Nolen & Sue | Honeymoon Adventure

What better way to celebrate as newlyweds than to explore the world in a honeymoon adventure with your best playmate? We are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to take a trip like this, it would not have been possible...
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Reflection . . .

I have 6 hours until I hop on a plane home. As I reflect on the last 12 months with a smile on my face, I'm rejuvenated and filled with an optimistic outlook on the infinite possibilities life has to offer.
Never in my wildest dreams I thought I would ever travel (not long-term anyway) and I learned that if you want it bad enough, you'll find ways to get to where you want to be. One afternoon, I reflected on the things I thought I would never get to do!

See the spring blossoms in Japan
Get addicted to the best cream puffs I've ever had (they were truly Made in Japan)
Ride a bullet train
Walk in countless, mystical temples and shrines in Japan
Eat the freshest slice of sushi at Tsukiji fish market

See family I haven't seen in 25 years
Meet family I've never met in my life
Eat 5 meals a day: breakfast, mirienda, lunch, mirienda and dinner
Taste fresh fried Tawilis as it is only found at Taal volcano lake
Walk in warm tropical rain
Eat as many Philippine mangoes as I can stomach
Visit a town where I was related to half the residents
Visit the house where my dad was born
Hearing the call of a "toko" house lizard for the first time
Jump in the ocean and see a whaleshark - how insane was I?
Swim with schools of jackfish, barracudas and millions of baby reef fish
Set my eyes upon a flawless coral reef - the best I've seen
Play in the streets during a water festival in a town where I was born
In front of 20 locals, sing "Only You" to my husband in a bamboo shack at Sabang Beach

Discover delicious laksa
Run my hands thru the finest, softest sand I've ever felt and build sculptures and a drip castle with it
Visit a turtle sanctuary and nuzzle with newly hatched baby turtles
Eat purple rice and have the best banana roti I've ever tasted

Play dress up in an Indonesian wedding dress and take photos
Wake up to hundreds of ducks quacking outside the window as they graze on the rice paddies
See the sunrise from Batur volcano in Bali
Climb the famous mountain of Gunung Agung in Lombok
Catch a rickety boat and ride the ocean waves for 2 hours from Bali to Gili Trawangan without throwing up

Get lost in Sydney for 2 hours
Feed kangaroos and wallabees
Scuba dive with family and friends in the Great Barrier Reef
Laugh with aboriginal elders during a dot painting class
Play with red dirt
Feast my eyes on the ancient Uluru rock
Suck on nectar from a yellow grovilia flower
Find out where wichety grub are found

Drive on the left side of the road in a campervan for 2 months and survive it
Enjoy stars from the southern hemisphere
Catch my very first 3.5 pound rainbow trout and have it for dinner
Go whale watching and actually see a bunch of sperm whales
Dig for clams and later cook 'em up for dinner
Drive from a glacier to a beach in less than 2 hours
Kayak at Abel Tasman National park
Bungy jump 440 feet above the Nevis river twice (the second time in my birthday suit)

Make my own flower lantern float, light it up and send it downriver along with hundreds of floats
Feed, bathe, play and walk with elephants
Take a thai massage class
Make it through all of 10 days of a silent meditation retreat
Spend Vietnamese new year in Vietnam
Hike in between rice paddies
Have close encounters with water buffalos
Meet a cab driver who loved his job and considered it a university - he ranted greetings in 81 different languages

See the sunrise and sunset at Angkor Wat
Take refuge inside Angkor Wat temples during 100 degree heat
Teach english to young cambodian orphans
Walk in the killing fields

Fall in love with sticky rice with a side of dried-n-fried local riverweed
I never, ever thought I would ever like beer and really liked BeerLao
Go fishing in the Nam Ou river and not catch a thing
Go tubing
Sit next to a tiger for a photo op

Make new lifelong friends we met while traveling... . . .

