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Cambodia 2015

Cambodia, specifically Siem Reap, was amazing. Truly, one of the greatest visits for us on this trip. We were only in Cambodia for four days which ended up being far too short.

Siem Reap is the home of Angkor Wat and a bunch of other temple complexes; it’s the ancient capitol of Cambodia. We aren’t really ‘ruins’ people and don’t much care to see historical buildings so we had pretty low expectations going in to the visit. To help us along, we hired a tuk-tuk driver / guide, Sopheap, to bring us around to the sites because everything is spread pretty far apart. The places we visited were spectacular. So much so, we took about 2,800 photos – a new personal record in photos / day for me.

First thing off the plane we realized most everything is priced in US Dollars. That, in itself, isn’t all that weird and we’ve seen it a lot. The difference was that we could use USD to buy everything and ATMs even dispensed USD! We haven’t seen $5s, $10s, $20s or many $100s since leaving the US so it was pretty weird to see everyone, including Europeans and Cambodians, using USD all over the place. When we used USD to make a purchase we would get Cambodian Riel for anything less than $1 in change. Very quickly I had a huge wad of dollars and Riel. I felt like a high roller with the wad but it really amounted to about $8.77. Not high roller status, not even in a country like Cambodia.

The next really odd thing happened when we went to find dinner the first night. We wandered around the super touristy area called Pub Street and quickly stumbled across multiple, yes multiple, Mexican restaurants and bars. We love Mexican food, we haven’t had Mexican food since we left the US, why not have some food we love? We find a decent table, get some margaritas to wash down our chips & salsa, and ask each other – are we in bizzaro world? Like, is this real life? The food and drinks weren’t exact but they were close enough given Mexico and Cambodia are 9,677 miles apart . We ended up having quite a bit of local, Khmer, food and really loved it. Khmer food was like the food we had in Thailand but deliciously different.

Cambodia had a terrible tragedy with the rise of the Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge and the subsequent genocide of its populace. I didn’t learn a whole lot about South East Asia in school, especially the history of the area. I knew that the US bombed Cambodia during the Vietnam War but I didn’t know that the carpet bombing of Cambodia by the US during the Vietnam War was the catalyst for Pol Pot and his regime. It was quite surreal to tour the landmine museum and see massive amounts of ordinance from the US that never exploded or was dug up. Even today, many Cambodians are killed or injured from landmines left over during the Vietnam War. Very sad.

Sopheap did a lot for us and we are very thankful. On top of driving us around everywhere, he took us to his friend’s wedding, he brought us out to dinner on our last night, and he shared his stories of growing up and what life is like for the people living in Cambodia. Without him, the experience would not have been nearly as rich. He helped make our visit around Siem Reap the best on our entire trip.

Overall, this visit was a 10/10. We would absolutely go back.

Enjoy the photos!

Chris W.

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Thailand 2015

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We spent a little over a week in Bangkok and we thoroughly enjoyed our time! We did a lot of cool things like: three days of cooking classes, a day trip up to the old Thai capitol Ayutthaya, toured around Bangkok and even went to two movies! The people were so friendly & helpful, Bangkok was very modern and had all the amenities we could ever need, most things were very cheap, the food and sights were great! We didn’t really see a whole lot of Thailand, just Bangkok and Ayutthaya, and it’d be great to go back and see the rest someday. There were a ton of tourists and expats there, just a massive amount. Jacquelyn and I had been lamenting the fact Americans have been far and few in-between in our travel but there were many Americans in Bangkok and we’re good for awhile.

Thailand is the only country in the area that was not colonized by Europeans. The British were on one side (India, Myanmar) and the French were on the other (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam). The British and the French decided that Thailand would be a good buffer zone to prevent conflict between their colonies. Despite never being colonized, they definitely picked up some British habits like driving on the left side of the road. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and there are pictures and paintings of the King doing different thing like: pointing at stuff, holding swords, playing with his dogs, looking serious and taking photographs, all over Bangkok. Thailand is set up for tourism. All sorts of US brands are available, there’s many places that are a short flight from Bangkok and there’s a ton of guides available for anything a tourist could want to do.

