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Trip: South East Asia

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Let Saigons be Saigons, and don't get Hanoi'd about it

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Views [1030]

I’ve been in Vietnam for 3 and a half weeks now and I have been pondering how to write this post about the final destination on my trip. Half way up, I had written a speil about the 85 million people, the traffic in Saigon, and how good the food ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies


Cambodia, Part One: ''Ying''

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 5 Jan 2008 | Views [1174] | Comments [1]

    My short time in Cambodia has been one of immense contrast. I have decided to post two separate blogs (a la Tarentino Kill Bill style if you like) to reflect this given that the two could be any further away from each other. ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Cambodia, Part Two: "Yang"

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 5 Jan 2008 | Views [1111] | Comments [2]

My short time in Cambodia has been one of immense contrast. I have decided to post two separate blogs (a la Tarentino Kill Bill style if you like) to reflect this given that the two could be any further away from each other....   ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


Lao Encompassed

LAOS | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [864]

Lao has been an interesting leg of my South East Asia trip. Its unlike any other place in these parts, for reasons not yet fully known. The place is a contrast from place to place but not in an obvious way. It’s not a simple dichotomy of rich/poor, developed/undeveloped, ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


ChanMillionaire

THAILAND | Saturday, 1 Dec 2007 | Views [1305]

When I wished I was a millionaire, lighting that Lok Kratang lantern into the northern Thai Sky, I didn’t specify what type of Millionaire I’d be. So it turns out that changing 7000 Thai Bhat turns you into a Lao Millionaire at the exchange rate ... Read more >

Tags: People


Gallery: South East Asia

THAILAND | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Far Flung Chan

THAILAND | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [1051] | Comments [1]

Bonjour Readers, The past two weeks have been chilled as. As you might have seen I survived the last post with an impromptu fortnight in the north eastern province of Udon Thani, 2 hours from the Lao border. There wasn’t much to do in Udon so the fact ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating


A day in the life of....

THAILAND | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Views [855]

The soul sapping flurecent light cast dirty shadows on the filthy cabin, illuminated sporadically by its dingy orange counterparts on the passing streets outside . He's sweaty, probably smelly and definitely pissed off. He doesn't belong here- the injustice ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Another Beginning

THAILAND | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Views [1365] | Comments [1]

  Evening all, and a “sawadee” from Bangkok, Thailand. Another adventure begins in the form of south east asia. Well, to be more precise, the south east Asian mainland. Its been two weeks since my two week travel hiatus in Hong ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


H-H-H-Hong Kong, where the East meets the West

HONG KONG | Sunday, 30 Sep 2007 | Views [942]

And "Yay How" from the New Territories in Hong Kong. Yet another month yet another destination. Since my time in Australia came to an end two weeks ago, Hong Kong has been my 'rest' period. Lucky you, they say, having a break from all that ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation