They said they had gotten them at a shop in Kuta, so we asked around at the hotel and did some research and found a good place to buy batik was Krisna Oleh Oleh Bali at the bypass. A Gojek driver took us there and we spent over an hour looking around the sprawling multi-level ...
Every day, just before sunset, when the air started to cool and the bright light of day started to dim, Indie and I would get in the car and head to one of the four parks. Always excited to embark on these adventures, the nightly walks turned out to be a star activity for both of...
The next morning was spent trying to send a two-foot long sword back to Beijing that I had purchased at a shop near the terracotta warriors. I had hoped that this would earn me the “best big sister” award from my 11-year-old brother when I gave it to him for Christmas. This wou...
First day, goes to Tai'an first, crawls to watch the sunrise a day Taishan to the second day early morning. Then the noon goes to the supermarket to buy eats, must sleep well in the afternoon until the third day early morning, in camps, noon eats meal on the lawn, rests.Fourth da...
InHanoi Old Quarter, there are many streets named local food or products, such as Cha Ca Street, Hang Ga Street, Hang Bot Street, Hang Chao Street, Hang Bun Street … this way of naming is rare in other cities. When you want to buy something or enjoybest food in Hanoi, people just...
a bit of a go-to Malt if your local watering hole hasn’t much stock of Springbank, a distillery with a similar “feel”. I liked the 20yo as well (someone brought it to a tasting), but never got to buy one, instead I went for several expressions of their Organic Whiskies. I su...
Kelly was visiting from NYC. Jenny and I absolutely fell in love with it. Her version is vegetarian, yet another example of our extreme differences (Exhibit F- Beef section of the blog). I like to add chicken or shrimp. It can be pricey so here are my tricks to bring down the price...
we tried boarding, the guy said what I bought thinking was the bus ticket was actually a train ticket. I ended up having to buy the real tickets on the bus. They were only 10 euros round trip for both of us combined, but it still sucked to spend money when I didn't need to. ...
Virtually nothing between me and the horses. At the rail on the hotel side of the track with hills in the background Then we walked around to the main entrance and through the crowds placing bets and buying food and drink (lots of Phoenix, the local beer, on offer). We even joined ...
macaroni accompanied by set of “cool” titles and pizza slices or a large whole pizza (about £27). Pizza includes Margarita, Peperoni, Mushroom (with whipped ricotta), and Ground beef (with chili and red onion). Pasta stretches beyond the macaroni, to include fettucine, spaghetti, and ri...