We took three days of cooking class because Thai food is very yummy. We also like spicy food and have a fondness for Thai chilies. It’ a different type of spicy than other chilies. During our cooking classes, I added a lot of chilies to my Tom Yum soup and everyone was coughing once I started cooking my soup, even our Thai instructor. I was happy that I had a stuffy nose that day because I didn’t mind the noxious chili fumes. In another instance, Jacquelyn ordered Tom Yum soup from a street vendor; that soup is best described as “pure burning” and was more chemical weapon than food. Instant eyes watering, instant nose running, not delicious. I don’t think I’ve ever had anything that spicy. It hurt going in and out. That said, Jacquelyn finished it while I was running some errands. On my return, I found her staring at the wall. She didn’t say much other than, “I finished the soup”.

Our day trip up to Ayutthaya, the old Thai capitol, was very neat. It started by taking a $0.40 train ride two hours to Ayutthaya. We had read tourists could easily hire tuk-tuks in Ayutthaya to tour all the important sites so we didn’t do a whole lot of research on what we wanted to see. We found a driver who seemed nice; I asked him to “bring us around” while making a circle gesture with my hands. He nodded and we were off. It turned out to be a great tour and the driver was a really cool guy. Unfortunately, we couldn’t finish the tour with him because his tuk-tuk died so he recruited his friend to bring us back to the train station. His friend had a pimped out tuk-tuk with a huge stereo system, very funny.

Overall, our time in Thailand went very quickly. It was too bad because it was such a great place to visit, everyone was so friendly and helpful. I can understand why Europeans and Americans flock to Thailand and why some even settle in the country. I don’t blame them, there’s a lot to love about the country, the people, and their culture.

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Chris W.

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China 2014 & 2015

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So, where to begin with China? To start, China is a huge country with huge everything. China is the ‘Texas’ of the world. China: has the world’s largest population, has five of the top 10 tallest buildings, used more concrete in 2011-2013 than the US did in all of the 20^th century, uses the second largest rail network, contains seven of the top 10 busiest shipping ports, and, every year, has the world’s largest human migration, about 200million, for Lunar New Year. A national park we visited has 30million visitors a year which is about the same as the top seven national parks in the US. Prior to the Great Recession, about a quarter of all construction cranes in the world were in Shanghai. I think it’s one of the few places in the world where a person can see new infrastructure and buildings every visit. With each of my four trips to Shanghai over the last four years, the skyline looked appreciably different each time!

Unlike my last visits, which were always for work and about work, we wandered around the country and saw quite a bit. We visited big cities like Beijing and Shanghai while also spending a good deal of time out in the mountains away from the terrible air pollution. We had the chance to do “homestays” where we lived with local Chinese and even celebrated New Years with our hosts’s friends and family. They were amazing experiences. We had very open discussions with many different individuals about far ranging subjects from: voting, shooting guns, the Cultural Revolution, economic outlook, cultural norms, one child policy and political corruption. I’m not sure why guns came up so often but pretty much everyone wanted to talk about guns. Some would ask if I had used a gun and then their eyes would grow large when I told them I had shot many guns at many different things. One gentleman kindly taught Jacquelyn and I Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting. Jacquelyn’s a good artist but my creations would embarrass any parents if put on their refrigerator.

China was incredibly easy to travel through. We had next to no language issues even though it’s the least English speaking country we’ve visited and found many ‘allies’ for help along the way. Here’s a great example: we were in a rather touristy area that was off season so there were no other foreigners, let alone English signs, around. We needed to get from X to Y and took a bus. Someone showed us the correct bus to take but we soon realized we had no idea where to get off. Luckily, the bus driver remembered where most foreigners go, stopped the bus, opened the doors and muttered some Chinese while pointing back and forth to us and the bus door. Turns out, that’s where we needed to get off! Overwhelming, our experiences were like this in China. We were met with kindness, gratitude, and openness all along the way. Only a few times did people try to scam us. One that stands out as being particularly funny was when we took a tuk-tuk in Beijing and the driver refused to give me about $2 in change I was due. At this point in our travels, Jacquelyn and I work really well as a team; I stood in front of the tuk-tuk, so he couldn’t drive away, and started to yell at him. Right away, Jacquelyn joined the fray and was in his face yelling too. I’m pretty sure the guy was used to rolling westerners and westerners not getting upset about losing $2 because he was extremely surprised and quickly acquiesced. Many people have tried to scam us in our journey but we’ve become pretty good at dealing with scammers.

