http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dekka/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dekka en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:33:13 UTC Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:33:13 UTC Tokyo The Last Nites Out Starring Tiffany Portland Oregan Christina Sweden Tom Canberra OZ Daniel Chicago Stuart Vancouver Kingsley Melbourne OZ Rae Newcastle Mick London Ciaran Kildare Kim Seoul S KoreaIm still waiting on getting pictures from our second visit to Sakura Hostel as we had a completely different gang that these guys this was our third visit ba http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-240560.html Sydney Ive Come to the Land Down Under G'Day After 6 Months and 3 Weeks 11 Countries 10 Flights 33 Bus Journeys 11 Boat Journeys and 1 Elephant Ive finally made it to Sydney and the Land Down Under...What a Journey.We left for Narita Airport Tokyo on Wednesday evening for a 10hour flight to Sydney I really didnt wanna leave Japan and all the friends I had made over the last 2.5months. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-238227.html Osaka The Japanese Urban Phenomenon http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Osaka/Osaka/blog-234021.html A Day Trip to Mount Fiji about 2hours from Tokyo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Shizuoka/Mt-Fuji/blog-234018.html Xmas Day in the Japan Alps started about 10am with a quick breakfast then changed into our snowboarding gear an grabbed our newly waxed board an headed for the slopes spent about 6 hours boarding an getting better an better so started doing the intermediate slopes...got a bit too cocky at one stage when I thought I was ready for the Expert slope..I stopped at the top of the slope an looked over http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Nagano/Hakuba/blog-232977.html Hakuba White Xmas In JapanWe arrived in Hakuba on Friday 21st December after a 4.5 hour bus from Tokyo we were expecting some snow when we arrived into Hakuba as its the busy time of year for the Ski Resorts We werent disappointed as the snow had been falling heavily for the last couple days which meant I nearly disappeared when I got out of the bus. Its like nearly 3 feet deep an Im weari http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Nagano/Hakuba/blog-229428.html Day Trip to Inari Kyoto Fushimi Inari Shrine http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Nara/blog-225616.html Nagoya City Facts With over two million inhabitants Nagoya is Japan's fourth most populated city. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the principal city of the Nobi plain one of Honshu's three large plains and industrial centers. Nagoya developed as the castle town of the Owari one of the three branches of the ruling Tokugawa family during the Edo Period 1603 1867 . Much of the cit http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/blog-223391.html Tokyo Part 2 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-223386.html Tokyo What A City What People What A Place http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-217627.html Hong Kong is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China PRC the other being Macau. The territory lies on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea in the east west and south. Beginning as a trading port in the 19th century Hong Kong has developed into a leading financial centre.Hong http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-217320.html Macau is a territory located in southeast China and was until 1999 administered by Portugal as an overseas province. Like its formerly British neighbour Hong Kong Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Gambling is Macau's biggest industry and busloads arrive daily from mainland China to try their luck. In addition many Hong Kongers arrive on weekends with t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Macau/blog-216022.html Full Moon Party PT2 Bangkok http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/blog-216013.html Mount Bromo Gunung Bromo 2392m is an active volcano in the BromoTenggerSemeru National Park of East Java IndonesiaBromo isn't the highest mountain in Java mdash that honor goes to nearby Mount Semeru at 3676m mdash but it's probably the most famous one. Bromo is in fact only one of many peaks inside the massive Tengger Caldera but it's easily recognized as the entire top has been blow http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Java/blog-216009.html Indonesia A Crazy Cookie Country http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/blog-215759.html Singapore Its Not Backpacking http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/blog-215758.html Hey Everyone Id like to confirm that Yes I am alive an still not able to get out of Asia.Im currently in Hong Kong for the last 3 days an heading to Tokyo Japan tomorrow Friday morning. Ive been travelling through Indonesia for the last 3weeks with mainly Aaron as the rest of the gang are now all in Australia. We managed our 2nd Full Moon Party in 4months on Koh Phan Ngan island where we ha http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/blog-215739.html Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in SouthEast Asia. Stretching over some 400 sq. km including forested area Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th century. These include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and at Angkor Thom the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decoration http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/North/Siem-Reap/blog-200336.html Kingdom of Cambodia The fate of Cambodia shocked the world when the radical communist Khmer Rouge under their leader Pol Pot seized power in 1975 after years of guerrilla warfare. In pursuit of a rural utopia the Khmer Rouge abolished money and private property and ordered city dwellers into the countryside to cultivate the fields. The Killing Fields were a number of sites in Cambodia where lar http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-200309.html Hello HelloIm updating blogs at the moment but still about 45weeks behind this one is from Cambodia. We stayed in Phnom Penn and Siam Reap for about 4days in each city. Cambodia was the first real shock to the system since we started our journey. The poverty is literally everywhere the pavements have homeless mothers and their children just lying around loads of victims of the landmines that http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-200303.html