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sand, sea, sun, snorkelling, scooters, night markets, friends and a motorbike
3 – 15 December 2009 I am writing this on a train to Kanchanaburi, it’s 9.30am. Rafeena and I have been travelling for nearly 24hours, we left Ko Pha-Ngan yesterday at midday on a ferry, caught a bus to the … Continue reading
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Bangkok rendezvous
30 November to 2 December Or two. I arrived back in Bangkok at 6pm, and Bazz (on a stopover for 20hours) was due to arrive at 6.30pm and my friend/housemate Rafeena from Fremantle at 7pm. What timing! I’ll be travelling … Continue reading
Dengue, and Cambodia
20 to 28 November 2009 The doctor in Phnom Penh confirmed that I had Dengue Fever (I must have caught it from mosquitoes in Thailand, near the Burmese border). But despite it now being 9 days I’ve been sick (including … Continue reading
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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
