I had to fly back to Bangkok to catch my flight back home via Tokyo. I decided to spend a few days there so that I could get a suit made and to get...

Supposedly Jakarta is the most dangerous city in SE Asia.  Even though it is not a major tourist attraction I was interested to see how it com...

By the time I arrived in Yogyakarta (Jogja) is was getting pretty tired of traveling.  I was tired of the repetitive nature of south east asia...

The moonscape of Bromo and its neighboring volcanoes has inspired many legends from the Hindu Tegger people who still inhabit the area.  The a...

Ubud is the artsy cultural center of Bali.  The streets are lined with high quality cheap restaurants and art shops full of local abstract pa...

The Gili Islands were one of the most hyped spots on the backpacker grapevine.  I had big expectations when we arrived on our tourist ferr...

Ian had mentioned in passing that an old friend of his was leaving in Bali and he might meet up with her.  I didn’t think much of it even ...

After getting beaten by bad weather on my first attempt to climb SE Asia’s highest peak I vowed to come back and concor it another day.  T...

Brunei is not exactly a hot spot on the backpackers path.  There is only one hostel in town.  There is nothing to do at night.  Ther...

I had heard that Borneo had good diving but if you believe what the guidebooks tell you, every single coastal Asian town is one of the best places ...

Borneo inspires visions of wild dense jungles filled with exotic critters and the most intelligent non-human primates in the world.  The easie...

At about 4100m mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in south east asia.  Several people told me that the two day adventure was a very rewarding...

Before arrival I envisioned Borneo to be very rustic and primal. Borneo is very primitive in places but it is still Malaysia (at least the north pa...

Like most people traveling SE Asia I have been taking advantage to the cheap flights provided by Air Asia.  They did get me on my flight out ...

Since we were already in the area after going to Donsol we decided to try to climb the perfectly symmetrical slopes of Mt. Mayon just outside of ...

Whale sharks can get up 18 meters long making them the biggest fish in the world.  Donsol has one of the most densely populated areas of thes...

The Philippines was more difficult to get around than any other country I have ever visited.  The level of organization was mindbogglingly lo...

Boracay is the number one tourist destination in the Philippines and for good reason.  The endless white sand beach is one of the most bea...

It is ridiculous to say that my travels from Singapore to Alona Beach in the Philippines were the most difficult of my trip because I have had many...

Singapore's modern reflective downtown core connected by impeccable subways was in stark contrast with the rest of South East Asia.  The core ...

The strange mix of old building from around the globe are testament to Melaka's rich history involving Dutch traders, British colonizers, and C...

KL is one of the very few places in the world that I have visited twice.  I was there eight years ago on my way to New Zealand when I took a...

After sweating profusely in cheap beach bungalows for over a month the crisp cool air of the Cameron Highlands was a welcomed change of climate. ...

I was blown away by how clear the turquoise water was when I first arrived at Malaysia's finest backpacker beach resort.  The first glimpse ...

Tonsai was my most anticipated stop on my entire ten month journey.  With more than 450 bolted routes, it is the biggest rock climbing mecca ...

We were dizzy at the first glimpse of the scenery on our first visit to the beach in Phi Phi.  This place was nothing like Puket.  The av...

Phuket is the main tourist hub for all of Southern Thailand.  I did not intend to go there but cheap flights from Bangkok were too temping fo...

From Sihanoukville we took a boat to the border, a bus to Bangkok and a flight to Puket.  Air Aisia is so cheap.  Looking back we shoul...

Cambodia experienced one of the most hellish revolutions the world has ever seen.  The Khmer Rouge had a vision of utopia much different than...

Siem Reap attracts tourists young and old from the far reaches of the globe to marvel over the the endless supply of forgotten ancient temples in...

The road network in Cambodia has come a long way in the last decade.  Most of the main routes are now paved and travel times are a lot faster...

The 4000 islands is a place where the days agendas are a foreign concept and slow moving days are spent sharing stories in swaying hammocks ove...

The Bolaven Plateau is the covered in coffee and tea plantations with beautiful waterfalls scattered throughout.  Paces is the main city in ...

Dominic and I ventured to Vientiane more out of necessity to get to the south than a preferred destination.  The city was surprisingly urban...

Rock Climbing was on the top of my list for things to do in South East Asia.  I new there were really good places around but the only one I...

The guidebooks talk Luang Prabang up to be the place to go in Laos.  The ritzy restaurants and pricey guesthouses filled with rich grey hair...

After a disappointing experience trekking in Chaing Mai I had high hopes that the rumors of a more authentic experience in northern Laos were true....

I don't have much to say about Chiang Rai since i was only here two days and I was sick pretty much the entire time.  It didn't seem like ther...

As we rolled into town in the early evening on our tuk-tuk it my first impression of Chiang Mai was that it was much cleaner and a little quieter...

The ancient city of Sukhothai was the center of the Thai Nation for about 150 years before the rise of Ayuthaya.  The guidebooks claim th...

Ayuthaya was the cultural center during the rise of the Thai nation dating back to 1350.  The Burmese sacked the city which then housed the...

I arrived late at night and took a cab to Banglamphu, the backpackers headquarters of the city that is central to most SE Asia travel itineraries...