Asia Travel Blogs - Page 8

This is it -- the start of my two-week travel that I planned for a month!  Well, actually, I was supposed to just come along with some TravBuddies who were planning a SEA trip in July to August -- a hassle-free trip for me, since they had already made an itinerary and all I had to do was j…

For those of you thinking that this is a Brokeback Mountain encounter, you're wrong. I didn't manage to get THAT up close and personal with Phil, not that I didn't want to... jeez I'm only kidding, guys. Unfortunately, he's got his eyes on BIGGER things, also known as whale sharks. Yes folks, Phil …

Day 5 : rainCouldn't sleep well last night. Guessing it's because I slept too much yesterday.. Plus my back's sunburnt.. Woke up like 7am. Watched movies again from the morning. It's raining outside with the thunder. Rain today, again.. What a day.. :-(Packed, had buffet breakfast, checked out and …

We made it to the the bus terminal 10 minutes before 7AM, just in time to catch the second trip to Baguio. It was truly hard to leave what I believe is one of Philippine’s most beautiful places but for sure, I will make my way here again in the future.

Before I start let me say something about myself: I'm one of those guys that can detect the most subtle differences but I never see something obvious.  Read this entry and you will know why I'm saying this. This morning I wake up a little bit late,  knock at Dani's and Kim's ro…

Woke up by my alarm at 5am. Still so sleepy. I did pack all of them last night so all I had to do was get a taxi and head to airport. I said goodbye to my friend and got on a pink taxi (YAAAAAY!!!!!) and went to the airport.Still so dark outside.. OH BOY... I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE. I NEED…

I lost Christmas somewhere on a plane flying forward in time. I was assigned to a middle seat on a full flight, but the lady next to me asked me to trade places with her husband a few rows back. I get back there and find it's an aisle seat. Elbow space! Yay karma. Next stop, Taipei.&…

One weekend left and then one long ass flight home.As usual, I stay with family when I visit Hong Kong.  It's excellent cuz then I get to pig out on delicious dim sum everyday as my family always needs to feed me obscene amounts of food when I visit.  The Chinese say "I love you" with foo…

I arrived in Mumbai for a five-day orientation last Saturday night.  The airport seemed not radically different from home… until I got outside.  Swarms of people behind a metal barrier.  Thankfully the AJWS arranged for a driver to pick me up (sweet!), and I spotted him holding a…

OK, let's see. If going back in time, it was at the end of August 2006, I come back to Beijing after visit Mongolia, and I got an email from my friend Sue, that I meet few months ago in China, asking me if I would like to come with her to the Philippines. Her boyfriend had to go back to S.A to work…

  HONG KONG/CHINA TRIP OVERVIEW   Monday, March 19, we flew United Airlines to Hong Kong. 14 team members from four states linked up in Chicago. Due to the time difference, we arrived on Tuesday afternoon, March 20.      We spent two days…

  We walked back to Hotel new Raj, our guesthouse around 2am. It's close. My friend rang bell. Another thought was if no one opens, we might go back to ask Derandra to sleep with him? Then young boy who I met him before and who also said that he wanted to take me around town came wi…

For the last four years usually in the middle of May the Japanese Embassy in Bratislava in cooperation with the Japan foundation has organized a Japanese film festival. During a week the spectators get the opportunity to watch every day 1 or 2 Japanese movies for free in a smaller alterna…

OK, arriving in the Maldives will be in two parts: arriving in the Maldives itself, and arriving at the resort, which was the really impressive experience! Male airport isn't the most interesting place, and I was seriously ticked off when my bottle of gin was confiscated! Because it's a Muslim cou…

At least this flight wasn't delayed! Flying another almost 6000 miles over the Pacific and I arrived back in San Francisco airport about 12 hours later. Time to unpack and look through my photos and update my blog. This trip took me almost 2000 km or 1200 miles by train and bus, and 2 domestic fli…