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Mike Reid
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After spending the last four months in SE Asia (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia) and having an absolute blast I will be getting all my things together and getting ready for the big move to Melbourne, Australia where I will be studying International Business and hopefully getting enough free time to check out the continent. Wish me Luck!!
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April 6th 2009
Hello all, yes I am still alive and kicking after my last venture into south east asia. As I sit here in Melbourne on the first real day of daylight savings time, I sit back and think about all the fun hat was had and all the beers that were consumed. After a month of being back in Australia I have finally started to get back into the swing of things with work and school stuff. I planned on submitting some pics when I got back, but as I was in the middle of getting ready for school to start again and getting back to work I have been extremely lazy and also a bit of a procrastinator. So whats new with me? Thailand and Laos were wonderful as I knew they would be, but I ... read more
Where have you been, what've you been doing?
Published: December 8th 2008Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
December 8th 2008
i know its been a while. To tell you the truth though in the five months that i have been here i really haven't done too much interesting stuff. That has mostly been due to complications with my student loans as well as an overall lack of funds, but now that the summer is upon us in the southern hemisphere and i have been working to save a little bit of money I will finally be able to explore a little bit of my new home. This last week i finally got a chance to check out The great ocean road and it lived up to its reputation. I really enjoyed the drive, even though i got a little carsick due to the snake like path of the road. Also got to play a little golf ... read more
July 26th 2008
I know its been a while and I apologize for that, but I have been super busy getting settled in and also adapting to the Victorian winter, man its cold here!!! I guess after four months in SE Asia and then a few weeks back in San Diego during a heat spell my skin got a little thinner cause I have been pretty cold the whole time I've been here. Thats not to say that I don't like it, the city is great and I have had a blast in the 3 weeks that I have been here. I've met some really cool people and even studied a bit (I know, crazy huh?) Unfortunately I don't have any photos yet because I don't have internet access at my house yet. Internet is so different here then ... read more
June 5th 2008
My last day in Ubud was pretty cool, Got to check out the monkey forest and watch monkeys pester other tourists who held large amounts of bananas in their hands. Pretty much sat and watched the monkeys for a few hours and laughed myself to the point were i seriously had the monkeys pretty bewildered not to mention the other tourists and local Balinese people. After Ubud I had the pleasure of returning to Kuta :( to have a full medical checkup, which sucked but I guess was kinda nice to know that I am fully functioning, healthy adult male even though my eyesight was starting to waver a little bit in my left eye. stayed one night and then wanted something more (I've already voiced my opinions on Kuta) so headed to Lovina to do ... read more
May 27th 2008
Sorry its been so long since i sent a blog but the place where i have been for the last 12 days has had pretty suspect internet as well as being very costly so i just decided to skip it until i got to a place that was much easier to send pics etc. But with all that I had a great time in the Gilis. I mostly stayed on the biggest one (Trawangan) the biggest and most geared toward backpackers/people who wanted to party (i.e Me!) and i made full use of all its facilities (i.e bars) Yes it has been a pretty hazy few days to say the least. I did get something other then getting drunk and dancing accomplished. The islands were really great for snorkeling and I pretty much did that on ... read more
May 13th 2008
It has been a fun filled few days since i last sent a blog. Recently I had the big 27th birthday which was a lot of fun and also a little scary, I'm in my late 20's, that must mean that i have to turn into an adult sometime soon I guess. The day after my b day was a little rough, I had to go and buy a new camera since i sat on mine at like 5am after a very emotion filled version of Oasis's "Don't look back in Anger" and a few too many shots of some sort of concoction that made me feel a little queasy. The next day I took the bus to Port Dickson (again) and got down to what turned out to be a really fun music festival with ... read more
May 4th 2008
After a pretty rough night sleeping at the airport in Hanoi (my flight was at 6am and it takes an hour to get to the airport from downtown so i figured that i didn't want to wake up at like 3am to leave)It was really wierd, everytime i would get comfortable they would make me get up and move like 20 feet down the way, i don't really know why, the airport is really small and there were only a few people there, can't a man rest in piece? After all that nonsense I boarded the plane to leave Vietnam. Can't say that i was too sad to leave. I liked the country and its pretty cheap to stay there, but the crowds that i experienced and the loud honking and choatic driving on the streets ... read more
April 30th 2008
After Spending a few more days in Hanoi we finally got to see the magnificent Halong Bay, and it definitely didn't dissappoint! Very beautiful cliffs and peaceful conditions made sure that we had a great time on the trip. We ate lots of really good seafood and had our fair share of beer, but pretty much just had a good time relaxing in the sun and enjoying the beautiful landscape. When we got back we also checked out Ho Chi Mihn's tomb as well as the Hanoi Hilton where John McCain had once been a resident. Pretty interesting places. We had a great dinner on the last night that my dad and sister were here in a traditional Vietnamese resturant which was lots of fun. Pop and sis left this morning to head back to the ... read more
April 25th 2008
After leaving Cambodia and heading to Vietnam I spent a few days in Saigon not really doing too much, saw a few museums, got ripped off, the usual. I also did a bit of shopping and trying not to get hit by people on motorbikes, not the easiest of tasks. It was so hot in Saigon that i had to finally break the bank and stay in a room with a/c. The first night i stayed i tossed and turned through sweaty sheets until around 6am when i was finally able to sleep till around 8, that was when i made the decision to spring the extra couple of bucks to get the chilled room. after that i didn't really do much but sleep and hang out in my room trying not to bake. After a ... read more
April 13th 2008
The other thing that i did was check out two sites of mass genocide in Phnom Pehn and its outskirts. I kinda knew what to expect going in after seeing both Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, your never really ready for what you see in these places. I went to the killing fields first and was pretty upset at what i saw. lots of open pits where people were thrown into mass graves. You could see the bits of clothes all around the outsides of the pits which was really sad. They also had a huge monument in the middle that was full of human skulls that were unearthed from the some of the mass graves. pretty scary stuff. After walking around there i went to the S21 prison in town and was again amazed at ... read more
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