THAILAND | Saturday, 31 Mar 2007 | Views [401]
sihanoukville - koh chang - koh wai - bangkok. enjoyed some utterly relaxing time on the beach, now for some shopping. any requests?
Tags: Shopping
CAMBODIA | Saturday, 24 Mar 2007 | Views [362]
Sihanoukville: I truly am a beach person. Didn't realise how much I had missed it until we saw the beach out of the bus we had been sitting in for nearly 10 hours. We are staying in a cheap (and nasty) guesthouse. But we are literally on the beach ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
CAMBODIA | Friday, 23 Mar 2007 | Views [390]
Sunrise at Angkor: got up in the dark, 4:15am to cycle (we were motoring out there, racing dawn) out to the temples. Hit some potholes along the way and lost my breakfast baguette. Managed to find the hill, Phnom Bakheng that is apparently great to ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 20 Mar 2007 | Views [360] | Comments [1]
So Siem Reap is the craziest place for tuk tuk drivers. Got absolutely swamped when we got off the bus. Got a lift to our guesthouse (quite nice, mattress on the floor again though) and then an offer to go to the sunset over Angkor and maybe a 3 day ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 18 Mar 2007 | Views [428] | Comments [3]
Saysudai from Phnom Penh! From Vientiane Erin and Tony headed for the Thai islands. I went south to the 4000 islands at the bottom of Laos. Not as magnificent as I thought they would be but a great place to chill out. Very hot. Lao lao mojito not ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
LAOS | Monday, 12 Mar 2007 | Views [483] | Comments [1]
Hello all, have been out of interweb access for a while. From Luang Prabang we all travelled to Nong Khiaw, back up the Nam Ou river to central Northern Laos. Small village. Guesthouse where we stayed had a great outlook of the river. From there ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
LAOS | Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [458] | Comments [2]
So the night bazaar wasn't that great- whatever we ate/drank gave us all gastro. We got on a bus to Chiang Khong anyway... Erin and I decorated the exterior. 3 hours and an empty stomach later we got into the border town. (Friday) We stayed at ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
LAOS | Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [379]
all endured a bout of gastro crossed into laos slowboat/speedboat down the mekong in luang prabang frustrated with laos kip (currency)- too many darn zeros! feels like you're rich with so many notes but it's only worth a few dollars.
Tags: Budgets & money
THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Mar 2007 | Views [358]
The beer was great. Erin and Tony got some great photos with the elephants they rode while the elephant camp was bathed! Dinner again at Forestry 33. Great thai food at a good price, nice big tables and seats. I think the best place to eat in Pai.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
THAILAND | Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Views [419]
Yes I am taking lots of photos and you would be surprised at how difficult everyone makes getting out of school; nearly impossible. This is my L form I am talking about. I posted it the other day... not sure if the girl in 7/11 gave me the correct ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
THAILAND | Monday, 26 Feb 2007 | Views [337] | Comments [1]
After seeing all the temples in Ayutthaya, we decided to head straight to Chiang Mai without stopping. According to people at the guesthouse, ther was not much to see between the two towns. So off we headed to the train station th next morning, Renata ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
THAILAND | Friday, 23 Feb 2007 | Views [318] | Comments [1]
Here I am nearly half way around the world and I am in constant contact... my excuse is that I think everyone would like to be updated with our travels. However, the Dutch girl I am sharing a room with (and a bed) has our key and in another guesthouse, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
THAILAND | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007 | Views [490] | Comments [1]
3 days in Thailand feel like they have been jam packed with seeing the sights and visiting places all things Thai but life still feels like a homely bubble. Our arrival in Bangkok began with an over-charged cabfare, not much by AUS$ standards and offset ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
