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Friday, June 27, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ivan's Selfies are better in Jeju
This, right here, is my handsome husband taking a selfie in Jeju, South Korea,
a place I thought I would never visit. Especially one week after the Jeju ferry disaster. Yep. We were there. I never really envisioned South Korea, and what it looked like, but I definitely wasn't expecting it to be this gorgeous!
If I were Asia, this would be my travel publicity poster, or at least my Facebook cover photo.
xo, SMC
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
The one that got away
Ok, So I've doing a lot of catch-up and I haven’t blogged {live} in a while. I will blame my anti-blogging month 100% on
the Internet. 1) for the internet
costing so dang much while you’re on a cruise ship and 2) for constant travel
and me not being able to make up my mind and 3) for it taking over a week for
the internet to be installed in our new apartment and we’re both driving each other
insane waiting.
Melissa
Ivan and I moved into a new place with a King bed. And
because we have no internet yet, and it’s hot and I’ve been feeling sick, I’ve
been in the bed about 10 hours a day, dreaming strange dreams.
I had one dream that I was arriving on the street I lived and
I was told someone made me a really great surprise on the exterior of my home.
I was getting very excited as I approached.
Someone had transformed my house to the exterior of Snow White’s
cottage. It was yellow and white with a
cute red door and flowers out front! But when I looked again, it wasn’t even a
home, it was just a large tarp with a painting of Snow White’s cottage and 3
cuts on the red door so I could open it and “go inside.” What a
disappointment.
Another dream I had was of myself, only I was about 12 or
13. I was laughing, making silly faces
and being so goofy. At first I looked
really strange to myself. I looked unladylike
and rowdy, and then, I started to fly. Yep, fly, like Superman. I followed myself in the air, just watching
how peaceful I looked. About 13 years
old, flying in the air. If only I could
go back to 13 year old me, goofing off, not caring if I looked lady-like, and
flying in the clouds without a care in the world! (Because on my 14th birthday, I
lost my flying powers….)
So I have weird dreams, but I have woken up feeling
unconquerable the last week! I can I do anything. I can be
anything. I will be happy. I will live a good life.
And so, as I take the next several weeks to update my blog, (I
mean, I came all the way from Asia, so I’m bound to have some stories to tell)
I will take it easy on myself, try not to create a fairytale façade of a life so I’m not disappointed,
be happy and goof off a little more (some of you are thinking I may need to
goof off less) and work hard to
create a good life for myself. Life
doesn’t just happen- you create your opportunities.
A Night in Bangkok
Our night in Bangkok, Thailand, started off with a race- a race on a tuk-tuk.
Hopefully this video gives you a taste of the horror and adrenaline we experienced that night.
We were just in Bangkok for one night, but it sure felt like a party.
The food was delicious and memorable. All the lights and shopping
at the night market felt so energizing. What a ride!
Tour in Hong Kong
8am in the morning in Hong Kong, I’m escorting a tour. I’m excited to go because I’ve never been to China, don’t know much about Hong Kong, or China, or their separation, or anything really, so I get the opportunity to learn about it, at a very uninteresting hour of the morning. We went to a few temples, markets and beautiful old homes. Captured the best moments with photography.
Beach Day in Chan May, Vietnam
After our adventures in Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City, we sailed for Chan May. In the morning, we took a shuttle and were dropped off at a resort, where we spent a relaxing day at the beach.
We laid out, explored the area and went swimming.
It was a lot like Zuma Beach in Malibu back home.
It’s seriously beautiful here.
Spa Day in Nha Trang, Vietnam
For the past few years we’ve been traveling, I have heard
amazing things about Vietnam!
It was beautiful, and the shopping was unbelievable because
everything is so cheap! The currency is
called Vietnamese Dong and 1 USD is 21,000 VND.
A few weeks ago, we heard about a spa at a port we were
stopping in Vietnam in a city called Nha Trang.
The spa treatment was $30 US Dollars for an all day pass. So naturally, Ivan and I couldn’t pass it up!
We had a mud bath (soak in a large tub of watery mud), sun
soak, mineral bath (felt like we were simmering in a pot of hot chamomile tea), half body massage,
shower, dip in the pool and snacks and lunch.
Then we hurriedly raced back to the ship. We ate our food inside of a tree house that I
dreamt about living in. Everything was
gorgeous, warm, relaxing and I totally loved it!!
To be on Vacation is one of the most wonderful things.
To be one vacation with your favorite person is even better!
xo-M
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