Is back where it all started.

Well we are back in Seoul. The flight was sad, but Kelly slept through most of it! Our first flight was cancelled and we were bumped back to a much later flight. The airport dude was great and gave us first pick of seating, upon his asking I eagerly shouted out FIRST CLASS. Well we didn't get first class, but our seats sure felt like first class of the economy section. We had leg room to die for! We left in the darkness and flew towards the sun. I think we might be severely jet lagged when we get home. We left at 1 in the morning on Saturday, flew for 4 1/2 hours and arrived at 9:30 am here, we leave at 6:30pm and fly for 10 hours and arrive at 12:30pm still on Saturday. Crazy time tubes these planes are.
So were sad, but eager to finally remove this band aid that has been upon us for the last three weeks. This trip was amazing, we're sure you all know that by now. And its weird cause it felt like its gone very fast, but our nights in Pai or seeing Koh Phi Phi seem like forever ago. Can't escape it and we did move, so going home still holds a large amount of excitement, probably two weeks worth! Well with the new baby maybe a month!

We never got to write about Cambodia. So I'll let Kelly do it!

Cambodia was good but not our favorite place we'd been. In saying that it was probably the most eye opening place we'd been. We started in Siem Riep where we went to Angkor Wat. It was pretty amazing! Of course, true to ourselves we went at the hottest time of day which was a mistake!!! Once we got there we decided to pay a little extra and get a tour guide for the temple of Angkor Wat itselft..which proved to be worth it. He brought us through the temple and explained everything in great detail. It was here that we also got to see a bridal party having their wedding pictures done. Pretty cool place for pictures. The brides in Cambodia do not wear white dresses but instead very beautiful colored dresses. This bride wore a beautiful yellow...it was neat to see! The history of the temple was pretty interesting and we took tones of pictures. From there we toured a few others temples and went on a hot air balloon ride. The balloon actually stayed attached to the ground but it went up pretty high and we got an awesome aireal view of the whole area! Some people spend up to a week looking at all the temples but after that day we knew we were done. We asked our tuk tuk driver to bring us to one last temple where you can watch the sunset. Despite the hundreds of people that were there it was a pretty neat way to finish off!!! We did alot of shopping in Siem Riep and in the middle of one of the markets was a fish massage place. You sit around this massive tank and dip you feet in. There are millions of fish inside that come up and nibble all the dead skin off you feet. Dean went for it and after a few minutes of pure laughter because of the tickling he sat back and enjoyed for 30 min! In the end his feet were baby smooth! We didn't have a camera with us but we wished we had gotten a picture of it.

From Siem Reip we decided to go to Shianouk ville......in other words...the beach! We spent 5 days there! Relaxing at our super low key bungalow guesthouse. We had the best bungalow at the place. It over looked to the ocean perfectly and we slept with the door open so we could let the waves put us to sleep! The place was owned by a german lady and she had 9 staff. By the time we left we felt like we were part of the family! It rained every afternoon here and we passed the time playing scrabble of all things...by the end we were getting pretty good...so good we were surprising ourselves!! The only bad part of this place was the huge and I mean huge amount of begging and selling of local goods! You couldn't even enjoy a dinner or a walk on the beach without being bombarded with people wanting money! The saddest part was that the majority of people were kids....little kids 7-12 years old. It was so hard to say no and we ended up buying alot of friendship bracelets. We felt bad because it got to the point where you were almost 'shooing' away the people...like they were annoying animals. It was not an experience that we enjoyed but it was definetly an eye opener!!

From there we went to Phenom Phen. This was the main place that I wanted to go to in Cambodia. Although now it is a very busy city....so busy you risk you life just to cross the street. Only 30 years ago it was being cleared out completly and was preparing for a genocide!!! It was here that we visited the Killing Fields and the Genocide Museum S21! I could go into great detail on the horrible things we saw here but I won't. After a day seeing what we saw there is not much room left for feeling good about much. It was so crazy to know and see first hand all horrible and inhuman things that happened only a short time ago... It was eye opening and as weird as it sounds will probably be one of the things that leaves the biggest impact on us!! In saying that, it was here that we sauntered into a pub across from our guesthouse and met a guy from Ireland who had been living there for 6 months and a local girl our age. The pub had a pool table that was free and Dean was in his glory. Together with our 2 new friends, the 3 of them were unstoppable for not one but 3 nights in a row!!! They ruled the table!! The girl we met, Davy, also brought us bowling (which I did join in on) and to a local restaurant where we had some of the best beef that we'd had on this trip!!

When we left Cambodia we were so glad that we had gone but were ready to move on. Of course though, who wouldn't be when you next destination is Bali!!!!!!!!! Dean already wrote about that and to say the least it was awesome! I wish we had more time there especially since our last day was spent in our overly priced hotel room! I'm still sick and ended up spending the night in the hospital in Bangkok but I think I might be starting to get better! Extremly dizzy and don't know why! I never thought I'd say this but I'm looking forward to going to the doctor when get home!!'

So that is it!! Time to go board our flight!!! We will post pictures on facebook when we get home and try and put a few more on here as well!! 3 months is done just like that! We never could have prepared ourselves for this trip! It went beyond our expectations. We met some great people and made new friends. We learned alot about ourselves, eachother (lol), our hopes and desires and dreams and of course 4 other countries!!!!! 4 countries that although were soooo different.....in the end had so many of the same qualities of home! We are looking forward to home....well we don't really have a home anymore!! But true to the saying....'Home is where the heart is" and this we now know to be true!!

