ablondon - Adam Blake London

As a recent college graduate I feel it is my responsiblity to travel before I am forced to get a job and join the "Real World." I don't think there is a better way to spend this time than to go on and adventure "Around the World" with one my best friends. I look forward to the adventures that lay ahead, and can't wait to see what I find out in endless abyss. I will miss you all. Feel free to leave me messages along the way. I plan to devote time to self reflection, contemplating my future plans, finally do some pleasure reading, and just chill out before I go back to the states and get serious about life. Not too serious of course...Bye I will see you all soon

My Itinerary
August 11th SF to London
Czeck Republic
Slovenia
Austria
Croatia (3 weeks)
Serbia and Montenegro
Romania
Turkey (3weeks)
Istanbul to Cairo October 31st
Egypt 2 weeks

Cairo to Captown, South Africa November 1st
Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Overland Trip)
Plettenberg Bay, Sout Africa New years

Capetown to Bangkok January 5th
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
Malaysia
Possibly India

Tentative after this
Maybe Australia
Come home around April or May

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By ablondon
April 26th 2006

Bottle Beach/ Paradise Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan

Bottle Beach Bungalow

My Excuse for not posting any entry for over a week is simpley. "I'm in the ISLANDS man." Currently at Bottle beach. You need to take a boat to get here, so it prevents a lot of the big party people to stay away, allowing for a little R&R. Check it out. This is exactly what I need at the end of my trip My days consists of 9am Wake up 10am Eat Breakfast 11am Go to the beach, play frisbee, swim, chill 1pm Eat lunch on the white sand beach 2pm return to beach, play volleyball, more sun bathing, more [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
April 15th 2006

Temple Hopping Asia » Burma » Bagan

Praying monk

Time is flying by. I've been in this country for more than three weeks. It feels like just yesterday I was back in Thailand trying to figure out how to navigate Burma. I'm back to calling it Burma becaause the Military regime renamed the country Myanmar and well that's just not OK with me. I hoped on my local bus at 9am. Luckily I was early and got a good seat in the front row next to a monk. No one spoke English on the bus so I put on some music and just watched the scenery pass by. We arrived [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
April 12th 2006

Northern Adventure Asia » Burma

Helllloooooo

I needed to leave Mandalay. The sun, the heat, the poverty, but oh how I love the chapattis. I hoped in a taxi to Pyu Oo Luwin. A little town with not much in it besides a few hotels, some cool Botanical Gardens, and a waterfall that i never ended up making it out too. Somehow I managed to spend 3 days and three nights there. The last night my hotel owner stopped by and decided to generously share his fifth of Johnny Walker Black Label with me, while we watched "Spider Man II." Well after the movie at about 6:30pm [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
April 6th 2006

Mandalay Bay Asia » Burma » Mandalay

Being Lame
Re-enacting the cover of the lonely planet book. gotta love it

I'm alive!!! No Internet in Northern Myanmar. Interestingly enough there actually is no Bay in Mandalay. The Vegas Hotel is I guess made up. Lying liars and the lies they tell. (There's a casino in Vegas called Mandalay Bay) Mandalay is hot, dirty, and full of poverty. I only stayed here for 3 days, and though I enjoyed myself, I can easily say this is my least favorite city. I'd have to say the coolest things are the Four Ancient Cities, and the Walls of the Palace (not the pallace), oh and of course the Chapatis place that serves unbelievable indian [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
March 23rd 2006

Trekking part Tre? Asia » Burma » Kalaw

Kalaw Market early morning

I'm currently sitting at a random little shop in Mandalay. The guy just turned on the generator so he could run the computer. He had to go to the store and buy diesel in order to run the generator that is currently powering this computer. Meanwhile, his son stands inches from me watching everything I do. Maybe reading my emails, though he looks about 4 so I doubt he can read. When I come home, I think I will be rather surprised not to have everyone staring at me. I feel sort of like a celebrity at times. Waving, smiling, saying [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
March 20th 2006

Minglaba!!! Asia » Burma » Inle Lake

Fishing at Dawn
Inle lake is spectacular.

Myanmar First Impressions Millitary rulling is not the way to go. Though Myanmar lacks a lot of basic infrastructure, phones, internet, electricity, it still manages to be a wonderful place. Somehow a military run government has created some of the kindest people I have ever met. I decided to forgoe trying to get a plane ticket and just go overland to Myanmar. I entered the country at 10:02 am on March 15th. Start the clock that means I have 28 days or exactly 672 hours in Myanmar. I have decided to call this country Myanmar because I have learned Burmese in [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
March 15th 2006

Le Gibbon Experience Asia » Laos » West » Ban Houayxay

Tree house #1
My home for three days

Standing on the platform with my safety line attached and my zip line thingey ready to go, I had thoghts in my mind. Maybe my dad was right, maybe you only get so many close calls in life. Maybe my nine lives are running out. Ahh what the hell just jump!!! Flying effortlessly over the forest for over 400 meteres I felt the cloest to free that I had in a really long time. I couldn't get a flight out of Chang Mai so I decided take a little detour and head to Huay Xai, Laos, to have "the gibbon [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
March 7th 2006

Me myself and the Longnecks Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Mae Hong Son

Mamma and Me
We were the last two up. She even gave me medicine to put on my cut before I went to bed.

Ok Ok So after being in Pai for a while and basically creating my own little home away from home, I felt like I needed a little break. I packed my small backpack with the essentials grabbed my honda 125cc motor scooter and headed the 108 Kilmoteres North To Mah Hong Son. My back was so sore from the 3 hour ride that all I could do was get a room and fall asleep. Randomly bumped into this Canadian guy that i had met at a bar in Chang Mai. He's trying to go do medical Aid in Burma, but to [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
March 5th 2006

I'll Take the Whole Pai Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

Tension
Beautiful in Pai

OK it's Day 8 in the lovely city of Pai. Honestly I can't remember what I've done exactly but to be honest it hasn't been much. My first day I rented a bike which turned out to be broken. I went on a four hour bike ride sans water and was in some serious pain, but getting some exercise felt good and I got to see an area of Pai that most tourists would really go out to. I stopped in a rice field and took a nice nap in a farmers shed and went on my way (It was a [View Full Entry]

By ablondon
February 27th 2006

Treking Part Du Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

IPOD
Some of the village kids laying with my IPOD

I just completed my Second Hill Tribe Trek in two weeks. This one was a little more touristy and very different from the one I did in Laos but still a lot of fun. No real stories from this trek besides that we slept in cool bamboo huts, the food was great, the trekking was pretty tough but it was good to get some excercise. Life is still good. Heading to Pai (cool hippy town in North Thailand) shortly and I just set up my visa for Burma a couple days ago, so I"ll be heading to Burma for 28 days [View Full Entry]

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