Travels to SE Asia, possibly China and India for ?? Months!
In and around World
I think the title says it all!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler BritishJen
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And She's Off . . . . . Barely
Yup, it is me! Figured less hair was probably the best way to go given the hot and humid conditions I would be heading to . . . . . ... Continue reading »
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A Visit to the Ladies Room
On the way to Singapore, I had almost a two hour layover at the Narita airport in Tokyo, Japan. Not too much to say here except for the toile... Continue reading »
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From Penang to Madras . . . . . Hostels, Not Cities
Thankfully the trip to Singapore from Tokyo was actually 45 minutes early, which was a blessing given that it was already 11:15pm (it was supposed... Continue reading »
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Malaka, One of the Most Sought After Destinations LP? I Think You Are Wrong!
My final night in Singapore, I decided to treat myself for dinner so I head over to The Quays as there was supposed to be a restaurant specializing... Continue reading »
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Kuala Lumpur - I Should Have Skipped It
I left Malaka on the 11am bus to KL which took a little over two hours. Being a Sunday, I thought that traffic would have been no problem - b... Continue reading »
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Off to Cooler Weather
Thankfully getting out of KL on an early bus, my next destination was to the Cameron Highlands, which promised cooler weather ahead. The... Continue reading »
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To the World's Oldest Rainforest
So, when I was looking to get to Taman Negara, the jungle of peninsula Malaysia, I had read about being able to take the bus combined with a river... Continue reading »
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Finally to a beach!
Up early again for an 8am bus to the Perhentian Islands, located off the northeast coast of Malaysia. We actually took off around 8:15 due to... Continue reading »
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Final Stop in Malaysia
Waking up to rain, but thankfully not nearly as hard as I hard seen before. My speedboat back to Kuala Besut was at 8am. Wet from... Continue reading »
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From One Country to Another
As I had mentioned before, the decision to cross the border on the east was one factor, there were two other factors to consider. First, how... Continue reading »
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Diverted from Krabi to the Beach
Turns out I was the only tourist on the bus - would have been nice to have at least one other traveler with me - had I made the right choice? ... Continue reading »
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Rock Climbing Isn't for Wussies!
I decided on visiting Railey which can only be accessed by a long tail boat. After buying your ticket, you wait until there are at least 6 people b... Continue reading »
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Stilted
Surprise, surprise, rain again! I had a 9:30am long tail boat to catch. The good thing was that the boat left from the east beach where... Continue reading »
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The Man with the Golden Gun
I was awoken at 5am by the call for morning prayers - a little earlier than I had heard in the past. At 8am our breakfast was already laid ou... Continue reading »
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Staying at One of the Best Deals in Southern Thailand, According to LP
Well I decided to head to Ko Phangan with a pit stop in Surat Thani which is from where you take the boat to the island (you can also go to Ko Samu... Continue reading »
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Only Half Mooning It!
Up early I decided to head out to catch an early boat. Waiting on the side of the road, a tuk tuk came but since he didn't speak any English,... Continue reading »
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Just Being Lazy
Suprisingly, I was up at 10am the next morning. I found a good deli, NIra's located on the main street that connects sunrise beach and sunset... Continue reading »
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Turtle Island - But Yet to See a Single Turtle!
Leaving Ko Phangan on the 12:30 ferry it was about an hour and a half trip to Ko Tao. Dropped off Mae Haad there were plenty of taxis waiti... Continue reading »
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Licensed to See the Underworld
So, the reason I came to Ko Tao instead of going to Ko Samui was that I felt I should really be doing something other than just lazying around doing... Continue reading » -
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Underwater Playground
I decided to do 2 mornings of diving, each with two dives. The first day, up and at the dive shop by 7am, was my fun dive day. A fun di... Continue reading »
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Life Beyond Diving
Although diving did take up most of my time, it did not take up all of it. On my first dive I met Jess, a 21 year old Brit who is aspiring to... Continue reading »
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Is There a Farang in the House?
At the pier I saw Neils, my diving "buddy" which surprised me, as I thought he had headed out the day before. We boarded the catamaran which was de... Continue reading »
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And There Goes Prachuap Khiri Khan!
