http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lexatron/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Lexatron en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:05:52 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:05:52 +0000 okay so I'm starting the writing of this email in Bangkok but probably not posting it til I get to Victoria so I can add stuffI just wanted to kinda sum up my travels a bit give my blog some closure if you willThese past 6 months have been amazing and I don't know if I can really say it's changed me in any noticeable way but it definitely has helped me see the world in a different light so I w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-138089.html nothing new to reportmade it to my beach destination and have since been doing nothing but read sleep sun myself have a bit of a burn nothng major tho and swimyep not muchk but here's the weird thing I go home so soon and it feels like no time has passed I look back at the past 6 months and it went way quickly such a cliche but it's truewell that's it for me see ya'll in less than a wee http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Phayam/blog-136627.html Pai is a hippie paradise I'm very relaxed hereyesterday Ilja the Dutch girl I met and I rented motos and raced around the area like fiends. I had trouble getting used to riding it but once I did I was unstoppable which doesn't mean I didn't scare a few people into thinking I might hit them. hee hee hee whoopsThe funny thing about spending time with other people when you travel is that you d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Pai/blog-134856.html right now accross the street they're listening to Van Morrisson and it makes me happy... sighokay now for actual bloggingthe meditation was INTENSE I'm too lazy to write about it completely right now but I almost didn't make it the 3 days and some people actually left early it was nuts. I'm glad I made it but meditation is not for the willy nilly. yes willy nilly.to see photos of me meditatin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Pai/blog-134288.html today I'm gonna start my blog off with a little message I got from another travelblogger I know people I've never met are reading me I'm famous anyways here's what they wrote I hope they don't mindAlexisYou're blogs are all full of disasters have you had a good day yetI think you'll enjoy your travels more if you do a bit more research into how things should work and how much thing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-133038.html previously in the Adventures of Alexis in AsiaI left Sapa only to get tricked out of my first class train ticket and was really mad and upset about itI went and got a 3 refund from my travel agent I felt petty but really I just wanted an apology and to kinda make sure that it won't happen to another trusting travellerI tried to meet up with Corrina only to meet the most useless hotel staff on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-131629.html happy new year everyone it is now the year of the pig hurrahSapa has been fantastic I'm really really glad that I was here for Tet because it ended up being a really special experience.The night train was nothing like the one I took to Hanoi it was LUXURY man and I slept like a wee babe pretty much the entire way and nobody touched my bum so it gets an extra star. The drive into the town was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Northwest/Sapa/blog-130045.html alright so this time in Hanoi is not as bad as last time it's growing on me. Perhaps it also has to do with the fact that I'm well rested and fed and nobody has been mean to me in the few hours I've been here this time.Halong Bay was really nice I'm glad I did it right away. The weather wasn't great it was cloudy and misty so all my photos are just shades of grey and one sepia toned one whe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-129306.html so after the train ride from HELL I finally made it to Hanoishort recapI shared a sleeper cabin with more than 10 people they made fun of me and laughed at me also shared their food and when I feel asleep one of them drummed on my bum and I was too tired to punch him in the faceI had a horrible time finding a guest house everyone was so mean and rude to me and one place made me cry so when I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-128263.html the trip to Hue was totally uneventful unfortunately but the city has been pretty nice. the first day I got here I decided to go to the beach which is 15 km away I managed to barter for a decent price and off we went. when we got there I found the beach deserted yay but covered in garbage and it was basically a construction site for what looks to be beach accomodation boo. so I laid o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/North-Central-Coast/Hue/blog-127597.html k so the WEIRDEST thing just happened to me and I had to come here and write about itI was eating dinner at the best restaurant ever in Hoi An Cafe Des Amis if ever you're in Hoi An please eat there it's more expensive than anywhere else in town but 100 times better and in walked 2 people I kinda recognised but I kept eating cuz there was so much food in front of me I had to keep up. Then o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-126639.html okay so I feel like I need to make amends after my previously totally lame blog entrysadly I try to compose witty things in my head previous to actually writing them down so that these things are way boring for anyone who bothers to read themalright so I remembered some funnyweird things from my road trip in the highlandswe were eating pumpkin soup and I said in Canada we make pie out of pump http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Nha-Trang/blog-125545.html head out on the highwaylookin' for adventureand whatever comes my wayBORN TO BE WIIIIIIEEEEEIIIIIILDsuch is the song that was in my head for much of my motorcycle journey through central Vietnamit was much fun but made my bum hurt after 3 days of sitting in the same position and trying not to touch my driver at all.wow I thought I had so much to say and now that I sit to write my mind has gone http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Nha-Trang/blog-124581.html Hey allafter my intense day in Saigon I did another semiintense day where I got to see tunnels people hid and basically lived in during the war. it got a little claustrophobic but I wanted to get a feeling for what it must have been like so I persevered. loads of people bailed early wimps but I could understand when the guy ahead of me who must have been like 6'3 ducked out. and they eve http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Central-Highlands/Da-Lat/blog-123632.html my title has absolutely nothing to do with my blog I just thought it was wity.I want to start not at the beginning but at the part that is most present in my mind. Today I went to the War Remnants Museum and it made me cry. I won't go into too much detail but there are many many photos and I remember thinking who would want to photograph this and then I teared up. Of all the things I hav http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-122724.html so still not actually in myanmar but blogging as if i am...I left off at Inle Lake I believe we went on the boat cruise and saw how the people there make everything from scratch like bark paper and dyeing and weaving and then saw some long necked women it was interesting. Adeline and Vincent saw some cats jumping through hoops at a temple but i had to pee and accidentally missed out on the act http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/blog-121458.html okay so my location is a lie but I haven't been able to blog since the last time I was in Bangkok and I wanted to have Myanmar light up on my little map...anyways so I'mma gonna try to start a synopsis here but I might lose my steam after I'm done telling all about our time in the country that won't let me use my email or blogso I got into Yangon and met a Dutch girl and a Peruvian girl at the a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/blog-121141.html haha for puns haha for being inappropriateanyways so I didn't find about the scariness in Bangkok until mere hours before I was to head for the airport I sucked it up and boarded the plane. There were many many empty seats and I can only assume that this is due to people being cuckoos has anyone in this family even seen a chicken for getting blown up. I got 2 seats to myself and slept pre http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-116092.html hola senors and senioritashave I told any of you my grand plan to learn Spanish when I return home well I've decided I need to know more languages and Spanish is the first...anyways back to the country I am actually in at the momentI wish I had my journal with me right now because I know I'm going to forget things but then it's kinda good cuz I'll still have stories to relay when I get home http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Ras-Al-Khaimah/blog-114937.html just a quick note to say that I have changed my flight back to Bangkok to the night of Jan 3rd in order to be able to meet up with Adeline to go to Burma so I'm stepping up my adventures tomorrow we go to Dubai to see the sights whoop whoopand merry christmas to those who celebrate it is that better Sarah just trying not to alienate my Jewish friendshi Shawna and Jenny happy channukah http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Ras-Al-Khaimah/blog-113515.html