Asia Travel Blogs - Page 4

so the great three reunited once again after the infamous trip in london journeyed through the perilous metro system and headed for the mountains to see the mystic budha.  we had to take a sky lift there which was great cause there was spectacular views of the water and the city and mountains.…

Although quite rewarding, traveling alone has been tough.  I feel like I am not being myself.  I am always acting overly assertive, sometimes even to the point of being aggressive.  The message I want to send the to those I encounter is that I am a strong woman- so dont dare&nbs…

Waitiing at Narita Airport now, for my connecting flight back to the states.  What a great trip we had!  The food, the sights, the hotels....all wonderful.   I can't wait to tell you all about it, but not for 100 yen per 10 minutes at the airport internet cafe!  You'll just…

So i went to bed at around 6ish in the morning after the meetup. Woke up at around 10ish because I got hungry. I washed up a bit and went down to McDonalds to grab a burger. Such a shame, really. Of all the good food in Bangkok, i had to pick McDonalds! Well, desperate times call for desperate meas…

I guess the songkran festival is better known as the worlds biggest water fight, from the 13th to the 15th of april is the thai new year, Songkran is a time for cleaning and renewal which is what the water sybolizes. Songkran was another unforgettable Bangkok experience, we went in a cab to the ma…

The flight from Siem Reap to Singapore was very quick and smooth.  (departure tax- note that you have to pay a $25USD departure tax when you leave Cambodia - they do take credit cards, but the machine was broken when we were there, and they don't take Riel.) We grabbed a taxi who took the quic…

I get into Tokyo, get to my hostel and try to meet up with Steph and Wayne... I get to the meeting point, but I fail to realize that EVERY metro station in Tokyo has ATLEAST 4 entrances, and most have 6!!! If you want to meet someone in Tokyo pick a place, a bar, with an address or else its a lost …

  At Where Travel, Chris and I collected our one-way tickets to Calcutta from Mr.Yongyuth. We organized our belongings and each shipped a box home; surface mail which would take two months. We didn't mind since we would be traveling another three. Mine contained the handicrafts from the hill-…

7/14/07 Well the flight to Mumbai and then on to Delhi was fairly boring.  We tried to get a pre-paid taxi to Darshan and Murli’s and had a bit of trouble since there was a huge line of people waiting (and mostly cutting around other waiting people) to hop in cabs.  We finally walked al…

It was just a mere two hours to Poi Pet and the Thailand border crossing, but getting across the border was another matter.  It was almost farcically slow and seemed to involve a lot of queuing to get into a queue.  Once across the border though, I was quickly into a minivan bound for…

Mercy is a virtue. Vietnam 2001. I'm in a pool hall in Ho Chi Minh City.  Uncle Ho may have led a revolution from the north to bring his light of Communism to the hedonistic south, but he obviously didn't reach this place.  Its a massive building, pool tables extend across the floor…

Day 8 Negombo That morning we had an appointment with the Catamaran-Crew. We sailed to a shipwreck that was pretty far from the coast. It was a great trip because there was a lot of wind and the water was not that calm as it had been the first time! It was pretty cool! We sailed away from the coas…

Taking an auto-ricksaw through the streets of Delhi is an experience that is hard to describe.  Let's just say it makes greek drivers look good. Today we spent most of the day seeing old Delhi. I feel that this is closer to the real India, not as green and quiet as New Delhi, the im…

Today I took another long busride. This time to Bangkok. It started with a big bus in Siem Reap to the border at Poi Pet. After only a short time of waiting and surprisingly enough no extra dollars for "administrative costs" or "overtime" at the customs I was back in Thailand. The change from dusty…

Palo is considered to be one of the most historical towns of Leyte. It is well-known as the site of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines together with Philippine and American military forces after a period of exile in 1944. Hill 522, a hill located near the town center, was the site o…