THAILAND | Monday, 15 Aug 2011 | Views [1033]
Destination – Thailand
- Part I – Koh Chang & Koh Mak (Islands in the northeast) and a Bangkok
stopover
Immediately after
crossing the border we know we’ve arrived in Thailand. After the 4 hour bus ride on the Cambodian
side, we walk ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
Beach, beach and BBQ
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CAMBODIA | Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | Views [1645]
Destination – Cambodia
– Sihanoukville – Sandy shores and cheap booze…
After 10 days
of walking, drinking, eating, shopping and talking about what we should do next in pleasant tourist-friendly Siem Riep, we take another 6 hour bus back
to ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 20 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
Angkor Wat and surrounding temples/sites
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CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Views [2949]
Destination – Cambodia
– Siem Reap – Angkor Wat , high
tuk tuk driver and nature attacks!
After a week,
we leave Phnom Penh for Siem Reap. It’s
time to see Angkor Wat (wat means temple in Khmer and Thai), our sixth wonder
of the world ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 14 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
The seedy capital, monks and great food
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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [3086]
Destination – Cambodia
– Phnom Penh – Hello Sir, tuk-tuk? Maybe later? Tomorrow then?
We had to leave
Vietnam, and on the last day of our second visa, we catch a pretty decent bus
to Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. We’ve heard mixed reviews ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [1965]
Destination – Vietnam
– escape from Phu Quoc Island & Nha Trang
After 10 days
of torrential monsoon rain and two tropical typhoons in the South China Sea, we
change plans and decide to go back to Saigon and enjoy a bit more of Vietnam before
moving ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 8 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
7 days with perfect weather and more great food
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VIETNAM | Monday, 20 Jun 2011 | Views [2202]
Destination – Vietnam
– Phu Quoc Island – monsoon? What monsoon?
We go to the
travel agent at 9.30pm and they take by taxi to the bus company. From the
bus company, a bus takes us and a whole lot of other people to the “big bus
station”. At ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 17 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
Ho Chi Minh City (or Sai Gon if you prefer) & Phu Quoc island - 12 days of rain and mini-typhoons
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VIETNAM | Tuesday, 7 Jun 2011 | Views [2087]
Destination – Vietnam
– Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon if you prefer) – the chicken never got to cross the road
So, we say ciao
to Hoi An and catch our 1pm train to Saigon. As karma has it, we share a cabin
with a couple and 3 (not 1, not 2, but ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 27 May 2011 | Views [1586]
Destination – Vietnam – Hoi An – Hello! Where are you from? Where are you going?
We take the overnight train to Da Nang. The train is OK, not a Chinese train but it will do fine. However, we, for the first time in this trip, share ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Friday, 20 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Wonderful Hanoi, hundreds of amazing limestone islands in magical Ha Long Bay and ancient Hoi An
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VIETNAM | Tuesday, 17 May 2011 | Views [1513]
Destination - Vietnam
- Hanoi – one more night?
We wake up
early and Mr Hopkins goes to the bus station to get our tickets to Vietnam
while I’m finishing packing. We take the 9.30am bus from Nanning to Hanoi. The
bus is clean, nice and comfortable ... Read more >
CHINA | Wednesday, 11 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Ming Tombs, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tianamen Square and Donghuamen Night Market
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CHINA | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Views [1668]
Destination – China - Beijing –
Amigo, Mila, Mila, muy balato!!!!
We arrive in
Beijing on a Saturday morning and take a taxi to the “Fish Inn”. Our “hotel”
has 8 rooms, tiny but funky and clean and staffed by two girls who, besides
looking ... Read more >
CHINA | Monday, 9 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Very comfortable train journey (highest in the world with oxygen piped into the cabins) through permafrost and amazing Tibetan & Chinese scenery
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CHINA | Sunday, 8 May 2011 | Views [1726]
Destination – China - Tibet to Beijing – 42 hours by train – Whatever Yuan…
Before we start, we have to say that, because of the altitude, we’ve been without cigarettes and alcohol for 7 days, which will end when we reach Beijing. Not that ... Read more >
CHINA | Saturday, 7 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Bharkor Square, Jokhang Temple, Sera Monastery, Potala Palace and Drepung Monastery
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