Asia Travel Blogs

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia) We were stuck between Russia and Mongolia for 8 hours with little to do, to pass the time. Luckily this small kid, called Kolya, kept us entertained for a decent period of time! Sukhbaatar was also the start of Asia in my…

today is a cultural day for me and ben. we decided to take a break from being cavemen and appreciate "whats left" of the cultural heritage of the capital of the philippines which is manila. we decided to meet one of the most active travbuddy members from manila! and which is also a personal friend,…

(TODAY) "Excuse me.  How much are your marigolds?" (3 MONTHS ON.  THOUGHTS.)  Three months to the day since I started this journey.  Thoughts?  Yeah, plenty of them I guess.  A miniature milestone reached.  A pause for thought.  More thoughts than I had expe…

Kind of early in the trip for this, but I am experiencing a little "blog burnout." Today I vow not to ramble. This will be a short one. Really. In fact, I am even going to do bullet points. MORNING: up at 6:45 and parked myself at the computer. Blog, blog, blog.  It's like a job! :^) Steve foc…

CEBU CITY FEB 07 It all started with a text message.  My friend Eric Lim from Sykes texted me one afternoon and asked if I was interested to go to Sumilon Island with him and his schoolmates from Xavier U(Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro). I had no idea where Sumilon was so I…

I have been asked by family and friends why I went to Azerbaijan and how in the world I got a job there. I also get a lot of questions of what it is like here. So, I will do my best to tell about my past and present here.

I start the morning to try to go to the Coconut Palace a nice little cottage which Imelda Marcos had built for the visit of the pope. The first cab I found to take me there said he did not know the area and said he would not drive out to the area even though I told him I would guide him the entire …

We are sadly leaving the wonderful, friendly, green area of Yangshou to return to busy, noisy, crowded Beijing.   We were in Yangshou so long the vendors recognised us and stopped to talk.   Several restaurants knew us and spoiled us when we came in.....  back to …

We went to this pretty huge mall in Narita. It was nice and had lots of shops to go to and check out. Me and Kenji mostly just spent our time taking purikuras. Nothing much happened. ^^ I will just share these purikuras with you.

   After a final beer at O'Hearns Pub in Redondo Beach, I drove to the Budget rental car return near LAX. I boarded their shuttle to the airport and when I told the driver "China Airlines" a middle-aged business man gasped. "Wow, where are you going," he asked. I told him to Southeast A…

After the trauma of watching Hostel Saturday night, I still slept like a baby. We had a lot to do and not much time to do it in on Sunday morning. I needed to be at the airport around 2 in the afternoon for my flight to Kuala Lumpur, so I was up early to pack my bag. Our plans for the day included …

Our last day in Ulaanbaatar. And, in a way, also our first day, as during our previous visits to the city we didn't do much sightseeing (with the exception of our half-morning trip to the monastery). And while Ulaanbaatar is an ugly place, it certainly merits a visit. But first we had to move hot…

I have had a few people ask about what is happening with my move overseas to teach English.

Yep, I did find this free internet here at the airport in Seoul. I didn't miss my flight at all. It's ... ugh wait.. I'm seeing something cool right now. A kid is trying out this uber cool mega techie phone game and it's sooooo uber cool mega techie! It's like a 5d game! Anyhoo, the kid's gone…

I head back to Sapporo - after all it is pretty much the place to be to catch any connections around Hokkaido. I want to have a bit of a look of the city from above. Hence I do what I had thought about doing days ago - I head for the TV tower - the little building in the middle of Oddori Park w…