The Cultural Revolution destroyed most cool things in China so pretty much everything, including huge portions of the Forbidden City, are rebuilds or replacements. Other than some of the really big cities in China like Shanghai and Beijing, the cities are pretty void of a cultural heart like would be found in most western cities. We stayed overnight in Guilin while transiting across China, which had a population of about six million people, and is not a lot different in population than Chicago & suburbs. Most of the buildings were done up in the Soviet Style awesomeness; there was a nice lake to walk around and that was about it. To fix this issue, China is rapidly building old looking new buildings to attract tourists. It’s cheesy but also pretty hilarious in a sad sort of way.

So now the two bad things about China. First: the air pollution is really, really, really bad. Like, taste-it-in-your-mouth and feel-it-on-the-back-of-your-throat bad. Interestingly, each major city has different smelling / tasting air pollution. Shanghai (burning brakes), Beijing (plastic-ish + burning brakes), Xi’An (dryness+mining+dust+metals), and Shenzhen (metal working + sweet ocean breeze). Some of the cities in China are very beautiful, I look forward to the time where we don’t have to wait for a specific wind direction to get good, pollution free, views. Second: the Chinese people can be incredibly rude and gross. Cutting, shouting, bubble-invading is all very common along with spitting, blowing their nose on inanimate objects, coughing on people, and sneezing on people. I became pretty good at pushing people out of my way, it helps I’m a lot larger than most Chinese and I would generally just plow my way through willy-nilly. I’m sure those folks didn’t mind being pushed out of the way but I can’t be sure because I never looked back. Amazingly, the Manners Police are out in full force. I first saw the Manners Police in my last visit to Shanghai back in early 2013. They ran around and yelled at people doing gross things. Spitting openly is down significantly, tissues are used by most for blowing a nose, I only saw a couple people urinating in public, every person I saw was dressed, and I didn’t see anyone defecating in public anywhere. That’s progress!

We loved our time in China. We were lucky enough to celebrate 10yrs of being together, Christmas and New Years there. We very much look forward to going back!

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Chris W.

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Singapore 2014

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We had a great, albeit, short, week in Singapore. We didn’t know what to expect but whatever expectations we had were blown out of the water: easy to get around, great food, great people and pragmatism found pretty much everywhere. After spending about two months in Nepal and India it was like stepping back into civilization where things worked on the first try and there wasn’t a need for a plan A, B and C. We had a mini culture shock! I kept asking Jacquelyn, “is this really happening?” because the experiences were so different than our last two months.

Singapore is a developed nation of about 5.4 million people in an area 1/20th the size of the Twin City metro. There’s no Singaporean ethnicity just like there’s no American ethnicity. Singapore was a British colony and people from all over the region settled in the area. Because of all the different cultures, most of the information signs are in four languages (English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil) making for some pretty large information signs.

The blend of cultures brings a lot of great food, such amazing food. Singapore is unique with “hawker” stalls. It’s a group of food cart like restaurants under a permanent roof. Hawker stalls are all over Singapore and it’s possible to get many different dishes. One of the larger hawker sites we visited had 200 or so stalls. Food is cheap and plentiful so only about 15% of Singaporeans cook their own meals at home!

There was a surprisingly large amount of things to do. Lots of shopping, lots of parks, museums, and performances. It seemed as though there was always a very large mall nearby; I think there’s about 100 or so malls. We were able to find goods in Singapore that we haven’t seen since the US.

I had a chance to work with some Singapore suppliers in my last job. It’s hard to describe their work ethic and work product. Maybe it’s best described as an unrelenting tsunami of exceeding expectations. After visiting Singapore I can see why. Singapore has no natural resources, it’s tiny, it’s the only nation in the world to be given independence against its will and basically started from nothing. So, Singapore people being pragmatic as they are, decided to be good at business and trade. Now, it’s a wealthy country, a financial center, the second busiest port in the world and is a huge tourist destination.

The Singaporean airport was amazing. Butterfly garden, massage areas, sleeping areas, many food options, flower gardens, orchid gardens, free movie theaters, koi ponds, gaming area and so on. I was like, “is this real life? I thought airports were the places people went to go to get groped by undereducated, underappreciated, and underpaid security personnel.” It was such a shockingly huge difference. I’ve never experienced anything like it – I actually enjoyed our time at the airport! Unimaginable!

