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To hyai xai

LAOS | Sunday, 14 Dec 2008 | Views [1113]

The next morning, I was up early and walked around the island before I had to get the boat back to the mainland and then a mini bus to paske. When I got there, I got a night bus ticket for that night. So I had time to kill for the day. I spent it just ... Read more >

Tags: hyai xai, slow boat


Gallery: cambodia - siem reap

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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4 thousand islands

LAOS | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [2282] | Comments [1]

  I got the bus to 4 thousand islands the next day. And then the boat to don det island. I wasn't sure where to stay and there was no one to hassle us as we got off the boat, which was great. Such a change from Vietnam already. I wandered down the track ... Read more >

Tags: 4 thousands islands, cycling, don det, facepainting, kayak, moonlight, waterfall


getting into laos

LAOS | Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [935]

I was up early the next morning waiting for my bus. I was all excited, I was heading to Laos I could see the tour operator across the road that I was originally going to go with and all the people waiting there for their bus and I wondered if we would ... Read more >

Tags: lao bao, paske


saigon to the border

VIETNAM | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [561]

  4 th of December, saigon to hue I left the delta early in the morning and lucky me I got to seat in the front seat of the minivan. You really need nerves of steel to sit in the front of a moving vechical in south east Asia. The journey was quite ... Read more >

Tags: cu chi tunnels


Gallery: thailand - the otherside of bangkok

THAILAND | Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: thailand - halloween wend

THAILAND | Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: thailand - koh phi phi, aoife leaves

THAILAND | Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: thailand - phangan and krabi

THAILAND | Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: thailand - bangkok and koh tao

THAILAND | Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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mekong delta

VIETNAM | Sunday, 30 Nov 2008 | Views [865]

the next morning I was up early to get the bus to the boat. Phat was suppose to meet me there to get the bus also, but there was no sign of her. I was hoping that she was running late and would meet me at the boat instead. But what was going through ... Read more >

Tags: delta, homestay, mekong


phu quoc island

VIETNAM | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [725] | Comments [1]

I arrived to ha tien just after nine that next morning. I was trying to figure out how to get to the boat to get to phu quoc island. I know I had just come from an island but it was suppose to be very nice and I decided to try and get there. A moto driver ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, phu quoc island


kep and kampot

CAMBODIA | Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | Views [897]

the next morning, monique and myself got our bus to kep. We thought we would be there by 12 but ended up not being there till about 1. when we arrived, We were given a map of the town and it didn't look to big, so we declined the tuk tuk saying that ... Read more >

Tags: kampot, kep, rabbit island


phnom penh 2

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Views [601]

  20 th nov Phnom Penh 2 the next morning, I was getting the bus with monique and the 2 nd couple see met in ban lung. Monique was going to kratie for the night and then to Phnom Penh before heading down to the south to kep for a few days before she ... Read more >

Tags: phnom penh palace


ban lung

CAMBODIA | Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | Views [820]

Next morning I woke quite early and went down for breakfast. It was all quiet and I was trying to decide what to do with myself. Monique came down and asked me did I fancy doing something with her as it would probably be cheaper with two people. I said ... Read more >

Tags: ants, ban lung, jungle, trekking, waterfalls


kratie

CAMBODIA | Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Views [600]

I got the bus the next morning for kratie. The bus was an old one and the air conditioning was blowing straight down on top of me and I couldn't turn it off because it was broken. Just a gapping hole. There was a Khmer gentleman sitting beside me and ... Read more >

Tags: irrawaddy dolphins, kratie


phnom penh

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [631]

The bus ride to Phnom Penh was a little eventful, in that it broke down not far from siem reap. Some thing like the belt broke and we had to wait for a new one to be brought to us. So it was fun to wait around for an hour while the buss was getting fixed.... Read more >

Tags: killing fields, phnom penh, s21, water festival


siem reap

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [717]

I awoke late the next morning, so I decided I wouldn't go to angkor wat that day I would go tomorrow instead. But I would go and try to see the sunset as I heard that it was free to go see the sunset at night as you wouldn't be able to do much. I suppose ... Read more >

Tags: angkor wat, couchsurfing, siem reap, temples


getting into cambodia

CAMBODIA | Friday, 7 Nov 2008 | Views [721] | Comments [1]

I think it was the first morning where I didn't hear anyone wake me up, maybe because when we arrived in last night, Charlie proceeded to make loads of noise with an empty plastic bottle, to give the girl that woke us up the morning before a little taste ... Read more >

Tags: border crossing, cambodia, couchsurfing, kindness of strangers, visa


the otherside of bangkok part 2

THAILAND | Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Views [959]

I woke up Tuesday to more noise, what was with this place. Can people not make noise. I had to get up anyway as I had to make it to the Chinese embassy. I was also going to buy my laptop today. Exciting. So I got to the embassy expecting to have to wait ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok, buckets, frog ladies, palace


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