Once on the bus it was pretty crowded and I had to double up with a Thai girl. Within minutes of taking off, the guy in front of us decided to move... Continue reading »
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Wats, Monkeys and Caves
Arriving in Petburi, I opted to stay at Phetkasem Guesthouse that was not downtown. I got a tuk tuk that had a woman driver, which... Continue reading »
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The Bridge Over River Kwai and So Much More
There was no direct way to Kanchanaburi from Petburi, so I had to switch in Ratchaburi, which was a very brief stop and I felt I was almost jumping... Continue reading »
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Cooking with Noi
I had taken a Thai cooking course the last time I was in Thailand, 6 years ago, but figured it couldn't hurt to brush up on the skills that I had l... Continue reading »
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Petting Tigers!
I was surprised that the LP didn't mention anything about Tiger Temple. Melina had mentioned it to me in one of her emails and then of course, it w... Continue reading »
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The Sites Around Kanchanaburi
Picked up by minivan at 8am, seven of us were taken first to Erawan National Park, about an hour away. We had 2 1/2 hours before we had to return f... Continue reading »
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I Made At Least Two People's Day
As I was about to leave my guesthouse in Kanchanaburi, I noticed that ants were crawling all over my day pack. Opening it up, they were absol... Continue reading »
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City of the Apes
Lopburi is known for having a large monkey population and I couldn't pass that up. After an hour ride and 17 Baht (approx $0.53) later I arri... Continue reading »
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Watted Out!
The bus ride to Ayuthaya was about a two hour trip, direct! The place where the bus stopped was not too far from the area where I was go... Continue reading »
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So Much For Sun, Mosquitoes Instead
I only had a few days left on my Thai visa and after some investigation, had decided to enter into Cambodia from the South via Hat Lek/Cham Yeam. G... Continue reading »
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What a Total Scam!
After taking the ferry back, I asked for Hat Lek which is the border town on the Thailand side for Cambodia. I was pointed to a truck where t... Continue reading »
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Quite the Surreal Night
Warning: This entry may have content that may not be to everyone's liking.
As I sat and drank my beer, I figured it wo... Continue reading »
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The Trip to "Snookerville"
So my original plan was to take the boat to Sihanoukville, or as Chris (the Brit from the night before) liked to call it, Snookerville. Given... Continue reading »
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Lekima Puts a Damper on Things
I had decided to upgrade my room to include hot water and a TV and the room was nicer in general, all for $8. I ended up with a corner room w... Continue reading »
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Ghost Town
I decided to take the local bus to Kampot at 2pm. Since the guesthouse owed me $10 in change, I was given a ride to the bus station, arriving... Continue reading »
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Goodbye to Cambodia, For Now
So, my plan ended being to go to Southern Vietnam before heading back into Cambodia. This would actually work out quite well, because it woul... Continue reading »
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Getting to be Good at Frogger!
My guesthouse was just a few blocks from the bus station where I was dropped off and I managed to get the last room located on the fourth floor.&nb... Continue reading »
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Not a Good Idea If You Are At All Claustrophobic
Today's activity was a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels located about 30km or so from Ho Chi Minh City. The Cu Chi Tunnels which once consisted of 250km... Continue reading »
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Easy Riding
I was up at the tourist information center at 7:40am in order to catch the bus for Dalat, which is located in the central highlands with a much coo... Continue reading »
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Little Sossusvlei
I had originally wanted to go to Nga Trang to dive, but since I had a chest cough I decided it wasn't such a good idea. So instead, I de... Continue reading »
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Just Passing Through
My original plan had been to try and get to Northern Cambodia via Laos, but I found out that a visa for Laos was not offered at the border I was... Continue reading »
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Visting the Mekong Delta - Part I
I left Ho Chi Minh City around 7:30am by van. We drove for about 3 hours or so before getting to Cai Be where we moved onto a boat. The... Continue reading »
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Visting the Mekong Delta - Part II
Up early to leave by 7:15am. Back on a boat to see another floating market, this one was much bigger and much more active than the one we had... Continue reading »
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A Pleasant Surprise!
