AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 | Views [156]
I booked a room at this beautiful victorian hostel, the Nunnery,
in the Melbourne neighborhood Fitzroy, which is funky neighborood
filled with great resturantsand shops. Across the street from my hostel
was carlton gardens and the melbourne museum ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 14 Feb 2009 | Views [112]
After visiting the Barossa, I drove to Mildura which is close to the
triple border of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. Mildura
is on the Murray river (Australia's biggest river) and is the
breadbasket for Australia, with lots of bulk ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 13 Feb 2009 | Views [120]
Before driving up to the Barossa, I did a tour of Heighs chocolates in Adelaide. The chocolate was quite good, and I was ready for some wine. Sadly, I had trouble getting out of town. The signs were terrible and the roads were not straight. Imagine ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009 | Views [142] | Comments [1]
I flew from Perth to Adelaide and took a shuttle to my hostel. Adelaide
seemed quite empty. There were nice wide streets. There were parks.
There were not many people. But it seemed like a nice town. After
checking into a pretty good hostel ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [172]
I decided to rent a car and head south to Margaret River which is 3
hours south of Perth. I was excited since its a famous wine region.
But its also a very popular escape for the folks from Perth. I could
not find any hotels on the internet down there, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [161] | Comments [1]
I flew into Perth (Australia) the day before new years. But even before I arrived I made a discovery. Perth was rediculously expensive. I even found a dorm room in one of the hostels going for $55 (US)/night. Wow. Actually, everything was expensive ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [149]
After Phuket I flew down to Kuala Lumpur for a 1.5 day stopover on my way to Australia. After having a lot of trouble finding my hotel, I eventually found it and it turned out to be a nice and friendly place just behind the new mall (Times Square). There ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 25 Jan 2009 | Views [226] | Comments [1]
I was oringally planning on going to Ko Phi Phi on the way from Krabi to Phuket, but instead took a bus directly to Phuket. Now Phuket gets a bad rap on the backpacker circuit. Like bali, its a place where the highenmd resorts have taken over much of ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 12 Jan 2009 | Views [197] | Comments [1]
I could not decide if I should: a. Fly to Krabi b. Take a direct bus c. Take the sleeper train to Surat Thani and then switch to a bus While I was dilly dallying, a became expensive. I eventually went to the train station on my last day in Bangkok ... Read more >
Tags: krabi
THAILAND | Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [199]
I mostly came to bangkok to visit with two college friends. Ironically, I only saw one of my closest friends from school, Rolondo, who was on my hall freshman year, and was also a physics major, once. But I got to spend a lot of time with Paul, who was ... Read more >
Tags: temples
THAILAND | Thursday, 25 Dec 2008 | Views [265]
I traveled back to Chang Mai on my way down to bangkok, but I planned to stay over 1 more night in Chang Mai for Logistical reasons. The first reason is to insure that I could book a sleeper seat in the night train to bangkok (which had to be done at ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 | Views [176]
Tired of city life, I headed North to Chiang Dao in the Mountains. My typical trip, started with a shared taxi across town for 20 baht to the bus station, a 1.5 hour bus ride for 40 baht, and then a 10 minute ride in (an empty) shared taxi for 150 ... Read more >
Tags: trek
THAILAND | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [367]
The Elephant has long been the symbol of Thailand. A majestic animal. It roamed the jungles, lived near streams and was occasionally put to work in the service of kings. It even was used as a religious symbol at temples. While some roamed free, ... Read more >
Tags: elephant
THAILAND | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [247]
I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand's second city, and Major city in the
North. It is a huge place, sprawling for miles in all directions, with no tall
buildings. It is also a pretty place. Surrounded by mountains, with a nice
river, and an old ... Read more >
Tags: riverside bar
LAOS | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [225]
I booked a highly rated hostel in Luang Prabang (A World Heritage site in Laos, Described by my friend Thy as the best place to chill in asia) called SpicyLaos. In some
ways it was great. The manager was extremely helpful. They organized excursions ... Read more >
Tags: laos
cooking
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [244]
My final morning I woke up deliberately at 4AM, since I was supposed to get picked up at 4:30 by my tuk-tuk driver to go see the sunrise. I had no idea what time I needed to be at Angkor Wat. By 4:45 my driver still had not shown up, and I tried ... Read more >
Tags: angkor
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [182]
My second day at Angkor Wat started badly. Again I was woken up at 4 AM by the dogs and had to wait until 7AM for the driver.
After stewing for a while, I decided I didn't like the plan that my driver had
come up with. From the pictures and descriptions ... Read more >
Tags: angkor
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [229]
Angkor Wat was one of my dream destinations and the centerpiece of my trip. Unfortunately, pretty much everything went wrong with my trip there. It started with my getting booked in a guesthouse that had some major flaws. First they spoke almost no ... Read more >
Tags: angkor wat
CAMBODIA | Saturday, 6 Dec 2008 | Views [398]
Phnom Penh has lots of things going for it. It has a beautiful
riverfront setting. Great French Colonial Architecture. Wide
boulevards. The residents are young and very good looking. The food is
great.
But everything about the city makes me want ... Read more >
Tags: pp
genocide
khmer rouge
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 6 Dec 2008 | Views [198]
I had a very short visit to Kuala Lumpur (KL) on my way to Cambodia because my flights did not connect, so I visited for less than a day. Most people say that KL is boring and there is not much to see. I just can't understand that. I had lots of things ... Read more >
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