia, so we had that “on the list” of experiences we wanted in Argentina. I couldn’t get the place I really wanted to visit to return my phone calls, texts, or emails. However, we did make it out for a day…
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Argentina – Buenos Aires Plus…
< Click here for photos > We arrived in Buenos Aires for a longer stay with no real plan except for trying the meat and finding a place to do laundry. However, I did have a list of special things Emilia talked about in our podcast discussion. First, let me say this: She wasn’t exaggerating. …
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