I really had not been excited about going to Phnom Penh. From what I had read, it was an unsafe town and from what I had seen when I passed through... Continue reading »
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Visting The Mekong Delta - Part III
Up early again and out the door by 7am. The pouring rain that had been coming down from at least 4:30am had thankfully stopped just in time for us... Continue reading »
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A Visit to See the Rare Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins
Up and on a bus to Kratie ($5.50) which is about 350 km (approx 217 miles) northeast of Phnom Penh at 7:15am. After a 6 1/2 hour ride I arrived... Continue reading »
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Friendly Faces, Old and New
I had done what I had gone to Kratie to see, so I left at 7:15am to head back to Phnom Penh, but this time only paying $4.50 for the same bus.&nb... Continue reading »
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Just Chilling!
I decided on a $7 bus instead of splurging on the $10 Mekong Express bus. From what I understand, the main difference between the buses is havin... Continue reading »
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Wat Amazing Sites! Part I
For some reason I didn't sleep too well and it didn't help that there was a gang of dogs outside my window and when one barked, the rest had to j... Continue reading »
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Wat Amazing Sites! Part II
The next day Erik, Frank and Lou picked me up at 9am. Our first stop was to one of the gates of Angkor Thom which was pretty impressive. As we... Continue reading »
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Wat Amazing Sites! Part III
For the last day at the temples, Steve and I decided we wanted to explore some of the temples that were further out, which required hiring a car. I... Continue reading »
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Getting to Bangkok
I wasn't really sure how it was going to work to get to Bangkok. I could have taken the bus to the border and then another bus to Bangkok, but from... Continue reading »
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One Night (and Day) in Bangkok . . . . .
I had been to Bangkok six years ago and really had no desire to spend much time there this time around. I had originally considered going straight... Continue reading »
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Monk Chat and the Night Market
I managed to get a pretty good night's sleep, getting up around 7am. The train was scheduled to arrive at 9:45am, but ended up not getting in... Continue reading »
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Suprised To Have Backtracked to See More Wats - Hadn't I Seen Enough at Angkor?
I had made a decision not to go to Sukhothai, but Moon convinced me that it was definitely worth going to see. So, here I was backtracking so... Continue reading »
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A Little Piece of Pai
I was up at 6:30am to catch the bus back to Chiang Mai and then another bus to Pai. The ride back to Chiang Mai was not through the country as it h... Continue reading »
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How Much Do You Want??
I decided to take the local bus back to Chiang Mai where I switched buses to continue onto Chiang Rai, which is located about 2 1/2 hours from the... Continue reading »
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Just a Pit Stop
The ride to Chiang Khong took just over 2 1/2 hours. Ellen and I were dropped off in town, which meant having to grab a tuk tuk to the border wh... Continue reading »
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The Very Slooowwww Boat Not to China, but to Luang Prabang
Up and downstairs, just after 8am we had a very slow breakfast. From what I saw the kitchen consisted of one small grill and a hot plate - not v... Continue reading » -
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Recovering From the Boat Ride
After the long boat ride to Luang Prabang, I needed a day to just chill. In the morning, Ellen and I decided to check out some other guesthou... Continue reading »
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Catching Up!
Off the bus from Hue and onto the back of a moto to the Hilton Hanoi Opera, yes just a bit out of my price range (I could spend at least 15+ nights ac... Continue reading » -
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Group Outing
It ended up being quite a group, 13 of us heading to Pak Ou Cave and Tat Kuang Si Waterfall. We had hoped to get into one tuk tuk as we saw some th... Continue reading »
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Seeing the Sites in Luang Prabang
Ellen and I had arranged to meet up with Johan and Tom to visit the sites around Luang Prabang. The goal had been to rent bicycles, hopefully... Continue reading »
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The Mysterious Jars
We headed off around 8:30am in a minivan, Johan, Lisa, Katherine, Victoria, Erik, John, Uwe and I to Phonsavan. Almost as soon as we headed out of... Continue reading »
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Not a Booze Cruise, but a Booze Tube!
