http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/smmiller49/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from smmiller49 en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:53:17 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:53:17 +0000 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 h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-310608.html 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 m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-308098.html 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 rainin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-306662.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vang-Vieng/blog-303951.html 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 w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-301798.html 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 th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-299629.html 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 s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Siem-Reap/blog-296501.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Tao/blog-294284.html 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 o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Pha-Ngan/blog-293017.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Pha-Ngan/blog-291925.html Hello everyoneWell I'm finally here. It actually happened I still don't really believe I'm actually in Thailand. I'm just starting my second full day and already I have so much to tell I'm not even sure where to begin. Anyway Friday morning I flew out of Raleigh to Chicago then Chicago to Tokyo and fiinally Tokyo to Bangkok. All in all it was something like 22 or 23 hours traveling. I finally http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-290617.html Hello family and friends You've made it to the travel blog I'll be using throughout my trip. I can't promise I'll be able to update it frequently but will definitely share whenever the internet is available. If you'd like receive email notification on when I update the blog click on the subscribe button on the left. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-289367.html