http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/UVAsia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from UVAsia en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:39:55 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:39:55 +0000 So we've been neglecting the updates a little bit. We're in Bali right now so needless to say its hard finding motivation to sit infront of a computer and write about Cambodia and Vietnam. We've tried putting up pictures with this post a bunch now we'll try again tomorrow. For now just text. Anyway... We last left you all on our way to Da Lat which turns out to be a quite large city in the h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-416796.html We're in Ho Chi Minh right now waiting a few hours for our flight to the hill station Da Lat in south central Vietnam. We were essentially without internet the past few days in the Perhentian Islands and didn't want to spend time in front of a computer anyway so this might be a long entry... sorry.After our last post we jumped on a bus to the Perhentian Islands on the east coast of Malaysia. K http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-412047.html Since our last post we've been in 4 different cities slept in a hotel an airport a sleeper train and a rain forest jetty. Meals have been sporadic at best and we've each taken to carrying a can of peanut butter around in case we miss a meal due to unplanned travel.We left Malapascua by boat after some sad goodbye's to new friendsstaffand locals who were convinced we were lying about when we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Taman-Negara-National-Park/blog-409061.html The effects of traveling finally caught up with us and after our last post Colin got hit with a 24 hour bug that put him in bed for 36 straight hours he's fully recovered now... and 24 hour bugs somehow last 36 hours here. We posponed diving for the day and James and Matt went into the middle of the island to find a game of basketball. We found a well maintained court a couple minutes outside http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Malapascua-Island/blog-407983.html Sorry we've been slow to put up a new post... our guesthouse is a few steps off a white sand beach the weather is about 80 degrees all day and the water is perfect we haven't been able to get the motivation to find a computer until now.Here's whats been going on the past few daysIn the hours following our last post we walked out of the main backpackers area to find a place to eat. We ran into http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Malapascua-Island/blog-406089.html Well after 24 hours of flying we're finally here kind of. We got into Bangkok last night after a pretty uneventful flight except for Matt turning 200 of airplane video poker into 1000000... took 7 straight hours who says he has ADD now. Got some pad thai on the main backpackers street in Bangkok Khao San which was full of people and bumping music until 3am. We're checking out a few http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-405118.html Hey EveryoneWe're heading out tomorrow so I thought I'd put up a prelim version of our itinerary. We'll be posting as often as we can get internet access which likely wont be very often but keep checking by for updates.June 2 Fly from DC to Bangkok arrive the 3rdJune 4 BangkokJune 5 Fly to Cebu City Philippines June 59 Malapascua Island get diving certifiedJune 914Other Philipp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Virginia/blog-404408.html