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Counting down 2008-09-25 08:55:33 Jennifer and I are leaving to go backpacking in four days. I can’t believe it’s finally here! We’re going to Hong Kong first for about three weeks.
Jen let me stay at my friend George’s house for a few days. I wanted to spend as much time as I could with George. [...] Read more:Counting
Introduction 2008-09-25 08:52:06 Hey everybody! Thank you for visiting! I’m Lil Dave the monkey. I will soon be going backpacking RTW (’round the world) with Jennifer and Ivan. Please read the About page to learn more about me, Jennifer, Ivan and my dad Dave. Jennifer and Ivan asked me to come along a [...] Read more:Introduction
Buddha drinking tea while on a horse 2008-10-11 03:29:42 Ivan, Jennifer and I went to Lantau Island on October 7, 2008. Yes, another day out. I am not used to going out so much. We took the Ngong Ping 360 railway cars up to the top. It takes 25 minutes to get to the top. There’s a pole in the middle of the railway [...] Read more:Buddha
Banana rain 2008-10-06 12:11:10 We all woke up on October 4, 2008. It was time to check out of the Marriott Courtyard. I watched while they both packed everything up in the room. I packed up my monkey bag too, and made sure that I didn’t leave any bananas behind. Ivan, Jennifer and I went to [...]
The Peak celebration 2008-10-04 22:25:33 On October 2nd, 2008 we went to The Peak on Hong Kong Island. It’s a high area overlooking the city. There are shops and restaurants at the top. Ivan, Jennifer and I waited in the long line to buy tickets. It was still busy because of the Chinese holiday. The [...] Read more:celebration
Lots of Walking and Fireworks 2008-10-02 11:34:25 Jennifer and I had to wake up early to catch our flight to San Francisco on September 29, 2008. It was nice because it turned out that nobody was sitting to Jennifer on the first flight. She let me sit in the seat. It was definitely better than being in a backpack for the whole [...] Read more:Walking
, Fireworks
Lovely Lijiang 2008-11-04 04:58:32 We arrived in Panzhihua around 8 am on October 30, 2008. We took a long taxi ride to the bus station. We bought bread, bananas and dried tofu for breakfast. We got on a bus heading to Lijiang. It was going to be a 7 hour ride. We were the only ones on the bus. [...] Read more:Lovely
Climbing Mt. Emei and a Scary Monkey 2008-11-01 09:32:01 Ivan, Jennifer and I checked out of the Teddy Bear Hotel on October 28, 2008. I wish I could have taken Ted traveling with us. We’re off again to another adventure. All this moving around takes a lot out this cute monkey! We put our luggage in the luggage storage room. They lent us walking [...] Read more:Scary
Spicy Opera 2008-10-31 06:54:53 We walked to the Wenshu Monastery on Sunday, October 26, 2008 from Sim’s.
It was a nice area to walk around in. We saw some great relics, a garden and halls.
There was some great big statues inside. We went to find the teahouse. It’s bottomless tea. There are guys who walk around and refill your teacup. [...] Read more:Spicy
Panda Garden 2008-10-26 06:11:55 Our train arrived at 2:30 pm in Chengdu on October 24, 2008. It was thirty minutes early. We were going to get picked up from somebody from the hostel. We got a taxicab to the hostel instead of waiting for the ride. We checked in at Sim’s Cozy Garden
Hostel. This hostel is really big. [...] Read more:Panda
A Monkey good time! 2008-10-26 01:30:06 We had some lunch at the 7th Heaven Cafe on October 22, 2008. We then walked around town. Ivan was looking for a place called Monkey Jane’s. It’s a rooftop bar. We finally found it. It has a sign but it’s a little hard to see. We decided to chill here for a little while. [...]
Mud Bath, Cooking and a Light Show 2008-10-22 11:29:16 We went to 7th Heaven cafe for breakfast on October 19, 2008. Ivan and Jennifer had omelets. I had a banana pancake. We were going to rent a moped for the day. The place to rent mopeds and bicycles was right next to the cafe. We ate outside. Ivan and Jennifer kept getting bugged by [...]
