We've Reached a Milestone...DAY 100!

Having a Blast on Had Rin Beach, Koh Phanyang, Thailand
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Today is a very special day to us, it is the hundredth day of our trip! Wow, we can't believe the time has gone so quickly and it saddens us that as of today, we have exactly one month left of the trip. The past 100 days have just flown by. We have done so much, met so many wonderful people, seen incredible sights and have had a blast. We decided last night that we needed a special blog entry entry for today, and we figured that a recap of our trip was appropriate. The pictures we are posting are our favorites form the trip.  Here's what we came up with...

Sending off our New Years Wishes in Chiang Mai
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Top 10 Cities We Have Visited

1. Beijing, China
2. Chiang Mai, Thailand
3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
4. Siem Reap, Cambodia
5. Nha-Trang, Vietnam
6. Hoi-An, Vietnam
7. Munei, Vietnam
8. Phenom Penh, Cambodia
9. Singapore
10. Ao-Nang, Thailand

Top 10 Sights

1. The Great Wall, China
2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
3. The Terracotta Warriors, China
4. Tianament Square and the Forbidden City, China
5. The War Remnants Museum, Vietnam
6. Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam
7. Killing Fields, Cambodia
8. S-21 Museum, Cambodia
9. Ho Chi Minh's and Mao Zedong's Mausoleums, Vietnam, China
10. Tiger Temple Caves, Thailand

Early Morning at Angkor Wat
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Top 10 Favorite Activities

1. Nha-Trang Boat Trip
2. Chiang Mai Trek
3. Mud Baths and Massages in Nha-Trang
4. Sand dune sledding and Jumping in Munei
5. 4 Island Boat Trip on the Adaman Sea
6. Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo
7. Parasailing in Nha-Trang
8. Shooting AK 47s in Phenom Penh
9. Waterpark and bowling in Saigon
10. 3 hour unplanned tour of Beijing in a taxi cab.

Top 10 Foods we have so daringly tried in Asia

Cu Chi Tunnels in Saigon, Vietnam
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1. Peking Duck
2. Springrolls and sweet chili sauce
3. Pad Thai
4. Loaded Baked Potato Pringles
5. Noodle Soup
6. Sweet and Sour Prawns
7. Baguettes
8. Spaghetti Bolognese
9. Hawaiian Pizza
10. Tom Yum Soup

Top 10 Drinks

1. Banana Shakes
2. Orange Fanta
3. Buckets
4. Angkor Beer
5. Beer Lao
6. Delat Red Wine
7. Johnny Walker Red and Ice Tea
8. Jasons
9. Ice Cold Water
10. Jasmine Tea

At the Forbidden City, Beijing
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Top 7 Koren Moments

1. Getting lost in a Beijing bar.
2. Wandering off to a sweatshop in Hoi-An. A 15 minute walk form where the rest of us were.
3. Koren's pronunciation: Hyena- hyhena.Terracotta-Terracottia. Mausoleum-Masoleum.
4. No knowing how to ride a bike
5. Her outside voice.
6. Getting stuck on a pole- it went up her skirt, and instead of Erin helping her down, she took a picture.
7. Watching her eat with chopsticks... half the food ended up in her mouth and the other half on the table.

The Great Wall
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Top 7 Erin Moments

1. Correcting Koren on all the words she can't pronounce properly.
2. Telling Koren to bring it down a notch and use her inside voice.
3. Finding Koren every time she gets lost.
4. Repeated clumsiness when it comes to holding glasses. "they just keep falling out of my hand"
5. Clumsiness and almost flying head first into a glass door at the Beijing Hilton.
6. Trying to explain something to locals who don't speak any english.
7. Getting a firework in the Eye.

Love the hats
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Top 10 Things We've Learnt

1. How to use squat toilets. (turn around)
2. No matter how slowly or loudly you speak to locals, they still don't understand you. We have gotten very good a charades.
3. Hand sanitizer in NOT a replacement for soap.
4. Aircon on a bus means windows and doors open.
5. In  China, yelling "fouyan" or "service person" is the only way to get anything and it is not considered rude.
6. You never wait for everyone to get their meals before you eat. Normally something doesn't come and appetizers are normally served after the main course.
7. Everything runs on Thai Time=LATE!
8. Even when warned, bus scams are unavoidable, and you just have to go with it.
9. When using a bucket toilet, it helps to fill the pail with water.
10. Canadians are still the most fun travel companions.

Well, there it is. 100 days in a nutshell! We have having an absolute blast, but are definitely excited to come home and see our friends and family. In honor of our 100th day, we are heading to the Nan Som river for a little tubing and beer Lao.

Check back in a couple of days for an update on Veng Vieng, Laos.