USA | Monday, 18 Jul 2011 | Views [404]
First off I will start by stating my extreme fondness for ferry rides. Being on the open water, wind blowing your hair back, the freedom to move around, and the smell of the sea make ferry's the best form of transportation around. Thus you can properly ... Read more >
Tags: camping, ferry, sightseeing
USA | Monday, 11 Jul 2011 | Views [217]
Start: Mountain View, CA - 7/11/2011 Next known destination: Bellingham, WA - 7/15/2011 After that: Alaska Marine Highway Ferry to Haines, AK What's next: We'll find out as it happens. I want to be poetic without the cliches to start my journal ... Read more >
MEXICO | Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Views [744]
Caution: If you over worry about things you cannot control or are squeamish about bees; read no further. If you are still reading, you should know that I am perfectly fine and healthy; breathing air and full of energy. But that is all after I ... Read more >
Tags: beach, bees, mexico
INDIA | Monday, 11 Oct 2010 | Views [349]
I made it to my final travel destination, Delhi. Tomorrow I will go exploring the city, shopping and crying because my trip is over. Actually there probably will not be any tears, but it is sad to see the journey come to an end. Today in Delhi I visited ... Read more >
Tags: this is the end
INDIA | Saturday, 9 Oct 2010 | Views [183]
BEAUTIFUL!!!
INDIA | Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Views [197]
You just have to smile! People warned me so much about India I really think that it is not that bad. Yes, there are more cows and cow shit on the streets that in all the farms of Guilderland (including Altamont). And the street is utter chaos with ... Read more >
NEPAL | Sunday, 3 Oct 2010 | Views [322]
Wow, 3 weeks trekking around and into the high Himalayas was fantastic. I have seen the 7th and 10th highest peaks in the world; Dharualgiri and Annapurna I respectively. Annapurna being the first 8,000m peak summitted and also one of the hardest and ... Read more >
Tags: nepal, trekking
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Views [360]
Cambodia was a mix of stunning beauty, a gruesome past, horrible poverty, beggars, trash and vast affluent kingdoms. I only spent four days in the country, spread out between the cities of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Phnom Penh is home to S-21 (Tuol ... Read more >
Tags: cambodia, genocide, temples, travels
VIETNAM | Monday, 30 Aug 2010 | Views [749]
Dalat, Vietnam Really just the British word for what Americans call rappelling, I did a lot of this today. I went on a canyoning tour. Basically it is a hike along a river, where the cliffs make equipment-less travel impossible. So with two guides and ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Saturday, 28 Aug 2010 | Views [540] | Comments [1]
AMAZING day (they are all good, but this stands out): 28th August I booked an all day island tour and boat cruise out of Nha Trang. You could not beat the price and lunch and at least some beverage during the 'floating bar - happy hour' claimed to be ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 27 Aug 2010 | Views [406]
First off, the War Remnants museum in Saigon tore me apart. I was nauseous looking at the pictures and reading some of the terrible acts of war. Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City was a riot. There are motorbikes everywhere and I am pretty sure I have seen ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 | Views [431]
The rules of the road, as far as I can tell: 1. The bigger you are, the more entitled you are to do whatever the hell you want. Ie a bus could pull a U-turn across five lanes of traffic. Too bad everyone else, you are smaller than the bus. Hiracrhy ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [294]
It has been a full month now since leaving San Francisco. I spent the last two nights on Pulau Tioman off the south east coast of peninsular Malaysia. All I have to say are remote beaches on a jungle island are awesome. Seriously the island could have ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010 | Views [222]
I am now 4 countries into the trip with 4 more to go, I guess that is half way. A full month will have gone by as of tomorrow; so in time it is only just over a third. This was my first bus border crossing. What a cattle herd and stampede. The bus drops ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 | Views [244]
14th August - Singapore Hostel reservations, who needs them, find a place to stay as you go. I'm just one traveler, every place has at least one bed open in a dorm room, right? Well, apparently not in Singapore when you do not start looking until almost ... Read more >
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