Batik, Puppets, Jackfruit and Sultans in Jogja
Dan doesn’t normally help too much with writing the blog posts because he ‘claims’ he’s no good at it. Which is a shame, because we all know he is absolutely hilarious. Normally he will oblige me by going back into the posts and adding his own zingers here and there....
The Ancient Complexes of Borobudur and Prambanan
This is Borobudur: And this is Prambanan: And these magnificent ancient complexes are reason enough to include a jump over to Java on your next visit to Bali. Dating back to the 9th century, Borobudur is not just the largest...
Adventure Indonesia–Commence!
We’re in Indonesia!! I know, we just went home to North Carolina for Christmas—which was so incredibly awesome—but we finally have our long awaited one-month hiatus from work. Sort of a teacher’s summer vacation except for it’s now. And what better way to spend your...
October in Taiwan: A Review in 31 Pictures
Call me unoriginal, but I love the month of October. Dan asked me to be his girlfriend six Octobers ago; he proposed a lifetime together only two back. Octobers bring things like the state fair and deep-fried snicker bars, pumpkin spiced everything, and the perfect...
Taiwan’s Boat Burning Festival, 2012
Sometimes it gets a bit easy to forget that we are expats, living halfway across the world from “the peak of good living” (otherwise known as Apex, N.C.). People always seem surprised when I say that, probably assuming that the whole not-speaking-Chinese thing might...