There were only two downsides for us: sin taxes on a lot of things and the heat. Alcohol, beer, candy, unhealthy snack food were all pretty expensive. A large pack of oreos and a large beer were about the same price, ~$15. Singapore is about 85 miles from the equator so year around it’s in the 90s with 90%+ humidity. So freaking hot.

We enjoyed the water show and all the beautiful flowers of Singapore so there’s a lot of photos of both.

Enjoy the photos!

Chris W.

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Trekking in Nepal 2014

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We spent about two weeks walking in the Himalaya before heading back to Kathmandu. We went to a region not too far from Kathmandu called Langtang / Gosiankunda so we fortunately missed the deadly avalanche.

The trek was pretty incredible: stunning scenery, great company, good weather, and delicious food. For the most part, the weather was incredibly good – good temperatures and clear skies. We hired a porter-guide, Sandesh, to help us along the way. We really lucked out, he was a great guy and we enjoyed spending a little over two weeks with him.

The scenery speaks for itself. Never have been around such incredible beauty; I hope to come back again in the future. There’s an immense tranquility at the higher elevations – no planes, no car noises, no Harley Davidson noises, no pollution, no/very few people, no cell phones, no radios, etc. It was so wonderfully awesome to completely avoid all the annoying sounds of humanity, I was quickly brought back to the numerous times I took off into the Black Hill and found my little corner of clarity in nature. The experience was a great reminder that I greatly enjoy being disconnected and having my own tranquil space free from the pollution of others. It was also great that I was able to share this experience with Jacquelyn; she has never hiked in this high of elevation, which is an experience in itself. It’s really hard to describe hiking / walking / trekking above 14,000ft: the sun is brighter, sounds carry further, there’s less pollution, and things just seem so much better!

We met all sorts of people on the trail from many different countries. tree huggers (literally came across a group of Brits hugging a huge tree, they asked me to take a photo of them), individuals trekking by themselves, huge groups of trekkers and porters, older individuals (70s-ish), people with very little gear / preparation (no sleeping bags, no coats, but just jeans and a sweater), and people with every last accessory (including matching bandanna). We did not meet many people around our age (early 30s) and those we did meet were all in Nepal for a short time because they had to get back to their jobs. We met a new group of people we didn’t quite enjoy being around and those are Israeli tourists. Quite a loud and obnoxious bunch seemingly oblivious to those they are around.

In order to pass the time, Jacquelyn and I read books and played cribbage. Before we left, we decided to have a cribbage contest which we aptly called “the Great Himalayan Cribbage Championship”. We decided the winner of the tournament would get to spend $40 or more at a restaurant of their choosing at a date of their choosing. Here in Kathmandu, a $40 dinner for two is quite luxurious. We played during the course of the trek and I was completely victories, utterly defeating Jacquelyn with exactly one victory to her zero. It was a great victory and I will reminder her for years to come.

The biggest surprise was the Nepali people. Talk about a bunch of very strong, very tough, very friendly people. For example, Sandesh, our porter-guide, is probably 5’3″ and I think I have somewhere around a 120lbs on him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he could bench press me. No matter what, he always had a smile on his face and was ready to go, even after eight hours of hiking misery and two family tragedies (uncle and cousin killed in Annapurna avalanche, child in ICU) during our trek.

We, at least me, didn’t have the huge, life altering, experience that many other people claim to have while trekking in the Himalaya. In fact, I feel pretty much the same as when I arrived. Sure, it was pretty, sure it was great to experience all the cultural difference, and yes it was very rewarding hard work, but it was just another awesome experience we’ve had on our trip – not a life altering experience which completely changes the way I think about life. I am OK with this, I didn’t think anything was wrong with me to begin with so there’s no reason why I needed the life altering experience :).

I broke up the photos into two groups. One group of 83 photos shows the various experiences on the trail. The next group of photos are artistic (if you can call it that) photos of the things we saw on the trail, pretty much mountain views. The second album of full of pretty stuff but no real content.

After the trek we went back to Kathmandu and hung out for almost two weeks. I’ll write about that later.

Enjoy the photos!

Chris W.

