Well, well, its been a bit. Im finding internet much harder to come by and keyboards much more difficult to cope with. My choices here are arabic keyboards or english keyboards where infuriatingly enough, every key is in the exqct same place except for about 5. Arrrgh. Anyway, my family and I never quite made it up to Venice due to a bum train schedule, so we did Florence insteadd. Pretty cool little city with a much nicer vibe than Roma. Also got to see some iconic works of art up there that even barbarians like myself would recognize. But alas, [View Full Entry]

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The Eternal City Well the past two days have been filled with some incredible architecture and art in The Eternal City with the family. First, we went off to the iconic Coliseum of Rome. I’ve found that being on the road, I’m frequently disappointed by the size of historical monuments since I’ve grown up in North America around skyscrapers (of which there are none here). The Coliseum though, definitely lives up to its billing. Although it’s in quite a state of disrepair, the thing is just huge, especially when you consider it was built over 1900 years ago. Next on [View Full Entry]

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And what time is it? Well when I last wrote, I had about two days left in the magical land of Thailand. Which pretty much meant that I had to spend ever last Baht I had on cheap knockoff goods. When I walked out of the internet cafe, I realized that the streets were quite empty. This never really happens on Khao San Road., so I knew something must be a-brew. I decided to walk a few streets over and I found a huge open-air party. Open air parties weren’t really out of the norm in Thailand but it was kind [View Full Entry]

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Well well well. Back in Bangkok for like the 4th time this trip. When I last left off, I was off to Laos for a brief visit before I fly out to London on the 10th. Well I arrived in Laos (after paying the highest border fee of all foreign natives - what did Canada do to you Laos, send you some rotten food in aid packages?) a few days ago and quickly bypassed the capital Vientiane after I've heard from pretty much everywhere that there was a whole lot of nothing to do there. I took a mini-bus up the [View Full Entry]

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Well, what a colourful time I've been having since my last blog posting. When I left off, I was sitting in a rainy beach town in Vietnam. Due to the rain, I decided to change plans and take an immediate flight to Hanoi so I would actually have something to do. When I arrived at the airport in Hanoi, I decided on a motorcycle taxi. This has to be my new favorite method of transportation. Cruising the streets of unknown cities with a 40lb bag on your back is pretty cool, but when you add on that you're weaving in and [View Full Entry]

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Well I'm acclimating myself to Vietnam quite well. My first stop in the country was Ho Chi Minh City, which has to be my favorite city I've visited so far in Asia. Despite the hectic pace of life and the death-defying road crossings, I loved the food and nightlife of the place. Only one problem though, after filming a crazy intersection (no traffic lights here) in Ho Chi Minh, my camera went dead. Not to worry as I have it under warranty. The company told me it would only be a week so I had the thing sent to the Post [View Full Entry]

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I have to keep you on your toes, I guess. I have to keep this short because I'm typing on a ridiculous Vietnamese keyboard. So a few days ago I jetted on up to Siem Reap. I was quite impressed by the town after seeing what Phnom Penh had (did not have) to offer. The downtown was almost like a little slice out of Europe. People sitting around cafes, drinking wine or listening to a cello concert. Weird stuff for the middle of Cambodia. I was having trouble finding a place to stay because it was Friday night. I eventually walked [View Full Entry]

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It feels like it's been so long since I've written for some reason. Shortly after my last post, Todd and I jetted out to tour around Ko Phi Phi's two islands. Well the main point was just to get to Maya Bay but we were pleasantly surprised by Monkey Beach....if monkeys climbing on you is your sort of thing. We really lucked out on Maya Bay though. The winds that day were very high leading to many tour cancellations and allowing only a few boats to make it into the actual Bay. From what I hear, it's not uncommon to have [View Full Entry]

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Alright, I think I finally have a few minutes to write a bit of what's going on. When our company split to two, Todd and I decided to hit Railay Beach on the recommendation of MANY people. And am I ever glad we did. The place is probably the most picturesque place I've ever been. It's a beautiful beach surrounded by massive limestone cliffs making longboat transportation the only option. When you see postcards of Thailand, this is probably the place you're seeing. But still, it was oddly empty. One of the least busy places we've been. ANyway, the whole draw [View Full Entry]

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Sorry, no time.......check out some pics! [View Full Entry]

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