Up early I scouted out a new place to stay. Lisa, Katherine and Victoria had decided to stay at the place next door, where Johan and Uwe were sh... Continue reading »
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Not the Motorcycle Diaries, but the Motorcycle Blog Entry!
The night before Uwe had mentioned that he was going to rent a moto to drive around the countryside. Thinking that this was an excellent idea I... Continue reading »
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A Day of Relaxation
Unfortunately I awoke to being covered in hives, again :( The last round hadn't completely gone away, but this time it was definitely worse.&nbs... Continue reading » -
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Glad It Wasn't My Bag!
There were two VIP buses to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, one at 10:00am and one at 1:00pm. Uwe and I had both opted for the earlier b... Continue reading »
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Can You Describe This Word and Use It In a Sentance . . .
Although my guesthouse was fine, it was more than I wanted to spend, especially with not being in the center of town. I finally found a room... Continue reading »
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How Can It Be the Biggest Festival in Laos, But No One Can Give Me Any Information About It!
Happy Turkey Day!
For breakfast I stopped off at JoMa where I ran into Uwe who was feeling much better, but not 100%. He had plans to g... Continue reading »
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So This Is What the Festival Is About!
My last day in Vientiane I was going to take it easy. I headed to the Talat Sao market to check it out and hoped to find some new t-shirts an... Continue reading »
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Wrong Side of the River
I had planned on going straight to Champasak located south of Pakse, on the way to the 4,000 islands. I had read that buses and sangthaew lef... Continue reading »
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Another World Heritage Site
Waking up at 10am I showered then went for lunch across the street. Afterwards I rented a bike for 10,000 kip (approx $1.05) and set off on a... Continue reading »
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Just Get Me To a Hammock!
I met the Australians at their guesthouse and had breakfast. I had left my pack at my guesthouse since we were going to be passing by that wa... Continue reading »
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Riding Around the Island
Being on the sunrise side of Don Det, despite having all three of my windows shut, it was pretty light in the morning, so there wasn't really the o... Continue reading »
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My Shortest Entry Ever!
My last full day on Don Det consisted of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, sitting in my hammock and reading, and catching up on writing my blog... Continue reading »
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Can I Get There From Here?
My objective now was to get from Laos back into Vietnam. Since I was near the bottom of Laos there was a border crossing at Bo Y, but it was... Continue reading »
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Despite It's Name It Is Not a Crappy Town
So the story goes something like this. Back in the day some people were living in a village and the Lao Loum people came to this village.&nbs... Continue reading »
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After Three Days, Finally Made It to Vietnam
So I wasn't sure if I was taking a bus or a minivan. I had read stories of overly packed minivans that zoomed up the winding roads (making quite... Continue reading » -
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Little Beach Town, Off the Tourist Track
I didn't really have many expectations for Quy Nhon. It was more of a stopping off point for either heading south or north. At breakfas... Continue reading »
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North or South?
I really debated for quite a bit of time about where I should head after Quy Nhon. I didn't get to Nha Trang my first time around in Vietnam, bu... Continue reading » -
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Should Have Listened to Me!
I met up with Eduardo at 9:30am who had decided to move to another hotel a few dollars cheaper. During breakfast we discussed seeing a few sites... Continue reading » -
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Wishing For Some Sun
So, the first day and a half at Nha Trang had been absolutely gorgeous however I woke up to an overcast day that I hoped would get better. I was... Continue reading »
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And There Was No More Sun :(
My last two days in Nha Trang I had hoped to enjoy the beach and get a little sun in, but it just wasn't meant to be. So, what it did give me... Continue reading »
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For Someone Who Hates Shopping . . . . .
Arriving in Hoi An around 7am the bus took us to two different places. I ended up at the second hotel for 128,000 dong (approx $8) a night.&n... Continue reading »
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Not So Purple To Me!
I decided to take the train to Hue because I had read that it was supposed to be the most scenic train ride in Vietnam. However, the train st... Continue reading »
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Catching Up!