Thanks to everyone who followed along with us! This is our last blog....of course....until the next trip..........

end of transmission

Bali must equal beautiful or cheap shirt.. one of the two, cause that is all I see and hear. For anyone who has been here, we are in Kuta Beach. Its very busy here and the roads are the size of sidewalks filled with people, scooters, vans and shop keeps. The beach is very large and boast a very nice pipeline for all levels of surfers. Like in Koh Tao with divers, everyone here is learning to surf. We arrived in the heat of mid afternoon and had no clue where we were heading. The taxi dropped us off from the airport and we began our searching for low budget accommodation. I do believe Bali has accommodation for all levels, from 10 to 1500 US a night. The first place we came across was a little out of the price range for a full week of staying, so we moved on. The next one was much cheaper plus it came with a wide range of mold for your likings all over the walls, and so , one after the next, they all had mold. Now this is nothing new for us pretty much everywhere we've gone we've had mold, but mostly in the bathrooms, here it was everywhere. The fifth place we found was only a couple years old, it was beautiful outside and had a large pool. Of course it had some black mold, but we were to tired to continue searching. We dropped our bags and had a new home. From there we wondered the streets and found Pizza Hut...mmmmmm!!! That was 6 Days ago, and now were leaving tomorrow, hopefully. So time to get you caught up. Since our arrival we have climbed a live volcano in the middle of the night via flashlights to watch the sun rise. WOW, it was amazing. We were told we're lucky cause there were no clouds blocking the view, we even had monkeys show up to watch and hope we feed them some of our breakfast. It was a highlight of the trip, of course. From there we walked around on the volcano. Its last blast was only ten years ago, when spued dirt and ash for a year. Our guides we great up until they tried to scam the five of us, telling us we need to pay more to go a different way back which was the way we were supposed to go, we all said no, we're not paying, we'll go back down the way we came and then in a split decision between the two guides, they said..okay we'll go this way, just don't tell our bosses we're not supposed to, our secret. We were all chocked and they lost our respect and tips. The mountain was beautiful and we still really enjoyed ourselves. From there our tour took us to this amazing outdoor hot spring, it was just what the body needed. And from there, we went for lunch at a buffet over looking the Volcano. Then from there to a spice/coffee garden where we saw the " great shit" coffee. Huhhh?? is what your saying, but if you have seen the Bucket List, then your memory is starting to come clearer. In Indonesia they have a type of coffee that they wait for an animal to digest the beans and then they take out the beans and roast and brew. It wasn't on the menu, but two of the animals were caged there! Great Shit Coffee, as they call it. ( I'm sorry I'm rushing this, you'll find out as you read further down) Then a monkey forest, and a beautiful rice Field view. Bali is a beautiful place from what we've seen so far, we are wishing we could keep traveling so we could see more of Indonesia. But at the same time, we are getting sick and tired of being sick and tired. Since arriving here, I thought I was jet lagged, body aches and really, really low energy levels, plus my stomach has been a bit off. Climbing the volcano was one of the toughest things I have ever done with not allowing myself to give up. I fell back after almost every step. I almost didn't make it, but then the guide said only ten more minutes and nobody but Kelly knew I was struggling. When we got back to the room Kelly slept and I got feverish. Kelly awoke and said she has had enough and took me to a docter. The docter ruled out the swine but was thinking maybe den gay fever. She did some tests and thinks it might just a be a flu or dehydration. I had my own theories, it was only since staying in the moldy room that had no air cirrculation and was only ten feet from the pool, I figured it was the room. We moved hotels and are now at the expensive one I first told you about :) I feel fine now, appetite is back and energy levels are great. This is me and now onto Kelly. Yesterday we para glided off a cliff and over a beach. It was amazing! So care free and at ease. Unfortunately your brain doesn't register it at the time, but its really like being on a roller coaster, you gain altitude and loose it just as fast. I went first and Kelly second. I felt like throwing up but thought it was just my illness. Kelly went next and she said that she had to repress it as well... after that we had a nice enjoyable dinner at Bubba Gump Restaruant like out of Forest Gump. It was a really cool place and the staff was super fun. After dinner unfortunately Kelly started to feel dizzy, we didn't think much of it, but when we got back to our room she started to feel spinney, which is totally different from dizzy.. Spinney is when you have had way to much to drink and your laying on your bed trying to go to sleep and your entire body is going round and round and round every which direction. Vertigo!! She is in the hotel right now laying in bed dealing with it. A full night and full day of it now, i feel so sorry for her. I went to the docter and got some meds for her, they help, but she is only allowed three a day. And after three hours they wear off, and we fly to Bangkok tomorrow morning! We have lots to say and more to tell you guys..but I want to get back to the room and be with her, she needs help just to get out of bed and go to the washroom.

So we have two full days in Bangkok and then off to the airport on friday. I can't believe how fast time has gone.
We are really capable of doing extraordinary things everday and we are living proof. Climbing a volcano in the middle of the night to para gliding the next day. What is something around you that is interesting you, that you only keep in the back of your mind. Right it down, research it, and most of all.. book it! Cause as we have found out, that is the only "hard" part!! Life is truely apreciated when your living it! Cheers for now, much love Dean.