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Steve Miller Hello all. I'm a traveler from North Carolina but originally from Michigan. This summer I decided to spend my time bumming around SE Asia. Thanks for visiting.
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Well I'm back. I've spent the last few days slowly uploading pictures and videos to all the post. If you've been following along my journey please take a few moments to check out the previous posts as now relevant pictures are scattered about each posting. Click on the picture if you want to see it enlarged. Any videos are at displayed at the top of the entry. Most videos were taken in the second half of my trip though. Actually, I do have a final story about my trip too. The last afternoon in Bangkok I walked around looking for possible [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 12th 2008 | 33 Views | [diary=310608]

Rob, Karaoke Star
Another Popular Karaoke Room

Tiger Temple
Tiger Temple
First tiger I was walked to at the Tiger Temple. Notice the lack of a chain on the tiger and the attempted hiding of unmitigated fear in me.
Well I'm in Bangkok now getting things together to go back home tomorrow. You might think that after everything I've seen, all the people I've met and all the adventures I've had that I wouldn't be longing, even a little bit, to get back to my life back at home...and you'd be right. I really don't want to go back. Yes I do miss all you friends and family but it's not like we couldn't go a couple more weeks apart, right? How about some of you guys just head over here? Problem solved. Ok, the night after I sent my [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 4th 2008 | 137 Views | [diary=308098]

Erawan Falls
Erawan Falls
Erawan Falls

Vang Vien, Laos
Vang Vien, Laos
I took this picture from my second guesthouse. The island below was flooded the week before. It has a few bars on it.
Hey everybody. I had a long journey for the past few nights but I'm getting ahead of myself. Vang Vieng, wow. Just wow. Alright, so after my last post when I just arrived in Vang Vieng I had some pizza at a restaurant while laying down on a comfy patted mat while watching "Entourage" on a big screen t.v. Like I told you before, this place wasn't where you go for cultural experiences. It was raining hard at night when I finished so I couldn't do my usual walking-around-the-city-at-night-thing. When I got back to my groddy guesthouse, I wasn't feeling so [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 31st 2008 | 98 Views | [diary=306662]

Vang Vien, Laos
Swing at Vang Vien
2nd Bar Tubing

On way to Hanoi
On way to Hanoi
The bus I was on stopped at this lake for lunch on the way from Hoi An to Hanoi.
Hello all. There's quite a lot thats happened since my last post so I'll try to keep this light so as to not go on forever. I left Hoi An at about two in the afternoon a few days ago on a coach to get up to Hanoi. It's a seventeen hour ride to get to there which means out of the last three days, two full days would be spent on buses. Make no mistake about it, Vietnam is really, really long. After about an hour on the road we were driving through the Central Highlands region of Vietnam which [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 24th 2008 | 92 Views | [diary=303951]

Lake/Small Island in Hanoi
Boarding Plane
Luang Prabang

Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
This is the area the backpacker set hang out at. The "Go 2 Bar" on the left is where I spent the evening when I turned 29.
Hey everybody. Its been awhile so let me try to remember where I left off last. I think I was still in Phon Penh, Cambodia and getting ready to leave for Vietnam. Alright, so I got my ticket for Saigon, A.K.A. Ho Chi Minh City, and my visa into Vietnam through my guesthouse in Phom Penh. The bus picked me up in the morning outside my place and a six hour trip later I was dumped off in Saigon. It was roughly four in the afternoon on July 15th at this point. There's a couple block section off a street, Pham [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 19th 2008 | 99 Views | [diary=301798]

Hoi An, Vietnam
Bridge in Hoi An
Another Hoi An shot

S-21
S-21
Former school turned into torture prison by the Khmer Rouge.
Hello Everybody. Here's the deal, I just spent an hour writing every detail of my last four days in an extensive blog post. Just as I was finishing the last paragraph my computer at this internet cafe decided to restart out of the blue. I did not save either. You might say I'm a little ticked and now you're all just going to get the shortened version. After Siem Reap I bused over to Phnom Phen, the capital of Cambodia. My guesthouse is amazing, large ceilings, hot water, powerful fan, cable tv and all for eight bucks a day (most everything [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 14th 2008 | 85 Views | [diary=299629]

Killing Field Building
Killing Field
One site at Killing Field

Smile Guesthouse, Bangkok
Smile Guesthouse, Bangkok
This is the lobby/restaurant area at the guesthouse I stayed at most of my time in Bangkok. The picture was taken right before I left for Cambodia.
Hello everybody, I've had quite a few interesting days since I last posted. Lets see, I think I was Koh Tao last time wrote. The sunburn I got snorkling only got worse. It was impossible to sleep the next on my back and I had what felt like shocks of electricity flying over my back the throughout the following few days. The thought of lugging a heavy backpack on it didn't seem like the best idea so I stayed in Koh Tao a little longer then expected. Most of the days were spent reading from my porch and if I did [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 9th 2008 | 111 Views | [diary=296501]

To Siem Reap
Temple at Angor
Monks at the hilltop temple

By smmiller49
July 2nd 2008

Greetings From Ko Tao

 Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Tao
Koh Nangyuan
Koh Nangyuan
This small island, Koh Nangyuan, is off the northwest end of Koh Tao. It was the last stop of the snorkling tour. You can see its actually two islands connected by a beach.
Hello everybody, I spent two nights total at High Life in Ko Pha Ngah and think I should have given myself a third. The place was just stunning in every way. After writing my last post I rented a scooter from a rental place at the start of the driveway for High Life. The polite man renting it to me had obvious worries that after I told him I'd never rode one before. His worries likely spiked as I drove off in a shaky weaving pattern up the driveway to head to the northern beaches. Fortunately I got the hang of [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 2nd 2008 | 113 Views | [diary=294284]

Beach at Nangyuan
Koh Nangyuan
Koh Nangyuan

Hello everybody, I spent another night at the Paradise bungalows on Sunrise beach after writing last. I briefly mentioned before that Ko Pha Ngan is know for its Full Moon Parties which go on all night on the Sunrise beach. The last one was about two weeks ago. What I didn't know though was that the 26th is the night of a half moon, which also has a party. This party (more like rave actually) is only about a thousand people though and is in the middle of the jungle. There were people all over Sunrise offering taxis the party so [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 29th 2008 | 146 Views | [diary=293017]

Sunrise Beach
Longboat to Yuan beach
Yuan Beach

Hello everybody. I've had quite an interesting few days. I don't even know where to begin. Alright, so I spent another two days in Bangkok after writing last. It was amazing. I saw Wat Po, this HUGE golden Buddha that is laying down. It's a 150 feet long and I don't even know how high. Insanely cool. I also went to see the Grand Temple, which is the big attraction in Bangkok. Again, I was stunned at the granduer and intricacies that go into all these temples. I would love to show everyone all the pictures I took but so far [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 26th 2008 | 139 Views | [diary=291925]

Wat Pho
Me at feet of Reclining Buddha
Reclining Buddha



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