john wilson
! am 18 years old and i am going off to travel to southeast asia on a low budgetcheapskate
Travel Blog Posts
March 22nd 2008
hello I made it to jakarta in one piece(amazingly) the plane I was on was such a derilect p.o.s, rumour has it that once the planes in N.america are unsafe to fly, the give them to russia, then the russians give them to africa, and when they are to unsafe to fly in africa they are given to indonesia, the plane I was on was no exeption. frist off, the extieriour was rusting in some places, the interior was yellowed with age, seats had gashes in them, and the t.v closest to me screen was smashed out. How i dont know, when we going for take off, it seemed that every crack in the runway that we went over felt like we were driving over a lindmine, during the flight, a strange ratteling sound was coming ... read more
February 28th 2008
Sorry i havnt added a blog in a while now, Ive been to busy, but now i have a 6 hour wait for my bus to Bangkok from chaing kong, a small border town in nothern thailand So from saigon i traveled into the central highlands of vietnam to and beautiful town called Dalat. From dalat I went on a 3 day motorcycle tour deep into the central highlands. The tour was definetly worth the 150 Usd. My guide was very nice and stopped at many places to show me around and explain the vietnamese culture. The first night of the tour we stayed in a smal minority village called dak lak. It was nice to get off the beatin track a little bit, that night me and my driver enjoyed some traditional vietnamese food ... read more
The city of 4 million motos
Published: January 26th 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
January 26th 2008
Hi there well i made my way from phnom pehn down to the coastal town of sihanoukville. sihanoukville was pretty good, as i was in need of some serious beach time. the first day i was there i took a bout out to a smalll island. i spent the day lounging around on hte beach and talking to fellow travellers. Me being stupid never put on any sunscreen, so i got severely burnt. Im my face has completely peeled and im just starting on my chest and back. Fro sihanoukville i took a 13 hour bus to saigon, Vietnam. Saigon is so far one of my faveorite places, I could spend several hours just sitting in a cafe and watching the hundreds of thousands of motos pass by. it is amazing the volume of traffic in ... read more
January 18th 2008
Hi everyone havnt done a blog in a while so this one should be long. well I got to the border of thailand and combodia with no problems, getting a cambodian visa was very easy. As soon as a crossed the border into poipet i noticed a drastic change, much more poverty than in thailand, dirtyer, and for some reason it seemed to be hotter. A man came up to me and offered to give me a ride in his pickup to siem reap, he said it would take 3 and a half hours."dont be just another tourist takeing the bus" ride like the real khmer people, he said. I had to take him up on his offer, so he shoved me onto a tiny motorbike with 2 other grown men and set off for the ... read more
January 10th 2008
well another day in good time city, I woke up early this morning and went out on the streets and had some awesome freash orange juice and papaya. very cheap only 25 baht. wandered around the banglamphu area mostly, went the the choa praya river and sat my a buddist temple for a while watching the city pass me by. I am amazed at how bangkok is still standing after evrey day it is just so crazy, soo many people!the pollution here is soo bad. i first notices it flying over vietnam,laos and cambodia, in fact the whole southeast asia region is covered in a thick blanket of smog. and the choa praya river is basically bangkoks landfill by the looks of it. i think that i will stay here in bangkok for maybe 2 or ... read more
January 9th 2008
well here i am, i made it. after over 30 hours in transit and only 3 hours of sleep im here in khao san road, bangkok, words just cannot describe this palce it is soo differebt! there is soo many people, of diffrent kinds it is just soo crazy. i already made a couple freinds from germany. they tried to convince me to go to krabi with them but i want to stick to my plan, i will probebly stay in bangkok for 4 or 5 more days until i got to cambodia. i will add a blog with pictures tomo. anyway hope all is well, im running on 3 Hrs of sleep in the last 35 hrs so i maybe should head to bed. check in often john... read more
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