Off the bus from Hue and onto the back of a moto to the Hilton Hanoi Opera, yes just a bit out of my price range (I could spend at least 15+ nights... Continue reading »
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Sensory Overload!
The Hilton behind us, Jon and I moved to the Queen Hotel, right smack in the heart of the Old Quarter. On the way, we stopped off for Jon's firs... Continue reading » -
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Beautiful Karsts - Part 1
We were told that the minivan to pick us up would arrive between 7:30 and 8:30am and it ended up being closer to 8:30am. When the van arrived... Continue reading »
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Beautiful Karsts - Part II
The second day of the Halong Bay tour, breakfast was at 7:30am which was once again, at least an hour plus affair as we headed towards Surprise Cave.&... Continue reading » -
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Beautiful Karsts - Part III
Unfortunately the best weather for the Halong Bay tour was on the second day and even then it was still quite foggy. So, despite being awake... Continue reading »
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Unguided!
Once settled into the room at the Sapa Summit Hotel, Monique, Jon and I headed down the street for breakfast at Baguette & Chocolat (yup the sa... Continue reading »
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Just 5 Minutes . . . .
Jon and I arrived at the train station and shortly were able to board the night train to Sapa. The train was different than the one I had tak... Continue reading »
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Guided!
Up to see the sun - drinking to the wine gods the night before must have worked ;) Even with sun, there was still quite a bit of fog which wa... Continue reading »
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Back to the Old Quarter
The night train from Sapa to Hanoi arrived at 5am. Way too early. Jon and I grabbed a taxi and headed to our new hotel, Gia Thinh... Continue reading »
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Where To Next?
So, I had booked a flight to Kuala Lumpur for the 26th back in Hoi An, but hadn't made any other plans, a mistake on my part. So I spent quit... Continue reading »
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Managed to Get a Little Culture In!
So the plan for today was to get to some of the sites in Hanoi. However, first I really needed to sort out my flight leaving in just a few da... Continue reading »
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A Christmas Eve Pub Crawl
My 100th posting!
Jon and I had decided to go our separate ways until afternoon as he had Christmas shopping to do and I had errands to run,... Continue reading »
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Not a White Christmas, But a Vietnamese Christmas
I spent a couple of hours in the morning fussing with photos, trying to upload all the ones I had taken plus Jon's which was a heck of a lot of pho... Continue reading »
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Off to Borneo (The Malaysian Part)
Up early and it was a little strange to be back traveling on my own again after almost two weeks traveling with Jon. I took a taxi to the air... Continue reading »
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Orang Utans and Cats!
I was up early as I had to check out of the Pinnacles Kuching and check into Singgahsana before catching a bus. I headed in the drizzlin... Continue reading »
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How Does That Song Go? "All By Myself . . . "
Singgahsana had a sister guesthouse, the Village House about half an hour away in Sabetong on the coast, which had only been open for about 2... Continue reading »
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All I Wanted to See Was One Proboscis Monkey Up Close :(
I was up early to catch the bus to Bako National Park. As I was waiting for breakfast, I head a couple asking at the front desk for direction... Continue reading »
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A Malaysian New Year's Eve
I decided since I was the only one in the guesthouse and since Marina, Donald and Dean were heading into Kuching for the evening, that I didn't muc... Continue reading »
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Last Couple of Days in SE Asia
It was New Year's Day and a lazy day - as it should be! I was up by 9:30am as I had seen Dean, Marina and Donald's friend once coming back to... Continue reading »
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A Very Long Day to Get to India
I was in a taxi by 6:30am in order to get to the airport to catch my flight to Johor Baru in Peninsula Malaysia, once again using Air Asia. T... Continue reading »
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Easing into India
I only had a choice of flying into Cochi or Chennai on Tiger Airways which was the cheapest flights by far that I could find from Singapore. ... Continue reading »
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A Glimpse Into the Backwaters
It had been suggested to hire a boat for a Backwater's experience down in Alleppe. Unfortunately, one of the drawbacks of traveling solo was that i... Continue reading »
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A Blog Day
I met Alison at the travel place by her home stay to book the trip to Munnar. It was 1200 Rs (approx $30.77) split between the room and the t... Continue reading »
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Not Even One Cuppa Tea!
