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Photo Journey through SE Asia

October 2, 2009

Beachhouse.com Guest Bloggers, Stacy & Jeff, traveled across 6 countries in Southeast Asia and were nice enough to check in with us all along the way.  This is their journey by the numbers:
21 – different airplanes they took
6 – bus rides (varying from 7 hours to 27 hour trips)
2 – train trips (overnight)
11 – boat/ferry [...]

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Offbeat Vacation Spot: Huacachina, Peru

September 16, 2009

Huacachina is a small village located in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru with a population of only 115.  It’s built around a small isolated lake in the desert called the “Oasis of America,” and has long served as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica and a stomping-ground for Peruvian [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (30 of 40)

August 14, 2009

bagus bagus bagus
“three for three. not the biggest surf, but it’s bali surf. jeff couldn’t be more happy. the first day, met up with fernando and alana (jeff’s peruvian and auss friends, used to be slocals) and hit up bingin and impossibles. chest high and fun, it’s just good to be surfing with fernando, and [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (27 of 40)

July 6, 2009

crazy cambodia….
“and we love it.  we’ve started reading quite a collection of books of personal accounts of where we’ve been travelling through so we’ve enjoyed seeing it firsthand a lot more.  and cambodia fits in that category, though all the readings have to do with war, killing, sex, drugs, and guns.  so not [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asis (25 of 40)

July 1, 2009

leaving the breast milk for bigger and better things…
“sorry to say, but we were both glad to get out of vietnam.  a beautiful country but the ’sales tactics’ were starting to wear on us a bit.  we would definitely recommend anyone of you guys to go there, you just have to be ready for [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (24 of 40)

June 29, 2009

a new one…
we were just offered breast milk for our coffee.

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (23 of 40)

June 24, 2009
Jeff & Stacy in the Mekong Delta

delta blues…
“woke up one morning, do do do sat right up in bed, do do do pour myself some whiskey, do do do i look over and kiss my baby still asleep in bed, and then i cried ive got the delta blues,  the delta blues baby  oooh ive got the delta blues.
we’re traveling [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (22 of 40)

June 22, 2009

where to begin?????
“let’s see, we spent 8 days in china beach which is located half way between danang and hoi an. and we loved every second of it.  the only reason we left was cause we’ve now started a bit of a [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (18 of 40)

June 13, 2009

uncle ho…
today we saw uncle ho.  really we saw him in his own flesh…. embalmed of course.  at the ho chi minh mausoleum, you stand in this thick long line for about thirty minutes and you swiftly move along the outside until you reach the ‘lotus building‘ what looks like a square with pillars, and you silently enter [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (17 of 40)

June 11, 2009

it’s day three in hanoi and we’re still diggin it.  a city of 3 million, its got an amazing amount of character and charm, of course with the daily tourist scams, but we’d be surprised if there weren’t any.
on our first day we walked around ‘old quarter‘ where we’re staying to get our barrings.  first [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (14 of 40)

June 4, 2009

party on the river…
“blazing through the towering limestone mountains of laos to the river town of vang vieng we arrive in our mini bus.
so we’ve been taking lots of minibuses and each time you think your going to be riding in the brand new one sitting at the bus station, but when the time [...]

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Guest Blog – Jeff & Stacy do SE Asia (13 of 40)

June 2, 2009

back on the tuk tuk …
“to the public bus stop.
well we made it to our furthest northern town of chaing sien. this little town sits on the mekong river near the famous golden triangle.
we found a great little guest house that sits just outside the old city walls. thinking that we could walk there we [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do SE Asia (10 of 40)

May 25, 2009

and we’re off…part 2
in the morning, everyone was up at the crack of dawn, and the whole family was up and about getting things ready for the day.  women were already returning from the forest with baskets full of dried leaves, to either use as fuel or as roofing, kids were running everywhere, water was [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (9 of 40)

May 23, 2009

and we’re off…part 1
“before we knew it, mong (our local guide) charged down the hill with his basket on his back full of tons of food, water, a pot, and who knows what else…. we were told to follow with our little daypacks on our back, toil (our pai guide) following behind.
we started through farmlands, [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (8 of 40)

May 21, 2009

the trek
“on our 3rd day here in pai we ventured out on a trek.  after seeing all the places in chiang mai we were getting kinda picky.  we didn’t want to just take a truck and get dropped off at the village and then turn around and get back on the truck.  thats’ what most [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (7 of 40)

May 18, 2009

chiang mai to pai
“we actually survived beautiful bangkok! we have a few more things to do there but were going to wait until stacy’s mom arrives. after our overnight bus ride, which was a shitty bus with old uncomfortable seats we arrived in chiang mai.
the bus company has this little scam when you show up [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (4 of 40)

May 12, 2009

getting out
“well we have been in phuket for a while now. stacy dental work was a success and she is feeling better! we’ve been spending our days on the motor bike cruising around the island.
one day we went to the biggest buddah in thailand, then we also went to see a movie at the mall [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (3 0f 40)

May 10, 2009

planes, trains and automobiles….
“seriously, 37 hours worth…. but we made it to phuket from bali in that short amount of time.
it all started sunday morning at 8 o’clock we went into to kuta from padang, returned our car and hitched a ride to the airport. from there we took asia air (a great cheap airline [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (2 of 40)

May 8, 2009

surfs up in padang padang
“not really, well sorta.
after an amazing time in ubud we’re back down in padang. the beach is still beautiful. ubud was a great little place, definitely the hub for displaying their culture, foods, music, and mysticism. we had a great little place looking over some rice paddies, beautiful pool, delicious green [...]

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Guest Blog – Stacy & Jeff do Southeast Asia (1 of 40)

May 5, 2009

ubud, indonesia
“we made it to ubud! we took the car around the area to see the botanical gardens and a few temples. the most impressive temple was the gorung kawi which was down in this river and the temple was carved into the stone cliffs. i will let the pictures tell the rest. we’ve done [...]

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