70 Days in Southeast Fantasia
In and around Southeast Asia
We are a couple in our 20's traveling on a shoestring budget around 5 countries in southeast Asia. We've got 70 days to make it over ~7000kms, from the northern hill tribes of Vietnam to the shimmering skyscrapers of Kuala Lumpur and everything in between. By my calculations, this means that we will be nearly killed by at least 4 tuk-tuk drivers, will inadvertantly offend at least 3 temple-caretakers, will have 69 days of diahrrea, will eat around 20kgs of rice, and will have to learn how to go No.2 in a hole on the floor...sweet. So, for those of you planning a trip to SE Asia: I hope this blog is helpful for you planning yours; and for our families and friends: stay tuned over the next couple of months and enjoy!
See ya Danny & Charlotte
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Danny and Charlotte
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You wan chilli frog?
After months of anticipation, we left Melbourne on the red-eye flight to KL, where we were welcomed by 26C 90% humidity at 5AM (welcome to the trop... Continue reading »
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En route to Sapa: Good Morning Hanoi!
We left KL on the 9AM Malaysia Airlines flight to Hanoi ($80AUD one way), and man oh man was it a culture shock when we stepped out of Noi Bai... Continue reading »
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Up Toppa in Sapa
The overnight soft sleeper train from Hanoi dropped us red eyed and half asleep at the Lao Cai train station at 5.30AM. We were immediately s... Continue reading »
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Ninh Binh or Halong Bay???
After arriving in Hanoi on the night train from Sapa at 4.30am we went looking for accommodation, it's always much harder after a sleepless night o... Continue reading »
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Tailors, Snake Wine and Ruins...Gotta Love Hoi An
After meeting and greeting my brother Matt and his friends Kevin and Jen in Hanoi, we got a few hours of sleep and woke up early for our flight to... Continue reading »
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Chicken Pancake?
We landed in Ho Chi Minh City early in the morning, we were finally somewhere hot! At the airport we met a Canadian named Brian who we shared a cab in... Continue reading » -
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Boats, Bites, Bugs and Ba Ba Ba
We started our (very slow) journey to the Mekong on a bus that wasn’t road worthy, I think we all wished we had bigger booty’s to soften the blow as t... Continue reading » -
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Phnom Penh (yeah I don't know how to pronounce it either)
Well, if you've ever seen the clown-car at the circus, stacking 20 people in a van built for 8, then you can probably visu... Continue reading »
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Siem Reap & Temples of Angkor
On our second day in Phnom Penh, we woke up early to catch the 8.30AM, 6-hour bus to Siem Reap ($5US/pp). It was a luxurio... Continue reading »
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Utopia!
We arrived in Luang Probang in the afternoon and started the search for a place to stay. Once again I checked the room before agreeing to stay, and o... Continue reading » -
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In the tubing - Vang Vieng
After a 6 hour scary bus ride through the Laos mountains with huge drop off's<... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai and Jungle Pie
We arrived in Chiang Mai on the morning of the 18th (Feb09) after taking the overnight bus from Khon Khaen.... Continue reading »
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