ASIA
In and around Siem Reap, Cambodia
From Australia to Malaysia to Thailand to Cambodia to Vietnam to China!
From Australia to China
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Laus and James
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Arrival in Bangkok
Got through Customs easily at the airport but then got majorly ripped off by a taxi company. Our hotel was far away, but in a metered taxi, it's s... Continue reading »
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Trek through the Thai jungle
We took a taxi to the Bangkok north b... Continue reading »
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Party time on Ko Phangan
4 wonderful days on Ko Phangan! We managed to get conned by a pseudo information person at the Bangkok train station into booking our accomodation... Continue reading »
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Fun in the sun on Ko Samui
Spent the first day and a half on the beach relaxing, reading, getting massages and getting hassled by the many, many hawkers on Samui. They... Continue reading »
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Temples of Siem Reap
The friendly, fake information people at Bangkok train station booked us on a bus to Cambodia.
Info man: "So would you like to go on a minibu... Continue reading »
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Snoozer in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh wasn't as dirty or smelly as Siem Reap and had heaps of tuk tuk drivers! We went to the Russian Markets, the Royal Palace and the Silve... Continue reading »
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Scenic Saigon
Arrived at Customs on the border of Vietnam/Cambodia where dodgy men dressed like officials tried to make us pay for the arrival forms. Sat on the... Continue reading »
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Moping in Mui Ne
Mui Ne was so boring. Went there with the Chinese girls we met on the Mekong Delta day tour. It was our first bus trip with TM Brothers, the firs... Continue reading »
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Booze Cruise
Arrived in Nha Trang on another of TM Brothers buses, this time only an hour and a half late. They conveniently forgot to tell us when we bought t... Continue reading »
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The tailoring capital of the world.
After the most annoying overnight bus ride with, yes, TM Brothers (they turned on the lights and put on music at 2am in the morning), we arrived in... Continue reading »
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Cruisy Hanoi
The bus trip from Hoi An to Hanoi was an absolute nightmare. The road is on the edge of a sheer cliff with nothing to stop you from careening over... Continue reading »
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Boat tour of Halong Bay
Early rise to get on the bus to take us to Halong City. We bonded with the other people on the bus for the 3 hour trip. However, once we got to t... Continue reading »
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Stopover in Nanning
Went from Hanoi at 8am on a big bus to the border of Friendly Pass. Customs was a breeze and as we waited for the indecisive Chinese to finally ge... Continue reading »
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Training to be teachers in Yangshuo
Arrived in Yangshuo to the sound of firecrackers constantly going off. Owen Buckland (director of Buckland Foreign Language School) showed us to o... Continue reading »
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Teaching in Yongzhou
OK, so we are finally teaching English in China! Our first week consisted of mayhem as all the leaders in the school staff (Principal, Vice P... Continue reading »
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Swapping Stories in Daoxian.
After school on Friday, hopped on a bus and headed to Daoxian, not sure whether it's North, East, South, or West of Yongzhou. When we asked b... Continue reading »
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Easter Weekend back in Yangshuo
One night at dinner with some Chinglish teachers, I was explaining Easter and what it meant and how people celebrated it. We've kept off the... Continue reading »
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May week in Hong Kong
We left Yongzhou at 11pm on Friday night, taking an overnight train. We paid for a soft bed, which is a first class sleeper, there are 4 bunk... Continue reading »
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A week in Kunming
On Friday we went to morning classes to find everyone had the rest of the day off. We had decided not to go to Xi'an after all, and so we wen... Continue reading »
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The Dragon Backbone
We arrived in Longsheng on Friday evening at about 6pm. Longsheng is a town built in the mountains, complete with a bridge in the middle arch... Continue reading »
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Meeting Emma and Edde in Xi'an
Arrived in Xi'an on Saturday night at 9pm to rain and no one to pick us up. A suspect hawker took us to the hostel, making us walk the whole... Continue reading »
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Sightseeing in Beijing
We arrived in Beijing on Saturday morning to a foggy day in the big city. We tried to get a cheap taxi to our hostel but succeeded in getting... Continue reading »
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Shanghai by Night
We arrived at the Shanghai train station to a sweltering 35 degrees and 90% humidity. We had the terrible instructions on how to get to the h... Continue reading »
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Fun in the Sun in Sanya
A week spent in Sanya doing nothing but swimming, playing volleyball, eating and drinking! Only a few things stand out from our lazy week, bu... Continue reading »
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Old Town Dali
We arrived in New Dali and jumped on the squashy number 4 bus to take us to Old Town Dali. After half an hour of standing in the aisle with o... Continue reading »
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Most beautiful and unhelpful Li Jiang
We arrived in Li Jiang to find it full, contrary to the Lonely Planet's statement that "Lijiang has hundreds of guesthouses, you won't have a probl... Continue reading »
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Frustrated in Shangri-La
The 5 days spent in Shangri-La were purely to find a cheap way overland into Tibet. We found this wasn't possible. We thought maybe we... Continue reading »
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Excited to be in Tibet
We arrived in Lhasa thinking it would be freezing, but the sun was out and as there's no smog and not a whole lot of air to filter the UV, it was h... Continue reading »
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The Biggest Lake in Tibet
After 5 hours of driving from Lhasa past beautiful scenery we arrived at the largest lake in Tibet, Nam-Tso Lake. It's absolutely huge, surro... Continue reading »
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Sleep and that's all
On the way to Shigatse we heard massive bangs, like overloud thunder so we drove around the mountains to find the Chinese army practising with thei... Continue reading »
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Sleep and that's all
On the way to Shigatse we heard massive bangs, like overloud thunder so we drove around the mountains to find the Chinese army practising with thei... Continue reading »
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Shitty Shegar
We arrived in Shegar (also known as New Tingri) to find that it's made up of 4 hotels, unsealed roads, a stream and a couple yaks. (Oh we saw a... Continue reading » -
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East Base Camp
We left Shegar at 8am to head to the East Base Camp of Mount Everest. We stopped on top of a mountain to get some photos of the mountain but... Continue reading »
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The town of Old Tingri
We left Base Camp at 9am to go to Old Tingri. Our driver told us it would take 6 hours even though it's really close because the road is so b... Continue reading »
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Hustle and Bustle
The bus we got from the border was falling apart, sometimes the driver couldn't get the door open, but we arrived in the capital safely, to be drop... Continue reading »
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Rhinos, monkeys and annoying hotel managers.
Arriving into Chitwan National Park, this guy jumped on the bus and asked us to check out his hotel so we got packed like sardines into his so call... Continue reading »
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Bad Pizza in Pokhara
We finally arrived in Pokhara, dumped in a field full of cows. We walked 20 minutes along the unlit road wondering where we were until we cam... Continue reading »
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