Trip: South East Asia
There are [8] stories from my trip: South East Asia
INDONESIA | Thursday, 24 Dec 2009 | Views [860]
Alas, this is it. I am currently in Kuta Bali waiting ever so patiently (read - NOT patiently) for my flight to Seoul, then NYC, then (28 hours later) Toronto. It seems like mere days ago that I was sitting back in the Tdot shaking with anticipation to ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 | Views [1226] | Comments [4]
It's official, after 7 awesome weeks we have finally left Thailand and this entry comes to you from an internet cafe in Singapore while we wait for a night bus to Cherating, Malaysia. We spent our last days in Thailand island hopping on the Andaman Coast.... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 30 Nov 2009 | Views [932] | Comments [3]
Our second week of the groupie life started off with two eye-opening
days in Bangkok. The first night we went with Ben, Dan and Lewis to a
Ping Pong show. All I will say is that judging by the number of middle
aged Thai and European couples in the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009 | Views [1001] | Comments [1]
In the days leading up to our much anticipated group trip, in all
honestly, we were feeling a little nervous. Would we die on the trek
due to our lack of physical fitness? Would the people be super lame?
Would we be able to adapt from doing our ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, chang mai, cooking class, elephants, gap adventures, hill tribes, kao san road, trekking
THAILAND | Saturday, 14 Nov 2009 | Views [877] | Comments [3]
I know you have all been waiting with bated breath for our next post,
so fear not, we have not been abducted and sold into white slavery
(win!).
We are currently in the midst of our GAP Adventures group tour that has
already spawned some ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, beach, island, koh samet, thailand
LAOS | Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 | Views [1031] | Comments [4]
Laos is the most chilled out, laid-back, relaxed place I have ever been. Seriously. It's like the Jamaica of the East (or so I assume, never having been to Jamaica). While it's taken Hannah a little while to get used to living on "Laos time"... Read more >
Tags: drinking, laos, mini-vans, tubing, vang viang, vientiane
VIETNAM | Monday, 12 Oct 2009 | Views [903] | Comments [3]
In one of the easiest decisions we've ever made, we have decided to
change our flight plans and head out to Laos a couple of days early. I
don't mean to be too hard on poor Hanoi, but it just really isn't our
scene. Ha Long Bay was pretty cool however ... Read more >
Tags: backpackers, ha long bay, hanoi, vietnam
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [903] | Comments [2]
After a brief but fun 48 hour stop-over in S. Korea (where we went to a coffee shop and had our feet nibbled by fish - Weeds-style), we are finally in the 'Nam. Despite all of Hannah's extensive research (the woman takes OCD to a whole new "As ... Read more >
Tags: culture shock, hanoi, south korea, vietnam