The Travel Thief

A few days late, but Happy Christmas!  Funnily enough, I don't typically get travel themed gifts from people.  I have relatives who always get me things that are stuck in a certain theme, but they haven't latched on to the fact that I am travel obsessed.  A few years back, my brother/sister-in-law got me and my husband an awesome travel map that's worth its own post sometime, but this year, my stepfather takes the prize for most enjoyed gift. He got me a book of transit maps of the world.  And to be honest, it sounds boring when you type it, but I LOVE IT.  It has the rail/metro/subway/etc. maps from about 250 cities worldwide, including some places I've never heard of before (note to self: learn more about Brazil, what is there outside of Salvador, Brasilia and Rio?). I think the reason that I love it so much is that when I travel, figuring out how to get around is part of the fun. Then, when your plan works seamlessly and you are transiting around with eas...

It's been a long time since I last posted ! My life schedule has been allowing only a sliver of time daily in a jam packed schedule.  One of the fun things that contributed to that hectic time was our trip to Hong Kong and Bali!  It was the first time to visit either destination and Hong Kong officially marked off 60 different countries that I've been to around the globe. Cheers to me! A drink called a Mulan at the Chin Chin bar Before I get into the main part of the post, I'm reminded of something a friend said to me at a holiday party last week. I was talking about visiting new countries versus revisiting places around the world and she asked "Why would you ever go back to any place you had already been?". As much as there is the thrill of conquering a new country I do LOVE going back places that I've already been. There are of course places that I would not really want to revisit, but most places I've gone to I can find a reason to go back. Travel...