Delayed in Denver

Tired at Denver airport, we set up shop in this cozy little nook that we named Toenail Alley, after the sliver of yellowing toenail that we found in the carpet. It is modest home, smells like stale farts, and is thankfully only for the time being.

Final Tally

1 is very bad

5 is average

10 is impossible

Hong Kong - 9.25
Macau - 5.5
Bangkok - 6.5
Cambodia - 9
Phuket - 7.5
Phi Phi Islands - 8.25
Bali - 8.75
Kuala Lumpur - 7
Kota Kinabalu - 7.75
Singapore - 6.75

We genuinely enjoyed are time everywhere, and even Macau's tepid 5.5 was a cherished experience.  I originally intended to do a short impressions write up on each place now that I finally have the time to actually communicate properly, but I am going to allow the trip to sink in a little more.  The whole trip, these blogs were generally written very late, with the thoughts of the day messily spilling off of my fingertips and on to the computer screen.  I felt like I was crudely smearing our experiences out across the blog in words, and I would lament my omissions and errors like an obsessive hypochondriac without a doctor, since I had no time to nitpick.  If you know me well, then you know how difficult this was for me to share a very crude, rushed, generally unfinished product with the world.  I am profoundly grateful for everyone that read the blog, and I know Kristin is too.  It was a great experience and we were both blown away by how many of you tuned in.  See you on the next trip you loons!  

    

We are home!

After an exhausting day through the airports of Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Los Angeles; we finally arrived home in Dallas.  We were greeted at the airport by our driver and confidant, Monsieur Lou (pictured below).  He was dapper as always.

We spent our last day in Hong Kong shopping in the Kowloon area.  We hit up the ladies market, temple street night market, jade market, and a bunch of malls.  It was a great way to cap off the trip.  We both realized how much we love Hong Kong. and can definitely see an extended stay there in the near future.  Kristin and I are both open to suggestions for our next big trip, which will take place at some point in the first half of 2010.  We are leaning towards a road trip and camping adventure through Australia, but anything is possible.  Keep checking the blog, we are planning a couple of week long trips in the coming months (Montana and New England), and are going to update at least weekly with randomness.  Tomorrow, I will post our final ratings for each locale.

It took me until the last day, but I finally found peanut butter toast

Busy Kowloon

Crossing the street

Around the Temple Street Night Market. lots of shirtless guys

This guy was trimming his beard with small scissors

A neon corner

Kristin's chicken fried rice

A Hong Kong park at night

The very cramped Ladies Market, which actually

sells more than just ladies stuff

Saying goodbye to Dallas

Kristin and I are officially on our way out of Dallas. We had a golden retriever escort us to the airport. Kristin's dog, Lou, saw us off to our departure gate with her mom and

grandmother. It was a somber moment for us, but Lou paid no mind to

our sadness. He was too busy smelling strangers' bags.

We decided to grab one last meal at Cantino Laredo in the 

international terminal of dfw. We probably won't have another chance 

at Mexican food for quite a long time. We are staying in San 

Francisco tonight and leave for Hong Kong tomorrow. Talk to you guys 

later. 

Asia Map

Welcome to our blog. Kristin and I decided to do a travel blog because we travel a great deal, and want to share our experiences and advice with all of you.

We will be spending the month of July touring southeast Asia. Our trip begins with a flight from Dallas to San Francisco, staying a night to make a much needed pilgrimage to the "Full House" house, and then continuing on to Hong Kong. Our adventure takes us through a number of interesting places and we will do our best to update this website daily. We put some pictures from our past trips over the last year and a half up on the website over the last few days. You can find those trips in the sidebar.

What's with the name? Goboogo is a sort of inside joke between Kristin and I. For whatever god forsaken reason, there came a point in our relationship where we started referring to each other as "boo." Trust me, if I ever find a time machine, then tops on my list will be interrupting the series of events that set about this pet name transgression, but for now, it is what it is. When one of us is doing something noteworthy or special, the other will chant "Go Boo Go!" It is sort of a vocal encouragement. Now that you have been allotted a probably undesired and terrifying glimpse into our life, I will leave you alone. Here is a map of our trip:


View Asia 2009 in a larger map

We will be visiting China, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan for a layover on the way back home (and maybe for an extra week if we are not too exhausted).

I want to give a shout out to a few friends that have inspired me with their own wonderful travel blogs, Mark and Cathy Jackson, Jeff and Amanda Reierson, and most recently, Eric Rems. Thanks guys. Hopefully, our blog will be able to beat up your blog some day.

Justin