VIETNAM | Friday, 7 Apr 2006 | Views [803]
The Cu Chi tunnels is the network of tunnels near Saigon in which the Viet Cong fought against the US army. As well as the tunnels there were sniper pits, only a very slim western girl could fit into a sniper pit. The tunnels are on 3 levels, the top ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Tuesday, 4 Apr 2006 | Views [1402]
Or something similar. This was a very quiet resort but it was off season. I did enjoy lazing by the pool but I decided that I should do something so I took a half day tour. First we visited white sand dunes, and area next to a lake which is like a very ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Wednesday, 29 Mar 2006 | Views [602]
I've never been in a communist country before. I was expecting them to march me to a Gulag because they had been tipped off by a British agent that I had stolen a library book when I was 14. I've only been here a day but it doesn't feel Commie. The hotel ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Monday, 27 Mar 2006 | Views [1636] | Comments [1]
I played pool in a bar in which two bar women were having a great time getting drunk and generally being raucous. The bar women were about 30 years of age but very girly in their high heels and lacy dresses, very much like a lot of the Thai women. They ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 22 Mar 2006 | Views [554]
went into an English bar tonight. Sad. Compare Thai bar to English bar THAI BAR Bar Girl: Hello Sir, welcome, what would you like Me: Heineken please BG: Where are you from Sir? what do you do? You like Thailand? Me: Lovely place <some banter>... Read more >
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THAILAND | Sunday, 12 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery
Phuket
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INDIA | Sunday, 12 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery
Ex French enclave in Tamil Nadu
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INDIA | Sunday, 12 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery
A place of temples
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THAILAND | Sunday, 5 Mar 2006 | Views [811] | Comments [2]
What an interesting place Phuket is. Yesterday I went to the beach to watch the sunset, not bad as it goes and I like the beach and there seemed to be lots happening even though it was closing down for the day. On my way back to my hotel I called in ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Saturday, 4 Mar 2006 | Views [516] | Comments [2]
Arriving in Bangkok from India is like rejoining civilisation. Of course it is a big city and very steamy in more than one sense of the word but I was so happy to see a clean looked after place. The hotel room was wonderful, a paradise compared to the ... Read more >
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INDIA | Wednesday, 1 Mar 2006 | Views [467]
I discovered about 8 hours before I fly to Thailand that a visa for more than 30 days has to be obtained from the Thai consulate before departure. Well, I had a ticket for more than 30 days but it was too late to get a visa from the consulate, 8 hours ... Read more >
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INDIA | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006 | Views [481]
I like Calcutta, the first place Ihave liked since Hampi. The people are friendly here and the bars and restaurants are nice. Not nice enough tomake me stay in India though, tonight I leave for Thailand. I've been nearly 4 monthsin India, more than enough ... Read more >
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INDIA | Tuesday, 21 Feb 2006 | Views [1754]
I forgot to mention that in the taxi from Visakhapatnam we travelled along a motorway, the first one I have seen in India. The motorway had two lanes in each direction with a concrete border seperating the different directions. Rather than drive in the ... Read more >
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INDIA | Monday, 20 Feb 2006 | Views [869] | Comments [2]
After a couple of nights in Chennai I caught the train to Vijayawada which was a rather relaxed place at the mouth of the Kishna river. There wasn't much there apart from temples, which hold no further interest to me, and so after a couple of days I caught ... Read more >
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INDIA | Sunday, 12 Feb 2006 | Views [665]
They're totally unprofessional, if there were a professional body I would report them. On numerous ocassions, and I have only been here 4 days, I have come across beggars eating who will interrupt their meal to hold out their hand to me for money whilst ... Read more >
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INDIA | Friday, 10 Feb 2006 | Views [529]
There are lots of French people here, it used to be a part of the French empire, and the restaurants serve what the Lonely Planet describes as an approximation of French food. It is lovely to be in a place where the consumption of alcohol is not treated ... Read more >
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INDIA | Thursday, 9 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery
Of palaces and kings
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INDIA | Sunday, 5 Feb 2006 | Views [693]
I am in Kerala. The better known Cochin is across the bay but I chose to stay here because my hotel here was good and cheap, there was no hassle finding a bar, and Cochin fort didn't seem that attractive. In Cochin there was one pretty street that was ... Read more >
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INDIA | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2006 | Photo Gallery
Ruined temples of Hampi
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