Out of the "Rat Race" and around the Pacific Rim in 5.1 months.

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We've left our "comfort zone" and are looking for adventure, fun and friendship. Come with us as we explore Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Singapore and Thailand. We've packed the sun screen and left our winter jackets behind!

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  Los Angeles Airport   Los Angeles, CA on Oct 5, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Tokyo   Tokyo, Japan on Oct 5, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  First full day in Tokyo   Tokyo, Japan on Oct 6, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Day 3 in Tokyo and it has stopped raining!   Tokyo, Japan on Oct 7, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Nikko and the Rinnoji Temple   Nikko, Japan on Oct 8, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Hakone   Hakone, Japan on Oct 10, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Hakone with Sulphur   Hakone, Japan on Oct 11, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Travel to Takayama   Takayama, Japan on Oct 12, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Hiroshima   Hiroshima, Japan on Oct 14, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Day Trip to Miyajima Island   Miyajima Island, Japan on Oct 16, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Travel to Himeji-jo Castle and to Kyoto   Kyoto, Japan on Oct 17, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  First Full Day in Kyoto   Kyoto, Japan on Oct 18, 2006 11 pictures 1 comment
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  Second Full Day in Kyoto   Kyoto, Japan on Oct 19, 2006 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Travel to Sydney via Singapore and Osaka   Osaka, Japan on Oct 21, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Transfer via Singapore   Singapore, Singapore on Oct 21, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Arrival in Sydney for a quick jaunt until Cairns   Sydney, Australia on Oct 22, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Cairns   Cairns, Australia on Oct 22, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Port Douglas   Port Douglas, Australia on Oct 24, 2006 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Great Barrier Reef - Agincourt Ribbon Reefs   Great Barrier Reef, Australia on Oct 27, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Mission Beach for some R and R   Mission Beach, Australia on Oct 28, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Townsville   Townsville, Australia on Oct 30, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival on Magnetic Island   Magnetic Island, Australia on Oct 30, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Airlie Beach   Airlie Beach, Australia on Nov 1, 2006 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Daydream Island Resort   Daydream Island, Australia on Nov 3, 2006 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Hervey Bay and Fraser Island   Hervey Bay, Australia on Nov 6, 2006 40 pictures 0 comments
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  Noosa Heads   Noosa Heads, Australia on Nov 10, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  The Australia Zoo (Crocodile Hunter Zoo)   Lisa's not here to tell me, Australia on Nov 12, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Brisbane   Brisbane, Australia on Nov 13, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Surfer's Paradise   Surfer's Paradise, Australia on Nov 15, 2006 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Byron Bay   Byron Bay, Australia on Nov 17, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Newcastle and Hunter Valley Wine Region   Newcastle, Australia on Nov 21, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Sydney   Sydney, Australia on Nov 22, 2006 41 pictures 0 comments
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  Blue Mountains   Blue Mountains National Park, Australia on Nov 27, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Canberra   Canberra, Australia on Nov 30, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Melbourne   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 1, 2006 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Philips Island, Winery and the Penguin Parade   Philips Island, Australia on Dec 4, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Great Ocean Drive to Adelaide   Great Ocean Drive, Australia on Dec 5, 2006 26 pictures 0 comments
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  The Grampians   Grampians Park, Australia on Dec 6, 2006 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Adelaide and Barossa Valley   Adelaide, Australia on Dec 8, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Kangaroo Island   Kangaroo Island, Australia on Dec 12, 2006 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Return to Melbourne   Melbourne, Australia on Dec 13, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival into New Zealand and Christchurch   Christchurch, New Zealand on Dec 16, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Kaikoura   Kaikoura, New Zealand on Dec 19, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Nelson for the first time   Nelson, New Zealand on Dec 20, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Abel Tasman Park and Hike   Abel Tasman, New Zealand on Dec 21, 2006 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Greymouth   Greymouth, New Zealand on Dec 26, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Franz Josef and the Glacier   Franz Josef, New Zealand on Dec 27, 2006 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Wanaka for New Years   Wanaka, New Zealand on Dec 29, 2006 19 pictures 0 comments
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  A Town Fit For a Queen   Queenstown, New Zealand on Jan 2, 2007 38 pictures 0 comments
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  Milford Sound Day Trip out of Queenstown   Milford Sound, New Zealand on Jan 3, 2007 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Dunedin   Dunedin, New Zealand on Jan 8, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Takepo   Lake Takepo, New Zealand on Jan 10, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Return to Christchurch   Christchurch, New Zealand on Jan 12, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Kaikoura For the Trek to the North Island   Kaikoura, New Zealand on Jan 14, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The Capital of NZ   Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 16, 2007 36 pictures 0 comments
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  Napier   Napier, New Zealand on Jan 19, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Taupo   Lake Taupo, New Zealand on Jan 21, 2007 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Rotorua   Rotorua, New Zealand on Jan 24, 2007 39 pictures 0 comments
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  Mount Maunganui   Mount Maunganui, New Zealand on Jan 28, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Whitianga in the Coromandel Peninsula   Whitianga, New Zealand on Jan 28, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Paihia on the Bay of Islands   Paihia, New Zealand on Jan 31, 2007 38 pictures 0 comments
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  Auckland   Auckland, New Zealand on Feb 4, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Singapore   Singapore, Singapore on Feb 8, 2007 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 12, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Kanchanaburi   Kanchanaburi, Thailand on Feb 12, 2007 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Ayuthaya and Chao Phraya River   Ayuthaya and Chao Phraya River, Thailand on Feb 13, 2007 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Chiang Mai   Chiang Mai, Thailand on Feb 15, 2007 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Hilltribe Trek   Somewhere in Northern Thailand, Thailand on Feb 18, 2007 41 pictures 0 comments
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  The Golden Triangle   Somewhere near Thailand, Burma and Laos, Thailand on Feb 22, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Back in Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 24, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Krabi   Krabi, Thailand on Feb 26, 2007 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Koh Nao Yoi or something like that   Koh Nao Yoi, Thailand on Mar 1, 2007 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Phuket   Phuket, Thailand on Mar 4, 2007 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Tokyo Stopover   Tokyo, Japan on Mar 6, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  We Have Returned to Toronto!   Toronto, Canada on Mar 7, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments