Favourite Wild Animals
- manta rays
- elk
- sharks
- monitor lizards
- tarantula
- dolphins
- sea turtles
- monkeys
- camels
- black bear
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| Sea turtle- Maldives |
Best Markets
- Chatuchak Market, Bangkok- Thailand
- Friday Night Market, Phuket- Thailand
- Hoi An Night Market- Vietnam
- Ben Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh City- Vietnam
- Chiang Mai Tai Pae Gate Market- Thailand
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| Chatuchak Market- Bangkok, Thailand |
New Flavours of Ice Cream
- cherry blossom
- soy
- chestnut
- lavender
- green tea
- gold leaf
- matcha
- passionfruit
- corn
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| Gold leaf ice cream- Kanazawa, Japan |
Places We Noticed Lots of Garbage and Plastic
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Madaba, Jordan
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Phuket, Thailand
- Male, Maldives
- Malaysia...everywhere by Kuala Lumpu
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Thoddoo, Maldives
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| Plastic that washes up on the shore on Thoddoo- Maldives |
Wettest Days
- Kawhia Barn, New Zealand
- Drive through Iowa on our way home- USA
- Flagstaff, Utah- USA
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| Keeping dry playing darts in the barn- New Zealand |
Coldest Days
- Yellowstone overnight, Wyoming- USA
- Edith Cavell Hike, Jasper Alberta- Canada
- Yoho National Park, British Columbia- Canada
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| Unimpressed with the dampness and the cold- Jasper National Park, Canada |
Most Humid/Hottest Days
- Bangkok- Thailand
- Kuala Lumpur- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Maldives
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| Ice cream and air-conditioning stop in Bangkok- Thailand |
Most Air Pollution
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Osaka, Japan
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| Oppressive heat and air pollution- Bangkok, Thailand |
Craziest Drivers
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
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| Anything goes! |
Friendliest Countries
- Jordan
- Hawaii
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- New Zealand
- Maldives
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| Parker made friends all over Jordan |
Windiest Day
- Arches National Park
- Petra, Jordan
- Akaroa, New Zealand
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| Protecting themselves from the whipping sand |
Craziest Roads
- Malaysia- Mount Brinchang
- Hawaii- Miliolii Road
- Japan- mountain roads
- New Zealand- Summit Road Akaroa
- Jordan- highways throughout
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| Climbing up Mount Brinchang- Malaysia |
Most expensive gas
- Hawaii
- Jordan
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| Day-tripping in Hawaii |
Least expensive gas
- USA
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| Road-tripping through the USA |
Best Beaches
- Maldives
- Hawaii
- New Zealand
- Thailand
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| Thoddoo, Maldives |
Best shorelines
- New Zealand
- Canada
- Hawaii
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| Abel Tasman Beach- New Zealand |
Bites
- 2 fish
- 2 lizards
- 1 bee
- sea lice
- mosquitoes
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| Hungry snapper- New Zealand |
Car Trouble
- 2 flat tires on the trailer- Canada and USA
- 1 flat tire- Malaysia
- 1 towed car- Malaysia
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| Day 1- Orillia, Canada |
Things we lost
- goggles- Mike jumped into the ocean (Hawaii)
- goggles- Cheryl dropped them while running (Hawaii)
- a pair of socks- lost somewhere in Japan or Australia
- water ball- left it by the pool in Phuket (Thailand)
- baseball hat- left at a campground (USA)
- water bottle- left in airport hotel (Japan)
- swim shirt- Nathan drowned it in the Dead Sea trying to see how deep he could push it before it wouldn't float back up
- 2 cards from a deck of cards (Thailand)
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| The last time we saw the goggles- Hawaii |
Things that broke
- Mike's running shoes, sandals and replacement sandals...tough on footwear?!
- water bottle
- Water camera
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| Searching the markets trying to find shoes and sandals big enough for Mike |
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