Category Archives: southeast asia
People
I haven’t talked much about the people I’ve met while travelling, but many have become friends (and not just facebook friends!). Just earlier I caught up with Phoebe from England who I met in northern Thailand. Last night I caught … Continue reading
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Adventures of the medical kind
I’m not worried about my health, but I’m curious, and getting annoyed that it is messing up my plans. I’ve had to miss out on seeing Bokor National Park, it’s views and abandoned buildings and walking around the old hotel … Continue reading
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Angkor
17 to 19 November 2009 Day 1 of exploring Angkor was done in a tuk-tuk with four german boys, spanning the afternoon seeing the main sites (Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm). Day 2 I only hired myself a … Continue reading
Conversations
Conversation while biking around Angkor, in an area not many bikes get to: “Are you alone?” “Yes.” “No boyfriend?” “No.” “Are you not scared by yourself?” “Ehh, no!” And I’m not scared. Though generally I don’t go into dark quiet … Continue reading
Cambodia: First, corruption
“$20 and 100baht”. “No, $20″. “$20 and 100baht”. “No, $20, look, it says up there $20″. “No, embassy is $20, here it’s $20 and 100baht”. “I don’t have baht, here, $20″. “And 100baht”. “Ok, have 20baht”. “No, 100baht”. Sigh. I … Continue reading
Bangkok
Saturday night. Khao San Road, Bangkok. Street is full of bars and clubs, and it continues until at least 3am, locals and farang (westerners of european descent). At 6pm I walk over to Wat Mahadhatu, a buddhist temple, to learn … Continue reading
Three buses, one book
The plan was to get a bus from Mae Sot to Bangkok at around 8am, arriving there at around 4pm. Fail. I got there at 11pm. Thai time… mine and the bus driver’s. I did manage to get up early, … Continue reading
Waterfalls, rafting, jungle, elephants, tarantulas, snakes
I’m in Bangkok at the moment, but let’s back track to Um Phang. A very remote town on the Burmese border, 150km south of Mae Sot, but that trip takes 5 to 7 hours. South there is the national park … Continue reading
Gratitude
I haz it. For life. For food. For music. For freedom. For a very amicable divorce. For not having to show an identity card at police controls on the Burmese/Thai border. For friends, old and new, and family. For the … Continue reading
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Death Highway, Um Phang, randomness
From around the corner of the hill came a dust cloud. I covered my nose and mouth as we drove through. Around the corner there was a ute in the gutter of the road, on the wrong side. A woman … Continue reading