Best but never least, experience all these beautiful moments with my best friend, husband and the true love of my life

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I have 6 hours until I hop on a plane home. As I reflect on the last 12 months with a smile on my face, I'm rejuvenated and filled with ...(read more)

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What better way to celebrate as newlyweds than to explore the world in a honeymoon adventure with your best playmate? We are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to take a trip like this, it would not have been possible... (more) Sign up for the notify list and receive email when a new entry is posted. subscribe unsubscribe	Reflection . . . I have 6 hours until I hop on a plane home. As I reflect on the last 12 months with a smile on my face, I'm rejuvenated and filled with an optimistic outlook on the infinite possibilities life has to offer. Never in my wildest dreams I thought I would ever travel (not long-term anyway) and I learned that if you want it bad enough, you'll find ways to get to where you want to be. One afternoon, I reflected on the things I thought I would never get to do! See the spring blossoms in Japan Get addicted to the best cream puffs I've ever had (they were truly Made in Japan) Ride a bullet train Walk in countless, mystical temples and shrines in Japan Eat the freshest slice of sushi at Tsukiji fish market read more » See family I haven't seen in 25 years Meet family I've never met in my life Eat 5 meals a day: breakfast, mirienda, lunch, mirienda and dinner Taste fresh fried Tawilis as it is only found at Taal volcano lake Walk in warm tropical rain Eat as many Philippine mangoes as I can stomach Visit a town where I was related to half the residents Visit the house where my dad was born Hearing the call of a "toko" house lizard for the first time Jump in the ocean and see a whaleshark - how insane was I? Swim with schools of jackfish, barracudas and millions of baby reef fish Set my eyes upon a flawless coral reef - the best I've seen Play in the streets during a water festival in a town where I was born In front of 20 locals, sing "Only You" to my husband in a bamboo shack at Sabang Beach Discover delicious laksa Run my hands thru the finest, softest sand I've ever felt and build sculptures and a drip castle with it Visit a turtle sanctuary and nuzzle with newly hatched baby turtles Eat purple rice and have the best banana roti I've ever tasted Play dress up in an Indonesian wedding dress and take photos Wake up to hundreds of ducks quacking outside the window as they graze on the rice paddies See the sunrise from Batur volcano in Bali Climb the famous mountain of Gunung Agung in Lombok Catch a rickety boat and ride the ocean waves for 2 hours from Bali to Gili Trawangan without throwing up Get lost in Sydney for 2 hours Feed kangaroos and wallabees Scuba dive with family and friends in the Great Barrier Reef Laugh with aboriginal elders during a dot painting class Play with red dirt Feast my eyes on the ancient Uluru rock Suck on nectar from a yellow grovilia flower Find out where wichety grub are found Drive on the left side of the road in a campervan for 2 months and survive it Enjoy stars from the southern hemisphere Catch my very first 3.5 pound rainbow trout and have it for dinner Go whale watching and actually see a bunch of sperm whales Dig for clams and later cook 'em up for dinner Drive from a glacier to a beach in less than 2 hours Kayak at Abel Tasman National park Bungy jump 440 feet above the Nevis river twice (the second time in my birthday suit) Make my own flower lantern float, light it up and send it downriver along with hundreds of floats Feed, bathe, play and walk with elephants Take a thai massage class Make it through all of 10 days of a silent meditation retreat Spend Vietnamese new year in Vietnam Hike in between rice paddies Have close encounters with water buffalos Meet a cab driver who loved his job and considered it a university - he ranted greetings in 81 different languages See the sunrise and sunset at Angkor Wat Take refuge inside Angkor Wat temples during 100 degree heat Teach english to young cambodian orphans Walk in the killing fields Fall in love with sticky rice with a side of dried-n-fried local riverweed I never, ever thought I would ever like beer and really liked BeerLao Go fishing in the Nam Ou river and not catch a thing Go tubing Sit next to a tiger for a photo op Make new lifelong friends we met while traveling... . . . Best but never least, experience all these beautiful moments with my best friend, husband and the true love of my life « hide more « previous \| 04.19.06 \| Poetry \| comments (0)	Reflection . . .: I have 6 hours until I hop on a plane home. As I reflect on the last 12 months with a smile on my face, I'm rejuvenated and filled with ...(read more) rowena: you've done a great job with these photos Ate. i like the offering one too. the color in i... (more) Stefan Alexis: Nolen, you big, beautiful, poetic bastard your words actually made me salivate. I slobbered all o... (more) Search this site:
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