Up really early as the taxi was scheduled to arrive at 6:00am for Munnar. It was very punctual and as I headed towards it, the taxi plus Alison hea... Continue reading »
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Off to See Some Wildlife, Hopefully!
The bus I needed to catch to get to Kumily went straight past the home stay around 9:15am. So, after some toast, that looked like it had been made... Continue reading »
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Does a Giant Squirrel Count as Having Seen Wildlife?
I was up at 5:45am after a pretty cold night. I had decided not to do a full day trek but to go on a three hour trek instead that was offered... Continue reading »
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Absolutely Filthy!
I walked to the bus station and caught a private bus, which was the same kind of bus I had taken from Munnar to Kumily. I didn't see much dif... Continue reading »
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What, No Turn Down Service? ;P
Up early, I headed out to find an internet place as I had to make sure that my Brother, Nik, had hopefully made it on his way. The place I ha... Continue reading »
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He Managed to Hold Up Really Well!
The taxi to the airport came just before noon with Nik's flight supposedly having landed at 11:45am. On the way I negotiated with my driver,... Continue reading »
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Round and Round in Circles
Once up, Nik and my first order of business was to move the first round of our stuff to a new guesthouse in Connaught Place. We had chosen to... Continue reading »
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The Joys of Extending My Visa - Part I
You know when I have a Part in the title, it isn't going to be a short story!
I had organized my Indian visa in San Francisco, just before le... Continue reading »
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The Joys of Extending my Visa - Part II
For breakfast, Nik and I headed just a few blocks away to Coffee Day after which, I left Nik to head to the FRRO (Foreigners' Regional Registr... Continue reading »
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Sometimes Being Able to Communicate Helps!
What I didn't know before coming to India was that trains book up far in advance. So, traveling by train takes some advance planning, which was... Continue reading » -
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Please Let Us Get Seats!
Nik and I left Bobby's around 8am and made our way with our packs to the train station. Our train wasn't scheduled to leave until 9:30pm but we... Continue reading » -
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What, No Boats?
Nik and I had booked ahead into the Scindia Guesthouse right on the Ganges river and they had offered to pick us up from the train station, which w... Continue reading »
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A-Maze-Ing Varanasi
Just after waking up we heard a band playing outside. As we opened our windows we saw below that some celebration or ceremony was going on wi... Continue reading »
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Leave Your Modesty At The Door!
So I don't know what was up with the monkeys that night, but they were having quite a few fights on our windowsill throughout the night - boy do th... Continue reading »
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Man of Strange Noises
Once on the train, Nik and I made our way to our sleepers, thinking we had the bottom and top of a 3 tiered side (we tried for 2 AC, but with no lu... Continue reading »
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The Kama Sutra Temples
Arriving in Khajuraho, a small town with the new section being no bigger than two main streets, Nik and I checked into the Hotel Siddarth that was... Continue reading »
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A Long Trip to Agra
Up too early to grab breakfast at a restaurant, we stopped off at a bakery to pick up a few items and some tea. I opted for the lemon tea, but e... Continue reading »
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The Deserted City
Nik and I decided we wanted to stop by Fatephur Sikri upon a recommendation from one of Nik's friends, which was located about 40 km (approx 25 miles)... Continue reading » -
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Mausoleum of Love
Nik and I arrived at the Hotel Host and were shown our room that was pretty bad with stained sheets and no light in the bathroom. We asked for a... Continue reading »
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The Pink City
After leaving Abhernari, it was about a two hour trip to Jaipur, known as the Pink City because the buildings in the old city are all pink (not hard t... Continue reading » -
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A Beautiful Example of Symmetry
Up and on the road by about 8:30am we headed off to Jaipur but Nik and I wanted to make a pit stop at Abhernari which was about a 30km (approx 18 1... Continue reading »
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Photo Please! What, By Mail?!
Nik and I had organized with Ram for him to pick us up at 9:30am, but he showed up at 9:00am and so had to wait as we finished our breakfast in t... Continue reading »
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Best Home Cooked Food, Even If It Takes A Long Time!
