A Day of Firsts – Arriving in Kota Kinabalu

Posted by Flip on Jul 14, 2011 in Blog, Southeast Asia 2011 | 4 comments

Drugs are bad, mmkay? In Malaysia, drugs are really bad. Possession of illegal drugs can get you executed. I wondered why the Malaysians are so against drugs, but having been here for a bit, I quickly figured it out. It seems that whoever created the traffic patterns and road layout here in Kota Kinabalu was high as a kite and they wanted to put an end to that nonsense. Just as an example,...

Six Weeks in Taipei

Posted by Flip on Jul 13, 2011 in Blog, Southeast Asia 2011 | 9 comments

It has been quite some time since we updated our blog with travel notes. Sara and I have spent the last six weeks or so in Taipei, Taiwan where our younger daughter was going to school to learn Chinese. We had lots of local adventures, but also worked on a few projects quite a bit, so it really wasn’t much of a vacation. I did come to realize that I very much love Taipei and want to move...