{"id":539,"date":"2010-07-15T09:04:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T16:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2010-07-15T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T16:04:50","slug":"the-lts-big-adventure-season-2-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2010\/07\/15\/the-lts-big-adventure-season-2-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"The L&#038;T&#8217;s Big Adventure Season 2: Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/map_hk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-546\" title=\"map_hk\" src=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/map_hk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re off again!\u00a0 Today, we\u2019re flying to Hong Kong to begin the second &#8211; and longest leg &#8211; of our adventure, through Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of pics that we secretly snapped (shh!) upon takeoff from LAX \u2013 Cathay Pacific installed a frontal view camera below the plane behind the wheel well. \u00a0Neato.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100715-IMG_0236.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-547\" title=\"20100715-IMG_0236\" src=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100715-IMG_0236-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100715-IMG_0239.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-548\" title=\"20100715-IMG_0239\" src=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100715-IMG_0239-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who are cruising by our travel blog for the first time, welcome!\u00a0\u00a0 You can catch up on our whereabouts by diving in and out of some of what we\u2019ve done to date \u2013 here are some bookmarks in chronological order :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/03\/09\/bienvenido-a-buenos-aires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buenos Aires: Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/03\/15\/el-calafate-a-japanese-inn-and-cordero-asado-grilled-lamb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Patagonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/03\/23\/puerto-varas-chile-a-3-day-delay-on-lago-llanquihue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lakes District in Chile and Argentina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/04\/07\/mendoza-argentina-great-malbecs-steak-as-big-as-your-face-and-tourist-traps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendoza and Argentine wines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/04\/17\/vina-del-mar-chile-expectation-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Chile and Chilean wines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/05\/04\/salta-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/05\/11\/iguazu-falls-up-close-on-the-argentina-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iguazu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/05\/20\/back-to-buenos-aires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buenos Aires: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/06\/09\/hello-h-town-and-happy-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/2010\/07\/14\/san-diego-in-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that you\u2019re caught up, here\u2019s what we are planning for the next couple of months.\u00a0 After Hong Kong, we\u2019ll be exploring Malaysia from the east to the west, starting in Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, then south to north on peninsular Malaysia crossing over in to Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these travels will be new to us and very different from what we\u2019ve seen so far.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll be relying mostly on English and a bit of Mandarin. It will be hot and humid with loads of mosquitoes, BUT, there will be beautiful beaches and delicious (and odd) food.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we welcome you to follow along, send us a note from time to time, or look us up on Skype (tony_d_chen or leastpond).\u00a0 We\u2019d love to hear what\u2019s going on with you!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to hear about our time in Hong Kong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we\u2019re off again!\u00a0 Today, we\u2019re flying to Hong Kong to begin the second &#8211; and longest leg &#8211; of our adventure, through Asia. Here are a couple of pics that we secretly snapped (shh!) upon takeoff from LAX \u2013 Cathay Pacific installed a frontal view camera below the plane behind the wheel well. \u00a0Neato. 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