When Nik and I had booked the driver for Rajasthan, we hadn't really done as much research as we probably should have. But we thought that... Continue reading »
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$20 For Throwing Flowers into the Lake?
Nik and I left Bundi around 12:30pm and we made our way to Pushkar which is known for its camel fair in November, but also has quite a few ghats aroun... Continue reading » -
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An Excellent Fort in the Blue City
From Pushkar, Nik and I headed off to Jodhpur (yes, as the name suggests, it is where the baggy pants originated from!). Just outside of Pu... Continue reading »
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But Really We Would Like to Stop in Osian!
We had organized to have Ram meet us at the guesthouse, or close to it (as it was possible) around 9am. He showed up and Nik acknowledged him an... Continue reading » -
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Me and My Camel Maria, I Mean Murda!
Nik and I were up and headed to the rooftop restaurant just before 7:30am as we were being picked up at 8:00am for our camel safari. As we got t... Continue reading » -
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Giant Sandcastle
Nik and I got back before noon from our camel safari. We headed back to the Sahi Palace where they told us we would have to wait for our room.&n... Continue reading » -
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1,444 Pillars, No Two Alike
I had called Ram the previous day to confirm the time to pick us up and tried telling him that we had moved to another guesthouse from the one he h... Continue reading »
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I Need to Get Myself a Spice Box!
Nik and I left Ranakpur around 9am and were in Udaipur by 10:30am or so. Ram did his last ditch attempt to get us to stay at a place that he... Continue reading »
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City of Lakes
Nik and I headed off to a French bakery, a change from the German bakeries we had been to. It was not too far from the guesthouse and the food w... Continue reading » -
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And The NY Giants Are the World Champions!
Nik and I got up at 6am to see if we could find the Superbowl on one of the channels and we were successful. Although I don't mind watching the... Continue reading » -
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Two AC Is So Much Better!
Nik and I had opted to upgrade to 2 AC for our last train trip of our travels. Well, technically, it was the first train that we had the option of ge... Continue reading » -
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The Oldest Caves I've Ever Seen
Nik and I had breakfast at our hotel, Hotel Panchavati and had such a bad breakfast. We ordered the usual of jam/butter/toast and it came out as thin... Continue reading » -
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Much Preferred Over Delhi
The train from Aurangabad arrived around 6am and Nik and I took a short taxi ride as rickshaws to our hotel aren't allowed in that part of Mumbai. We... Continue reading » -
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Thieves Market and a Bollywood Movie
Nik and I were dropped off and were told that the Chor Bazaar was not too far away and we were given basic directions. We headed off and kind of... Continue reading » -
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The Largest Slum in Asia
Nik and I decided to take a tour with Reality Tours to see the largest slum in Asia, Dharavi which was located in Mumbai. Dharavi houses approximatel... Continue reading » -
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Catching Up With An Old Co-Worker
Nik and I tried to find a place for breakfast near the hotel without much success. The place that we had been to for lunch the other day suppose... Continue reading » -
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My Body Gives Up!
Once awake in the morning, Nik and I realized that the room was much worse than we had thought and we decided we had to find something else. The... Continue reading » -
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Beach Time
After being sick the day before, I felt a lot better, not 100%, but definitely functional, enough to enjoy the beach! Having missed out on one d... Continue reading » -
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I Want To Go Back :(
Nik and I had decided to head up to Anjuna, which was a beach in the northern part of Goa. We had decided to take a taxi for 1,200 Rs (approx $30.77)... Continue reading » -
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Market Day
Nik and I got up and headed straight down the beach to the Wednesday market, one of those must see things in northern Goa. Once there, most of t... Continue reading » -
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A Very Peachy Beachy Valentine's Day!
What could be better than sitting on the beach and doing absolutely nothing, except for cooling off in the water, playing with the waves and reading.... Continue reading » -
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Mehndi - Doesn't Take An Hour To Dry!
Another beautiful day in Polelum and another day of relaxing on the beach. My only real activity for the day was to find someone to apply henna to my... Continue reading »
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