Blogs from Asia - page 13026

Earlier this week, we decided to take a 2 day stop to Shanghai. It is only 1 hour away. We have been fortunate enough to befriend a wealthy student of ours, Paul. We helped him pass an English certification course so that he could travel and study in Australia. He is very generous. His father owns a tea company, and apparently he owns a foreign currency trading company. He is 22. His father is very influential, and his uncle is the head of police in Suzhou. He said if we ever get into trouble, let him know, and he can get us out of trouble. Anyways, his father's partner let us ride with him in a car early on Wednesday morning. Very convenient. We arrived in Shanghai and went right to the Shanghai Museum of Science ... read more

Well a slight change of plan, as we were in the North of Thailand we decided to head to Cambodia via Laos instead of going back to Bangkok and across. Maybe this wasn’t the best option as have now realised as transport (or anything come to think of it) isn’t that easy in Laos. But anyway, we caught a night bus from Chiang Mai to Udon Thani and onto Nong Khai where we crossed the boarder, 15 hours travelling in total. This was an interesting journey to say the least as the driver over took on every blind bend flashing his lights to warn others we were coming through, needless to say we decided the best option was to close our eyes, put our fingers in our ears and hope for the best!! As they say ... read more

Samir's article. Back in Bombay, we finally went to the Elephanta Caves. First we took a 1 hour boat to the island, then a 5 miniute mini train to the stairs, and then a 10 miniute walk up the steps. When we got there, we realized it was worth the time. The Elephanta Caves are three caves carved out of the mountain, and there are giant statues of gods and carvings that tell stories. There were more monkeys and stray dogs there than anywhere else that I've been to (not including the SPCA shelter.) The caves were ancient, but probably not as old as the Hampi ruins. We also fond a small hole in the side of the hill that had 6 cute, as in sickening cute, whimpering puppies trapped in it. No clue what they ... read more

Spent our first day exploring the sights- went to floating village which was pretty cool. Everything on bamboo rafts inc police station, secondary school (which was saw moving to higher waters!) Quite ingenius really so save them from being flooded! Visited war museum about the civil war in cambodia- was good (if not bit complicated!) but our guide was blind, had an prostetic leg and ball bearings and shrapnel still stuck under his skin. Made you think a bit, especially as there are still millions of mines over Cambodia. Ended the day more happily watching the sunset over Angkor Wat at the top of a mountain... very peaceful (except for the Japanese tourists!)... read more

So, zur Abwechslung mal ein paar kleine Geschichten aus Singapur. (muss ja auch mal sein) Eigentlich bin ich ja kaum hier und jeder Touri der ne Woche hier verbringt sieht vermutlich mehr als ich. Aber ich werd versuchen am Ende noch ein wenig aufzuholen, denn es ist nur noch eine Auslandsreise geplant (dieses Wochenende nach Kuala Lumpur) und danach werd ich mir wohl innerhalb der engen Grenzen Singapurs meine Zeit vertreiben. Aber nun schnell zu den erzählenswerten Geschichten: 1. Erdbeben Habe letzten Dienstag mein erstes und zweites Erdbeben erlebt. Zumindestens die ersten spürbaren und erzählenswerten. Gegen 11.45 verschwamm die Sicht vor meinen Augen ein wenig und die Buchstaben auf dem Bildschrim begannen zu tanzen. In dem Moment dachte ich erst, der wenige Schlaf der letzten Wochen würde sich nun schlussendlich rächen und ich drehe total durch. ... read more