INDIA | Saturday, 4 Sep 2010 | Views [837]
We arrived at the stop for this particular bus company – basically a hole-in-the-wall shop on the previously mentioned busy street. We asked directions to the Tibetan Village, where we intended to stay; straight down the street, take your ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 4 Sep 2010 | Views [589]
Tibet is not allowed to fly its flag in Tibet; therefore it is stuck on just about every conceivable surface in McLeod Ganj. The Chinese are doing their very best to kill the Tibetan way of life, culture, traditions and language. ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010 | Views [785] | Comments [3]
We took the public bus from Amritsar to Pathankot, and then transferred to Dharamsala. It is only about 190 km but it took us 8 hours to get here. The roads are narrow, winding and not always paved plus it is the milk-run (stop at every little ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [721] | Comments [3]
I arrived in Delhi and just getting off the airplane the heat hit me. When I walked outside the airport BAM! The hot air just hits like walking into a blast oven. The wind was no relief. Instant sweat..... ... Read more >
CANADA | Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | Views [297]
We took a few days and went fishing in Ucluelet, BC. The drive to the island was spectacular, the towns laid back and lovely. We took an afternoon and went whale watching. We didn't see much of the beasts, just a bit ... Read more >
MEXICO | Wednesday, 7 Apr 2010 | Views [282]
My first experience with Mexico was an all-inclusive resort in Playa del Carmen. After traveling backpacker style, I was not very impressed with an all-inclusive. To me, it was very restrictive. I felt I were confined to this albeit nice hotel with a ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 23 Jan 2010 | Views [503]
Diving in Ko Lanta
I've been doing a lot of diving the past week or so. Ko Tao was good, but the visibility was a bit murcky due to winds. The last 2 days that we were there the boat didn't even go out to the best spot due to the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 16 Jan 2010 | Views [611]
diving in Koh Tao
Irene has been diving for the last 4 days. The first day was just a refresher, she went to 2 dive sites. Saw a lot of different kinds of fish, but nothing spectacular. The next day she did her deep water dive (28 ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Monday, 11 Jan 2010 | Views [558]
Cambodia
The
journey into Cambodia was like every other bus ride and border crossing – pay
an exit fee, pay to get a health card (at least now we know FOR SURE that we
are healthy – they took our temperature...), pay for visa, pay ... Read more >
LAOS | Tuesday, 5 Jan 2010 | Views [598]
Don Dhet
Our night bus with ‘real beds’ began at 8:30 pm. We were picked up at our guesthouse (the Samsenthai) and the oversize tuktuk then picked up a few more passengers; all of us heading to Pakse via the “Sleeping ... Read more >
LAOS | Friday, 1 Jan 2010 | Views [566]
Vientiane
Ed still seems to be somewhat lethargic and has low energy. However, on 30 December we headed off to Vientiane, south of Luang Prabang. We got our bus ticket from the agency and were told that a tuktuk would ... Read more >
LAOS | Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 | Views [610]
Luang Prabang
As evening approached, we arrived in Luang Prabang. We said goodbye to our travel companions of the last few days and settled into Philaylack Guest House (recommended by a couple of Aussie ladies in Nong Khiaw) then went ... Read more >
LAOS | Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 | Views [670]
The Road to Nong Khiew
We left Luang Nam Tha on 24 December – Christmas Eve. We shared a private minivan with a Belgium family, for the sake of speed and comfort. Did I mention we were in Laos? What you think and what ... Read more >
LAOS | Monday, 28 Dec 2009 | Views [580]
Laos
We began our journey into Laos on 20 Dec. It was kind of like crossing from Alberta to Saskatchewan; you KNOW you crossed the border without ever seeing a road sign. The poor roads suddenly became worse, the rubbish in ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 19 Dec 2009 | Views [587]
Monk Chat & Tour
Thursday: Panom toured us around all day. We thought we had a nice time at the Monk Chat in Chiang Mai, well we spent all day on a Monk Chat with Panom. He first took us to his Temple where he was ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Views [667]
Elephants, Snakes & Tigers
Monday: The hosts gave us 2 mountain bikes and a map. We rode about 6 Km to the tiger farm. We got to pet some and pat their bellies (which they love). One of the tigers must have ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 17 Dec 2009 | Views [598]
Shangri-La
We are staying in Shangri-La!!
My last entry said we were going for Thai language lessons, and we did. That turned out to be very useful. She taught us some basic words and phrases that will be very useful going ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009 | Views [622]
Chiang Mai
One of the things that Irene was looking forward to most about this whole trip was taking a cooking class (or two.... maybe three.....:) ) We were picked up at our guesthouse at 9:00 am in a ChiangMai style taxi - a truck with ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 12 Dec 2009 | Views [541]
Sukhotai
We took a 7 hour bus ride to Sukothai on Tuesday. We had made a reservation at TR Guesthouse on-line the night before and they had given us a confirmation number as well as a telephone number to call when we arrived so they could ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 | Views [450]
They found Irene's luggage!!:) It arrived about midnight last night. The airline called earlier in the day and said it would be delivered around 6 pm, however since the King's birthday celebration is being held so close to our ... Read more >
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