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Trip: SE Asia 2008-09

There are [13] stories from my trip: SE Asia 2008-09


The Last Leg

THAILAND | Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009 | Views [625]

Hello from stateside.  Here is the final installment :-(        My flight from Clark/Manila took me to Singapore where I stayed the night in the aiport (8 hrs) before flying to Phuket, Thailand the next day.  For those of you had haven't been to the ... Read more >


Running out of time

THAILAND | Friday, 15 May 2009 | Views [703]

Hello from Bangkok, where I await my flight home.  And now back to the Philippines. . .       So I flew to Manila with Felix and we took a bus into town.  Manila is everything everyone has said it was - super sketchy, dirty, and ugly.  We couldn't ... Read more >


Bed bugs, orangutans and mountain summits‏

THAILAND | Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Views [742]

Hello all,       I write from Phang Nga, Thailand.  It's been about four days since I've had a fluent English conversation and I'm starting to wish I knew Thai. . .  I last left you in Semporna where I was recovering from an ear injury from diving beautiful ... Read more >


From Bali to Borneo

MALAYSIA | Monday, 30 Mar 2009 | Views [3154]

Greetings from Semporna,Malaysian Borneo.     I'll start by going back to Bali.  I met up with Lauren again in the Denpasar (Bali) airport and we shared a taxi to Kuta with a British guy named Nick.   We spent about an hour wandering around ... Read more >


Visa runs, leeches, and island hopping‏

INDONESIA | Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009 | Views [1572] | Comments [1]

Hello all,       I hail from Kuta, Bali where we'll be catching a plane to Borneo tomorrow.  I last left you in Koh Samui when Jedd, Nico, Doris and I split from Ashleigh and Lauren to head to Ranong.  Once in Ranong (which is one of the cheapest places ... Read more >


Livin it up in Thailand

THAILAND | Thursday, 12 Feb 2009 | Views [1289]

Hi everyone,       I'm writing this from an island in the Gulf of Thailand called Koh Samui.  When I left Laos, I spent two nights in a row on buses to get to Khao Lak, where our live aboard dive cruise was leaving for the Similan Islands.  The ... Read more >


Leaving Laos

LAOS | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [933]

Hello everyone,       Time just flies by and it seems it's been nearly a month since I last wrote!  When I last left you I was awaiting a 24 - 30 hr. bus from Hanoi, Vietnam to Vientiane, Laos (It's pronounced Lao by the way - the "s" is silent).... Read more >


On to Laos

VIETNAM | Sunday, 4 Jan 2009 | Views [639]

Hello all, I'm sitting in a Backpackers in Hanoi where I await a 24-30 hour seated bus nto Vientiane, Laos. We hear it's not a fun ride and I'm not looking forward to it, but it's $14, whereas the flight is $130, so we figured it might at least be ... Read more >


Vietnam

VIETNAM | Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [479]

    I'm writing from Ho Chi Minh City (still known as Saigon to those who live here).  When I last left you all, I was in Rach Gia, waiting for my ferry to Phu Quoc Island.  Phu Quoc was awesome.  It was supposedly "high season," but the beaches ... Read more >


Gallery: SE Asia

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Travelling can be odd . . .

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008 | Views [510] | Comments [1]

Greetings,    I write this from Rach Gia, Vietnam where I am waiting to catch a ferry to Phu Quoc island where we'll spend a few days diving and frolicking on the beach and in the water.     In Sihanoukville, we attempted to take a tour of the local brewery, ... Read more >


Corruption abounds in Cambodia

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [784] | Comments [1]

Hi Everyone,       I write this from the beaches of Cambodia where we are paying $8 a night for a lovely ensuite twin room with a fan, TV, balcony, and lots of room and light.  Breakfast this morning was a pineapple pancake for $1.75 and the 4 hour bus ... Read more >


The Journey begins

THAILAND | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [541] | Comments [1]

Hi Everyone, So my trip to Bangkok was very good with a little bad at the beginning and end. When I went to check in, I was told I had to have an onward ticket from Bangkok within 30 days of arrival and they wouldn't let me on the plane without one. I've ... Read more >