This is just wraping it up... I went to Peru from Chile and had my camera, passport, and credit cards stolen. I won't write a blog on that. I came back to Canada in early July. Until next time... [View Full Entry]

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I don't think I should ever try and be my own travel agent again. Getting to Santiago was quite the journey. Because in previous trips I have been frustrated by having to return to the same city and the end of the trip to fly home. So this time I had this bright idea to book a return trip to/from Lima, and then get myself to Santiago after. Well the gong show occurred a little something like this.... Flight from Castlegar > Vancouver> LA (1 night=$$)> Lima (2 nights=sunburn, excitement to return)> Santiago. It took like 3 days!LOL I have been [View Full Entry]

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It felt weird doing a travel blog for South America without filling in the gap between now and my last trip. The last 2-3 years have been full of mini adventures around BC and getting my diploma in as a Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Technician. [View Full Entry]

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Okay so I've actually been home for a month now or something like that. The flights all went well and my little bro picked me up and he was on time!!! This is mostly for the friends I made traveling, you can put some of it together now. Now the excitment of being home lasted about 3 days I think. I knew it would be like that but what do ya do? It was a big suprise for pretty much all my family. My mom and Dean were sooo happy and that made it all worth it for me. My mom [View Full Entry]

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So of the plane and into the depth of my sisters new life. I arrived on the day of a celebration called the feast of booths. A little overwhelming but it was okay because everyone was so sweet and genuine, you could see it in their faces and smiles. Tessa was a little late, well got a little lost picking me up, and I was waiting outside on a bench for here when this girl started running towards me, she was dressed like I've never seen before and it totally shocked me. Her hair is getting super long and she [View Full Entry]

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All right this is my very last blog entry for SE Asia as tomorrow I fly over the big sea to Australia. So I arrived back in Bangkok and met again with Claire and Doug, I'm really going to miss them, I attempted a little shopping and then we headed to the Koh Tao, the "place" to dive in Thailand. Well, it is the place to dive, I had planned on taking my rescue course and when they said it would be $400CND I changed my mind and went for 10 fun dives instead, saved myself $150 and It was [View Full Entry]

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I Resume editing am writing this blog entry on my sixth month point on this trip. Some places time goes so fast and others so slow. I've been in Laos for 19 days and it seems like a maybe week. So far this is my ultimate favorite country in SE Asia. The people are a kind of their own, very soft spoken, well-dressed, easy going and shy. It surprises me with the history of the country that the people are so kind and welcoming to foreigners, especially Americans. So.... in the 70's the US dropped over a billion bombs or something [View Full Entry]

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Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, is there anything I like about you? I'm trying to be positive in most of my writing but I REALLY don't get what the big hype is about Bangkok. Sure everything is at you fingertips on Kohl San Rd but it is all a big rip off. Maybe my feelings are somewhat altered because I wasn't feeling all that well while I was there and the hoards of other seemingly unapproachable tourists gave an unwelcoming feeling. I met up with a friend I met in Kuching, Greg, on my 3rd day there and we went around and did [View Full Entry]

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When I finally arrived in Singapore after the push and shove match at the boarder I checked into the Cozy Corner Backpackers Hostel and stayed 3 nights. For some reason I had my days all messed up and thought Tammy was coming my second night there. I was on my way to the airport when I had a little feeling something wasn't right and when I checked my watch sure enough I was a day early. What a disappointment, I still had 24 hours till she arrived. Now Singapore is a nice city and all but it's really not my [View Full Entry]

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Well I was glad to escape the huffel and buffel of the big city(KL), I really just can't do them for long, too many people. The original plan was to hit up Tioman Island after taking a little side trip to Cherating, a little eastern coast town, and then Singapore to meet my girl Tammy. Well... after seeing Cherating and meeting the fantastic group of people that I did I couldn't help myself, I just stayed. I don't know how long, 6 or 7 days, it was I think the most relaxing time I've had on my trip thus far. Cherating [View Full Entry]

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