Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs Expenses Lodging Guide Schedule Preparation Route

Wes and Masami terminated their travels after 2 years 5 months and 21 days. Our itinerary had another 8 months that would have taken us through Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and much of South America. But even the freedom of travel has a natural psychological conclusion. As we traveled, we continued to ask ourselves: What's important in life? What do want to do? What did we appreciate before our travels? At what point will our dream of travel be satisfied? People differ. We met some people who thought 6 months was overkill. We met others who have been traveling for 5 years and have no intention of stopping. Masami and Wes both wanted to conclude our trip at the 24-month mark. Thank goodness we both felt like stopping at around the same time. Other couples we met weren't as fortunate.

Travel around the world with Wes and Masami Heiser.
Journal entries contain experiences, photographs, lodging guides, facts for the visitor, and maps with our travel route. We also record our preparations, schedule, and expenses.

Where are Wes and Masami now? Settled in Singapore

At the request of David and Tuti from Australia, we are posting this update on 15-March-2007.

4.5 years since terminating our world travel, Wes and Masami continue to live in Singapore. We have 2 kids. Emi, our daughter, is 3½ and Tyler, our son, turned 1 last week. We have a live-in Indonesian helper named Tari who attends to our perpetually noisy complaining kids and prepares fabulous meals for the family. Our only pet is a cat we adopted 4 years ago as a stray from the Cat Welfare Society of Singapore.
Wes works for the Cramer OSS Division of Amdocs. He manages a service implementation team of 30 spread across Asia Pacific. Masami is a stay-at-home mom deciding when she wants to return to the workforce.
For entertainment, Wes and Masami started weekly salsa dance classes 9 weeks ago. In addition, Masami does yoga, and Wes plays soccer as frequently as possible. We continue to splurge on quality cuisine and highly recommend the Provençal French restaurant Saint Julien at the Fullerton Boathouse in downtown Singapore.
Wes' and Masami's dream to embark on a multi-year travel has not subsided. Whilst we know the improbability of extended travel with young kids, Wes still wants to climb Mt. Anconcagua some day. In the mean time, we are keeping fit and healthy with the prospect of traveling freely sometime in the future.

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