This is the first time we crossed a border by bus. The bus left us at a very convenient place where we easily found our hotel, 20 USD per night incl. breakfast and w i-fi in the room. Vietnam may be the cheapest country for tourists in the region. As in Cambodia in Vietnam also local ( Vietnam Dong) and US currencies videly used together. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMN) is very noisy but very frienly city. Having practicing in Cambodia we had still difficulty in crossing the crowded traffic roads. We have witnessed of several motorbike accidents. The next day [View Full Entry]

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After five hours bus journey we arrived at Phnom Penh on 12th Feb. Since Chinese new year holiday was over, we could easily find a good Guest House ( Burly Guest House ) with very reasonable price of 13 USD per night (A/C, TV, hot water). In the afternoon we walked through the center of the city and had dinner at FCC ( Foreign Correspondents Club) which was really a nice place on the Riverfront . On the second day we visited 240 street where there are quality shops and fine art galleries , Royal Palace and Central Market. There were [View Full Entry]

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Enjoying every day of Cambodia . We made Siem Reap in 5 hours by bus from Phnom Penh where we stayed only a night and will return in few days. Although it is Chinese new year, we could find a good guest house, Golden Banana B&B free internet available. We were dreaming for years to see Angkor. At last we did it. We got three days entrance ticket 40 USD each. Actually two days might be optimum but the tickets are for one , three and seven days. The temples ( most of them ruins) are constructed about thousand years ago, [View Full Entry]

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We left Koh Chang under heavy rain bye ferry to Trat. Afterwards we took a minibus to the Cambodia border ( one and half hour). We have got our Cambodia visas at the border paying almost the double price (about 40 USD each) as written in internet. From the border to Koh Kong we shared a taxi by a Swiss man. There was no bus no ferry to Sihanoukville in the afternoon. Therefore we had to spend the night at Koh Kong. We found a nice guest house ( Kolab Chaey Den ) just on the opposite street of pier three [View Full Entry]

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At the last day of our visit to Bangkok, we took a Public River Boat to the very South of Chaophraya River . We visited Menam Hotel where we have stayed fifteen years ago.Little changed but more beautiful. By Sky Train we went to the night market, Patbong . Almost everything is fake and for good shopping strong bargaining skills needed. All along the market road there stands many sex shows , night bars, etc. The next day on 29th Jan., we started for Koh Chang by bus. It cost roughly 13 USD each for six hours VIP transport (ferry ticket [View Full Entry]

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Bangkok again. Bus journey from Izmir to Istanbul was almost perfect with Kamil Koc. We got the train from the main bus station Esenler to the Ataturk Airport . It took only 20 minutes to reach directly inside the terminal. Flight was OK to Doha . Qatar Airways provided us a room at Grand Regency Hotel with meals. By this stopover we got the chance of seeing the city. We reached Thailand early in the morning to Suvarnabhumi Int’l Airport which we thing is one of the very well organized and large one. We caught Airport Bus Nr. AE2 to Khao [View Full Entry]

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From Varanasi to Delhi ıt was our last and seventh night, spent on train in India. We arrived at Delhi early in the morning on 14th Feb.. We could hardly find a suitable budget hotel at Connaught Place, because most of the hotels were booked due to the exhıbıtıons and faırs held in Delhi durıng the week . The next day we went to the Tourism Office at New Delhi Railway Statıon and took a half day cıty tour. The third day we visited Old Delhi. We planned to visit State Emporium, Main Bazaar and the bazaar on Janpath Street today [View Full Entry]

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We made the road from Khajuraho to Satna by jeep, we have hired, in three hours. At Satna railway station we spent more than three hrs. There is almost nothing to see in Satna. It is a crowdeed and boring town for us. We spent the on train with a nice friend from Italy. At last we arrived in Varanasi. The train station is about 5km away from the Ghats. Ghats are the downstairs leading into Gange River. One can take a walk by the river on Ghats almost without any cut . Early in the morning before sunrise we got [View Full Entry]

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We couldn't find confirmed ticket to Jhansi for 8.12 train, we traveled by 9.25 train. It reached Jhansi 13.40 hr so we missed the last bus 13.30 for Khajuraho. Then we hired a jeep for 1500 inR. We shared the cost with another friend we met Jaipur. It took 4 hrs including a lunch break on the way. Khajuraho is a relatively calm town. Erotic figures carved on temples impressed us very much. 1000 years ago; hard to understand the religion on erotic perspective. Therefore we publish our photos without any comment. Tomorrow we will go to Satna by jeep and [View Full Entry]

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A restfull night we had on the train to Jaipur from Jaisalmer. Jaipur is also a very crowded city. We were expecting the Pink City area calm but it wasn't. We took a fuul day tour from the tourist office at the railway station. Although the price of the tour was very cheap, many extras made the bill high. 180 inR for the museum, 10 inR for observatory area, few other entrances and the lunch we paid 255inR for two. Nice places we have visited but we were expecting to see them more clean and painted clean. The history of Jaipur [View Full Entry]

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