http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ArizonaWildcat/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ArizonaWildcat en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:53:05 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:53:05 +0000 I'm so tired now that I feel real woozy and hazy. In fact I keep on making tying mistakes. Right now I'm in Hong Kong Airport. A funny thing happened to me a little while ago. When I travel I pretty much wear nothing but U of A gear hats tshirts sweaters and even a beanie. Now don't get me wrong when I go out on nights on the town I do doll myself up and put my face on. Anyway today I'm w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-412456.html After 3 weeks in Asia surrounded by my fellow yellow people I'm pretty surprised to find myself longing for white folks. Okay what I really miss is having an actual conversation with someone in person. During the past two days I've met some pretty cool people from all over. Yesterday I was waiting for the bus to take me to the Victoria Peak here in Hong Kong and this dude asked me if I was goi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-412452.html And it only cost me 5. Yep I went metro today as I was leaving Cambodia. So today before leaving I stopped by a salon for a little trim around the sides and back. As I was paying the 2 for the cut and tipping her another 2 she tried to upsell more services by handing me this flier in English. I noticed a facial steam and mask. So I said what the hell I have a couple of hours to spare and i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-412448.html Do you remember the movie Planes Trains and Automobiles with John Candy and Steve Martin They had to take all these different modes of transportation just to reach one destination. Well I just got back a couple of hours ago on a trip exactly like that except I took a tuktuk moto on a road and up a river my two feet and finally a boat. I have actually spent three incredible days at th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-412439.html It was my bed. Most of the beds here in Asia for some reason are solid. Actually the bed I have tonight isn't too bad but it's still like on extrafirm mode. That doesn't help my already aching body. Oh I have had about 5 foot massages. They are so nice. And cheap. I just got one earlier for 6 bucks. And no there was no happy ending. That will come later tonight at my own hands. So there is one http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-412428.html I love Thailand. You can get knockoffs of anything here and of really good quality. For example I spend 60 bucks on 4 Ed Hardy tshirts and 2 hats. It would've been nearly 10 times that back at home but it would be the real thing. Actually they might be since it's made here in Thailand and I can't really tell the difference at all. I also bought Oakley's for 6 a Diesel watch for 7. And I spent http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-412416.html I am in Changi Airport right now getting ready to board my flight to Bangkok. I did blow my wad last night. I went to the riverfront area had tapas there and mojito and afterward went to a bar 70 stories high. I spent about 50 dollars on food and drinks but it was worth it for the views. A good friend of mine has once explained to me that he doesn't accept this whole notion of nibbling of small http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-412410.html And I do mean every single pore. Being outside here in Singapore is like walking into a sauna only it's outside and not in a tiny room you can choose to avoid. Singapore is a truly beautiful city. Really it's a city planted in the middle of a geranium. Not only are there plants and trees everywhere but it's all well manicured. They actually call Singapore the Garden City. Every year they observe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-412395.html So I'm in the Hong Kong airport and it's freaking huge. I had to take this tram to connect to my next flight off to Singapore. The thing hauled ass. Anyway I had to go through security at LAX last night and that took forever. At least no one asked me to take of my cap though. Here I was asked twice to remove my cap. Do they actually think I can carry a bomb underneath a hat They should be askin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-412393.html Yes I got kicked out of the hotel that I was staying in for the past few days. The same one with the porn in the rooms. No it's not because of anything I did. Or was it Apparently they booked the place full and had no rooms left for friendly Asians like myself. Oh well the place was a bit on the dumpy side. The first room I had a few blood stains in the sheets. Another one had some sta http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/blog-411788.html I am now back in the capital of Peru Lima. The city is kind of like Seattle even though I have never been there. The reason I say it's similar to Seattle is because of the constant hazy overcast. During the past three days I have been here so far there has only been like 4 hours of actual sunlight. Kind of depressing. But the city is actually really cool. Most of the towns and cities I ha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/blog-411784.html I am currently writing from the lakeside town of Puno. The lake I am referring to is Lake Titicaca. Hee hee hee Titicaca. Anyway a few days I was the beginning of I pretty series of events for your intrepid traveler. The subject heading is in context of riding bitch on a motorcycle. Yep I arrived at the Cusco airport in the morning without problems. In a packaged tour like mine a pers http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/blog-411782.html I'm sucking air that is. I am currently in Peru's second largest city Arequipa. I can't remember the city's elevation but it is pretty damn high. Which is why they serve that coca tea it's supposed to help with the symptoms of altitude sickness. Yesterday I went to Colca Canyon. On the trip there we reached like 12000 feet up. Just prior to that I really felt it because I was totally l http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/blog-411775.html For those of you who don't know I am in Peru. Arequipa to be exact. And yes the subject heading is a reference to Mr. Richard Gere who supposedly stuck a guinea pig up his... well I'm sure you know the rest.Yes I ate cuy chotado roasted guinea pig tonight for dinner. I can't say it was all that good. It's wasn't bad or anything. It was just gamy. I've never had anything gamy before but http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/blog-411771.html July 27 2006It's good to be typing on a normal keyboard again. And fitting in with crowds of Asians I love my yellow peeps. Yep I am now writing to you from Los Angeles California United States. I got back to Phoenix on Monday afternoon. I hung out with Robert for a little while since he picked me up from the airport had lunch then quickly departed for L.A. I got here around 930 in t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-389273.html July 22 2006So last night the Puerto Rican dude Korean dude and Austrian chick and I hung out last drinking. I had more to drink last night than I have in a long while which is kind of weird considering in a foreign city with three almost complete strangers. Oddly though I had a blast with them last night. We first went to this outdoor place in the one of the plazas that had singers sing http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-389271.html July 21 2006So after school today I went to a local mall El Centro Magno. It was nothing spectacular. But I took a local bus to get there. It kind of adds up taking the taxi every time because it is around 35 a ride depending on where you go obviously. So after my visit to the mall I took the bus back to school. The buses here are kind of crazy just like it is Im sure it is everywhere http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-389264.html July 182006Sorry I haven't written in a while. I've obviously been having fun here in Guadalajara but I haven't been getting much sleep. As a have said before my hotel was built built around the time Lincoln died. The president not the car. So the design sucks and I can hear the front gate shut and close as well as anyone talking in the lobby. The worst part probably is the bed la estup http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-389252.html July 13 2006Dammit this Mexican made keyboard sucks because some of the keys are off. The left shift key is further off to the left and they have this and this and this and this . What the hell are those Okay its like after midnight here Im drinking a bohemia there is some dude talking to the front desk clerk behind me it just rained really hard and Im sitting in a kind of cov http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-389249.html