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St. Goar and Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2014

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I decided to break up our Germany trip into two posts because St. Goar on the Rhine River and Rothenburg ob der Tauber are pretty different than the rest of our travel through Bavaria.

We really liked St. Goar. It’s a tiny little town on the Rhine River. We rented bicycles and biked up and down the river finding all sorts of plants (hops, pear trees, apple trees, raspberries, and so on). The Rhine region is known as a Riesling region so we took advantage of the delicious wines with typical German meats and cheese! We rode a riverboat up the Rhine and saw all sorts of castles along the way. We hopped off at Bakarack and hiked up to the castle above the town. Whether by boat, car, bike or train, the Rhine River region between St. Goar and Bakarack is astoundingly beautiful.

We then went to Rothenburg ob der Tauber and was blown away by this medieval city. The original city walls from long ago are still intact and most of the inner city is as well. It was quite an experience and everything was done up in the traditional medieval way. It was very touristy but still fun to visit: we had a chance to walk the city walls, see a neat night tour, enjoy meat & cheese & bread and just had a very fun time!

On the way to Dachau were saw more of the Bavarian countryside and saw a lot of hops growing :). Germany isn’t a whole lot different than the Netherlands. There’s a lot more room, the trains are super easy to navigate, and the trains are very comfortable. The only downer is probably due to the internet. A lot of places that have advertised internet with their lodging have super crappy internet or have internet that only works in the common area. Otherwise, the food here in Bavaria is delicious and the people are great too!

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Chris W.

Amsterdam 2014

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We had an absolute blast in Amsterdam! We spent four nights in the same location, pretty different from our trip so far! We didn’t actually do that much in Amsterdam, we spent the time recouping and then spent the rest of the time aimlessly walking around. Jacquelyn had her 30th birthday in Amsterdam and we did it up in style with a very nice dinner, drinks, and a romantic stroll :). We loved the city, it was great weather and very friendly people. Four days was not enough, we look forward to visiting again some day!!!

Amsterdam was different compared to anywhere else we’ve visited. Here’s what we learned:

So many people. The pedestrians really lose out. Traveling by bike is the best way to go about visiting Amsterdam!
So compact. Everything is made to be small. Stairs, houses, roads, and so on.
The alcohol was so cheap! It sure beat the expensive alcohol in Iceland, Scotland, and Ireland.
The sweets, oh, man, the sweets were so good. So many things are sugar-ery delicious there!
The people were so friendly to us!
The vices. Almost everything is legal in Amsterdam. Pretty crazy! I think that is what leads to the laid back and very open attitude of the locals.
Food was cheap, way cheaper than what we have been accustomed to paying.

It’s hard to describe how great the visit was, we really want to go back as soon as possible!

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Chris W.

Ireland 2014

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We spent about a week in Ireland; we made a clockwise circle from Dublin -> Cork -> Killarney National Park -> Dingle -> Limerick -> Galway -> Dublin. The sun was out almost the entire time and we were even were sunburned from hiking for a few hours around the Cliffs of Moher! The scenery was fantastic, so green and lush. The people were very warm and welcoming, a very chatty bunch. Ireland was a lot of fun!

My most enjoyable experience in Ireland probably had to be the Cliffs of Moher. The pictures don’t really do it justice and it’s hard to explain. It was a gorgeous day and there weren’t many other people. We walked a few miles on the path along the cliffs. It was quiet, serene, and beautiful. It wasn’t an experience that happens often and I’m very happy that we were there to enjoy the cliffs :). The second best experience was in Galway. It was a beautiful evening and we enjoyed it to the max with the locals while drinking “cans” in the park.

Here’s what we learned:

