Trip: Round the World - 13 countries in 7 months
There are [45] stories from my trip: Round the World - 13 countries in 7 months
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Views [4164]
Background to the Angkor Temples Angkor is the ancient capital of the powerful Khmer Empire, which at its height of influence spanned half of Southeast Asia. Many of the 30 or so temples/ruins, which date as far back as 802AD, are set within a 25km ... Read more >
Tags: angkor, temples
CAMBODIA | Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [1488] | Comments [1]
7th June 2008 Laura, Sarah (whom we had met in Battambang), Stephen and I travelled across the Tonle Sap Lake/River from Battambang to Siem Reap. The journey was not as picturesque as I was led to believe it would be, but there were certainly ... Read more >
Tags: angkor, siem reap, temple, temples, tonle sap
CAMBODIA | Friday, 6 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CAMBODIA | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [1763]
4th-5th June 2008 Stephen and I travelled for about 9 hours by bus from Kampot in the south to Battambang to the northwest of Cambodia via the capital, Phnom Penh. Battambang is, well in short, a small quiet town with not much to do. Nothing to ... Read more >
Tags: cigarette, killing caves, monk, temple
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 | Views [1350]
We signed on to a day trip to go to Bokor National Park, near Kampot in Southern Cambodia. We travelled up there in a mini-bus along a dirt red road which wound its way up the Elephant Mountains. The road was bumpy, as is often the case in Cambodia ... Read more >
Tags: bokor, waterfall, waterfalls
CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Views [2643]
3rd June 2008 Having had a taste of Sihanoukville, Stephen
and I travelled further down the coast to a smaller quieter town called
Kampot. A charming little town by day which sits beside a river.
Stephen and I both sought out a spot by the ... Read more >
Tags: dogs, kampot, rabies
CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [1894] | Comments [1]
1st-2nd June 2008 Sihanoukville, in southern Cambodia, is a beach-resort town. Stephen and I decided to stay in a guesthouse away from the crowds. But on the first day we ventured into town and then to the backpackers' area. The beaches alongside ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [1235]
29th-30th May 2008 Finally, I am out of Bangkok. Stephen and I travelled by bus and ferry to an island called Koh Chang, which is an island in Eastern Thailand. The island was a convenient stopping off point for a couple of days before entering ... Read more >
Tags: border, cambodia, chang, crossing, kong, thailand
THAILAND | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 27 May 2008 | Views [1576]
27th MAY 2007 Bangkok, like many cities including London, is diverse. If you were picked up and unknowingly dropped in turn at Downtown Bangkok, the Financial Centre of Bangkok, and then Old Bangkok, you would be startled to subsequently learn ... Read more >
Tags: bailey, boxing, kickboxing, stephen
THAILAND | Monday, 26 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Monday, 26 May 2008 | Views [8927] | Comments [11]
Tiger Temple is a temple in the heart of West Thailand. But this is no ordinary temple. The temple is not only the residence of monks, but also of tigers. When villagers found an orphaned tiger cub, they went from place to place seeking help. Upon ... Read more >
Tags: kanchanaburi, tiger, tiger temple, tigers
THAILAND | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [1033] | Comments [1]
Having stayed in some fairly basic accommodation for the first week, I was pleasantly surprised when the hotel receptionist of the Viengtai Hotel handed me a room key after checking in for my tour. Clean, air-conditioned room - bliss. There were 5 other ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 24 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Friday, 23 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
The first stop on my week-long group tour
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THAILAND | Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Views [2071] | Comments [2]
Made the decision to relocate again. I feel like I have explored all of they main tourist attractions in Bangkok, but I have yet to discover what life is really like for the average Thai in Bangkok. So I have headed further into the heart of Bangkok, ... Read more >
Tags: boat, chao praya, chinatown, longtail, old bangkok, ride, river, thonburi
THAILAND | Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
Real life in Bangkok
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