Well I wish I had something exciting to share with you all... but I don't. I've been taking it easy a bit the last few days, I left Mumbai the night of my birthday for Goa. Goa is a state in India with lots and lots of beaches, I went to Arambol beach, which was nice, but not a whole lot to do, good to relax for a few days though. After that I went to the capital of Goa, Panjim where I spent a couple days just wandering around. Then I had a long journey of train/bus to get to [View Full Entry]

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Okay, haven't updated in a few days so I will tell you all what's been going on. I took a train from Delhi to Agra (3 hours) saw the Taj Mahal then waited in the train station for 5 and a half hours... late train... got back to Delhi... waited 4 hours in the train station, then got on my 26 hour train to Mumbai. That was a long couple days... And then I arrived to Mumbai with a mission, I had heard about studios always looking for extras for Bollywood movies, and as soon as I stepped out of the [View Full Entry]

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Okay...okay... I'm here in New Delhi now, I spent a day and a bit in Varanasi, which is the most holy city in all of India. Many Hindu people come there to die, and I witnessed human bodies being burned. Varanasi is next to the River Ganges which is what makes the city so holy, don't ask me what makes the river so holy, I was just glad to get out of there. It was very very interesting but every corner I turned someone was trying to get some money out of me, fair enough... it is a very poor country [View Full Entry]

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Here I am in Calcutta, India. I heard from a couple people that Calcutta was the worst place to start my travels in India, yes it is dirty, yes it is crazy, yes it is overcrowded but I imagine all other big Indian cities will be the same. I got here mid day yesterday (August 10th) met a Swedish guy in the airport and split a hotel room for around $1.85 Canadian each.... And I'm off tonight on a night train to Varanasi, 700km's north of here. Train travel is one big advantage India has over a lot of other countries, [View Full Entry]

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Okay, well I've been in Bangkok for quite a while now getting everything ready for my next destination, not doing anything too exciting, looking around the city, trying to keep busy. But now everything is in order for my next destination... flight... visa, I'm ready to go. And I guess it's time to tell everyone where I'm going.... This country will test me more than any other country... It will be hard but very rewarding... Where? India I fly out of here the day after tomorrow to Calcutta, I'll only have a month in India, it seems like a lot but [View Full Entry]

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Well as you can see from the title... I'm back in Bangkok now, didn't stay as long as I wanted to in Chaing Mai but another plan popped into my head... which I will let you all know about soon enough. Anyways today I had a busy day, woke up bright and early to go to the floating market just outside Bangkok, it is a cool concept but... was very very touristy and with hundreds of boats all trying to get down a narrow channel we got in a bit of a traffic jam, so I was glad to get back [View Full Entry]

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Rarely in life do you do something you will never forget, whatever you're doing the world just stops, for however long you are doing it you are truly happy, you forget about all the problems you might have and you just have fun, today, for me was one of those days. The day started off early, we got in the back of a pick up truck and drove for about an hour, the ride was bumpy so I felt a little sick after it was all done. The guide whisked us off to the house where we changed into our "mahout" [View Full Entry]

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Well first let's get the sad news out of the way... They found Donal's body a few days ago down river from Vang Vieng...link here. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/tributes-paid-to-backpackerdonal-o-cadhain-from-co-galway-pictured-on-his-roundtheworld-trip-that-ended-so-tragically-1439167.html Anyways... The journey from Luang Prabang to here wasn't all that bad... the first day we traveled for about 9 hours by boat, got some sleep in a little town then woke up yesterday morning for another 8 hours of boating. The boats were not too full so we got to stretch out a bit, I didn't g [View Full Entry]

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Got back from 2 days of Trekking and Kayaking yesterday, which was really fun... The first day we trekked for about 5 or 6 hours in blistering heat and mud ankle deep, got very sweaty and very dirty, a few people fell down, including me, but no one got hurt. We got to the village where we would spend the night which was awesome, the people were all so friendly and it felt very authentic. It was what you'd picture a little village in the middle of the jungle in Laos to be like, no electricity, chickens running around everywhere, it [View Full Entry]

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Still no word.... But on to happier subjects... I'm in Luang Prabang, which is supposed to be one of the nicest cities in South East Asia. The city has dozens of temples, I'm not going to see all of them.... but I'll try and get my fair share in. The city has a very cool market, if I had deeper pockets, or more importantly a bigger bag I could go crazy here. They have quite a few street food vendors also, I'm very cautious now, after being sick in Peru last year but I have sampled a few things and may [View Full Entry]

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