Monkey traveling upside-down near a cave 2008-10-21 10:31:17 Ivan, Jennifer and I went to the Reed Flute Cave in Guilin on October 17, 2008. Right when you walk into the area, you get pestered with people trying to sell you books, postcards or a bamboo ride. Ivan said later to one lady. For some reason they kept bugging Ivan and not Jennifer. Most [...] Read more:upside
More Macau, Train Ride and Guilin 2008-10-18 04:59:36 I forgot to mention that I put a video of Ivan sawing wood at the Happy Valley Racecourse. Check it out on the post called Buddha drinking tea while on a horse or on the video page.
We wanted to see more of Macau. We had some sandwiches right by the hostel on October 14, 2008. [...] Read more:Train
Cute dogs, Crepes and Macau 2008-10-16 05:00:10 Ivan, Jennifer and I met up with two local couchsurfer girls on Sunday, October 12, 2008. They both were named Winnie. One of the Winnie girls thought we should go to a wanton noodle shop that was near by. So, we went inside to order. Ivan had the fish ball soup. Jennifer got the shrimp [...] Read more:Crepes
Ocean club 2008-10-13 20:41:06 On the 10th of October we all went to Ocean
Park. It was a short bus ride away from the center of town, in Aberdeen. I had heard lots about it, as its mentioned in all my monkey Hong Kong guides. Apparently they have a few rides there that even little monkeys like me can [...]
Rainy sights 2008-11-24 06:17:15 Ivan, Jennifer and I had the complimentary breakfast on the morning of November 20, 2008. We waited for Thao and her friend to arrive. Thao and her friend Zoom met us in front of the hotel. We rented a motorbike and we were off. We rode around the countryside.
It was a little rainy [...]
Tam Coc caves and Hue 2008-11-23 06:43:43 Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up in Ninh Binh on November 18, 2008. We had some banana pancakes. We rented a motorbike from the hotel and drove to Tam Coc. Here we hopped on a boat. It was an overcast day. There was a guy and a lady rowing the boat. We were going to [...]
Cyclo Prison 2008-11-18 19:59:46 Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on November 16, 2008. We met the whole group at the restaurant again for breakfast. It was banana & chocolate pancakes. It was good. We boarded a new boat and were leaving Cat Ba Island. Ivan and Jennifer mostly just read their books. I liked to bask in [...] Read more:Prison
Halong Bay trip 2008-11-18 19:54:00 Sometimes I have trouble writing the blog posts. So, I can get a bit behind. Jennifer said I have Writer’s Block. But, I call it Banana Block since I can’t keep thinking of bananas.
Ivan, Jennifer and I had to wake up extra early on the morning of November 14, 2008. We were picked up [...]
Walking around Hanoi 2008-11-18 19:50:32 Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on the sleeper train on November 13, 2008. We got to Hanoi
, Vietnam at 5:15 am.
As we exited the station, there were a bunch of ladies standing there demanding that we hand over our train tickets before we could exit the station. Jennifer had left the tickets [...] Read more:Walking
Last day in Sapa 2008-11-16 23:31:33 Ivan, Jennifer and I went to have breakfast on November 12, 2008. It was complimentary since we had to check out of the hotel at 11 am. It was alright. We checked out of the Royal Sapa Hotel.
We rented a motorbike. Ivan drove us to the Baguette and Chocolat.
We had lunch there. [...]
You buy from me? 2008-11-16 22:56:14 Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on November 10, 2008. We had breakfast at the Highland Bakery. Then, we were off on our trek around Sapa, Vietnam for a day and a half. The other people who were also going were an Israeli couple and a Swiss girl named Marina. Our guide was a [...]
Exploring Sapa, Vietnam 2008-11-13 09:06:36 Ivan, Jennifer and I arrived in Hekou around 6 am on November 8, 2008. It was right by the Vietnam
border. So, we were still in China. We met an American couple from California. They were also going to Sapa, Vietnam. We all had to wait until 8 am when the border opened up. We [...] Read more:Exploring
Kunming likes to party 2008-11-09 01:00:44 Ivan, Jennifer and I woke early on November 6, 2008. We were taking a bus from Dali to Kunming, China. We had breakfast and then we walked to town. We went to the travel agency. It turned out that the 9:10 am bus was broken. The next bus would leave at 10:30 am. Ivan wanted [...]
Massages and Pizza in Dali 2008-11-07 01:14:48 We woke up on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 in Dali. We went to get breakfast at the guesthouse. It was good. We switched to the Song room before heading out. We rented bicycles. We went with an English couple (who we’ve seen in Chengdu and Mt. Emei) and a guy to the Three Pagodas. It [...] Read more:Pizza
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