Things were generally cheaper in Ireland with the Euro compared to the pound in Scotland. Gas is about $7/gal versus almost $10/gal in Scotland. Food is cheaper and lodging is cheaper, in some cases, by a large margin (25 – 50%).
The population density is higher in Ireland so there’s a lot more people clogging up the roads. It’s common to go about 1/2 the speed limit on single lane roads because of tractors, tourists and other cars.
People walk / run on the roads. These are very narrow roads that have no shoulders! When I asked one of our host about it, he merely said, “don’t walk in the middle of the road if you don’t want to get hit”. Great advice.
There are multiple Irish stouts, not just Guinness! Well, duh, most would think. However, they are just as good as Guinness! We spent time in Cork, where Beamish is made, and enjoyed a few pints. Our Cork host said that people in Cork don’t drink that Dubliner drink (Guiness) but drink a good beer, Beamish.
Ireland is super small. After driving across the width of the country we ended up forgetting something and we had to drive back only to turn around and go back to our original destination. It’s not often I can say I drove across a country four times in one day.
A full Irish breakfast comes with breakfast sausage and that sausage tastes terrible. It’s just like Scottish sausage. So gross. Breakfast beans are delicious.
The car rental was crazy cheap compared to Iceland and Scotland, about 30% of the rental costs we had in Iceland and Scotland.
It took less than two tanks of gas to make our entire drive around Ireland.
The Renault Clio is the biggest piece of crap car I’ve ever driven.
People still chat about the financial crisis like it was yesterday. From what I’ve gathered, Ireland’s still hurting. Some of the IMF “reforms” require Ireland residents to pay for their trash pickup and water usage (!?!?!?). It amazes me that an industrialized nation has citizen who do not pay for those items.
Raspberries grow wild all over the place in Ireland.

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Chris W.

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Scotland 2014

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We had a great, albeit, quick visit to Scotland. We flew into Glasgow from Iceland, drove up to the Isle of Skye, ran over to Aviemore, and our last city was Edinburgh. Surprisingly, we had quite a few sunny days! We really enjoyed the scenery, the people, and, especially, the cask ales. Jacquelyn was able to find a cask cider that was out-of-this-world delicious in Aviemore.

We were able to see the highland games outside of Glasgow in a very small city of Dunoon. Very, very, cool experience. We showed up to the Isle of Skye on a sunny day and had beautiful scenery. The single lane roads were tough to navigate at first but I was finally able to handle the narrow roads and driving on the wrong side :).

Here’s some things we learned:

Driving on the wrong side of the road is super tough, at first. Pulling out of Glasgow airport to drive to our first destination near downtown was an absolutely terrifying experience. The shifter is in the middle of the car and I have no coordination with my left hand!
Scotland is a few weeks from a vote on independence. It’s pretty cool to see the various political banners throughout the cities and countryside. It appears as though farmers are not big fans of independence. Maybe a subsidy related thing? I’m not sure.
Scotland has a hog-pogg of measuring systems. Speeds and distances are in imperial (miles, mph) and volumes are in metric. Weird.
Scottish sausage (think breakfast sausage) is terrible. I worked in a meat processing facility while in college and it tastes like like how the meat processing area smelled. Terrible. Just terrible.
We had mind-blowingly awesome fish and chips. Just out of this world delicious.
Driving on the wrong side of the road is already bad enough. Driving on the Isle of Skye where the two lanes (my lane & opposing traffic) drop to a single lane for both directions is insane. Buses, trucks, cars and sheep all share the narrow road.
Cask ales are the best. It makes me re-thing what I’m doing with my life and makes me want to drink only cask ales. It’s too bad cask ales are not common in the US.
The faucets are ridiculous. I guess the technology of combined hot / cold faucets hasn’t arrived to Scotland yet. Everyday we looked forward to either scolding hot or freezing cold water. No in-between.
We had very good weather in Scotland. I guess that’s not common.
Much like Iceland, gas is expensive at about $10/gal

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Chris W.

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Highland Games in Dunoon, UK, 2014

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We happened to come across the Highland Games in Dunoon Scotland. It was a very interesting sight to see! There were a ton of bag piping bands and then there was an actual competition between a group of guys and gals to throw various heavy objects various distances. I have no idea what the game names are so I’ve done my best to come up with the titles and the objectives:

Name: Tree trunk throw. Point: throw pointing tree trunk farther than the other guy.
Name: Ball and chain throw. Point: throw a ball and chain farther than the other guy.
Name: Stone throw. Point: throw a stone farther than the other guy.
Name: Rectangular stone toss. Point: throw a rectangular stone higher than the other guy.
Name: Baton toss. Point: throw a huge baton around without injury anyone.
Name: Sorta wrestling. Point: Wrestle with each other without using hands – so bear hug and body slam.
Name: Dance. Point: Dance.

I get some of the sports. I’m not too sure about all of them. I think lots of alcohol was consumed, bets were made and all of a sudden it was a sport for the Scottish.

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Chris W.

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