Trip: South East Asia
There are [104] stories from my trip: South East Asia
INDONESIA | Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | Views [1165] | Comments [1]
I've been nearly 8 months in Asia, and yet I've barely scratched the surface. This tiger has left deep impressions on my mind and soul. Dragged over many a culture shock inducing bump, I think I've gradually learnt to tame the animal (editor: OK enough!) ... Read more >
Tags: Conclusions?
INDONESIA | Sunday, 26 Aug 2007 | Views [2552] | Comments [1]
Bali is a small island with a large appetite. If you're not careful it can swallow you whole before spitting out a financially poorer, but experience richer you. This place seems to have everything: isolated bays to built up towns, hawkers to whores, ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island
INDONESIA | Sunday, 26 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
A liitle piece of paradise?
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INDONESIA | Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Views [3546]
It's a 03:30 start, but i don't feel particularly tired considering I've only had about 2 hours sleep and nearly 12 hours of travelling. What did i say about no more dawn starts! This ones for an active volcano, not a mountain and I'm being driven, ... Read more >
Tags: volcano
INDONESIA | Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
wow and ow
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INDONESIA | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
Unity in Diversity
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INDONESIA | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Views [1199]
It just keeps happening - yet again it's because I don't have a printout of my electronic ticket. It's with calm bemusement and true English sarcasm that flies over heads that I explain why I haven't printed out my electronic ticket. A passport, a ... Read more >
Tags: ruins
INDONESIA | Monday, 13 Aug 2007 | Views [1117]
I'm a millionaire! Alas my million rupiah don't go that far and my 2006 copy of the lousy planet is well out of date. I feel I paid a lot for one mosquito infested room in a seedy area of sleaze town - the rat in the room was thrown in for free. Hawkers, ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sunday, 12 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
I didn't dare use my camera to take what would have been good shots...
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SINGAPORE | Saturday, 11 Aug 2007 | Views [1269]
What images does Singapore evoke for you? Skyscrapers, cheap electronic goods, tiger beer, Raffles, a former British colony, a well placed island? I had an 8 hour journey from KL to form an opinion. Strict rules, clean, modern, diverse and just starting ... Read more >
Tags: island, wildlife
SINGAPORE | Saturday, 11 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
Singa Singa Singa Singapore - loved it!
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MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 8 Aug 2007 | Views [1884]
KFC's on every corner, palm tree plantations as far as the eye can see, being only set-up for the tour loving, money spending tourist. Or, world class diving, beautiful islands and wildlife parks that I've only dreamt about. Like all places there are ... Read more >
Tags: Conclusions?
MALAYSIA | Monday, 6 Aug 2007 | Views [2800] | Comments [1]
I'm still smiling at this memory. I was washing my hands in a public toilet when an old man went in one of the cubicles. About 10 seconds later there's this exclamation, so i turn around and notice what is going on. High pressured water is squirting ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Friday, 3 Aug 2007 | Views [1701] | Comments [1]
To say that I've been looking forward to this is an understatement. The diving at Sipadan and nearby Mabul is often described as some of the best in the world. How does the reality stand-up? The little town of Semporna is the main base for diving ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island, wildlife
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 2 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery
Dive Dive Dive!
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MALAYSIA | Saturday, 28 Jul 2007 | Views [4404] | Comments [1]
Wild pygmy elephants that only 3m away, snakes coiled up in branches, proboscis monkeys looking fat, an orangutan mother and her baby swinging in the trees above our heads, a huge monitor lizard swimming in the water by the boat, bats, birds of prey, ... Read more >
Tags: wildlife
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 28 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery
They wanted 30rm ($9) to take photos in the cave!
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MALAYSIA | Thursday, 26 Jul 2007 | Views [1444]
Yeong and I wait nearly 4 hours for our bus - we're still 'deciding' where to go while the conductor is asking for our fare. It's an Aussie guy called John who helps us out - he's only just turned up for the bus and had to make a run for it. I say ... Read more >
Tags: wildlife
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 26 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery
I was just ap-ing around
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MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 24 Jul 2007 | Views [6897]
After climbing Kilimanjaro I said I'd never climb a high mountain just for the sake of it again. It should have great views, or/and lots of flora and fauna - not just a box to put a tick in on THE list. The pictures I've seen and the lure of 'climbing' ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 24 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery
It's the highest peak in Malyasia you know
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MALAYSIA | Saturday, 21 Jul 2007 | Views [1231]
I said I'd be back to Kota Kinabalu. I explore the city a bit more this time, but I'm still not that keen on it. There's a decidedly dodgy feel to the place. At night the prostitutes are very visible and I've seen a couple of drunks lounging around.... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Friday, 20 Jul 2007 | Views [1701]
I now know what the people from Brunei do at the weekends - they go to the Malaysian islands just offshore, including this one. Booze here is very cheap. I've come for the wreck diving though. Labuan is tax haven that's had loads of money shoved into ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island
MALAYSIA | Friday, 20 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery
This time I lost photos of the wrecks as i managed to leave them in the dive shop. grrr
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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | Monday, 16 Jul 2007 | Views [5085]
An extraordinary rich royal family, a prince who misspends $15 billion, a cattle farm in Australia larger than the country, a country where alcohol is illegal and home of maybe the most Islamic country in S.E. Asia (yet only 67% of the population are ... Read more >
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