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Hi all... This is just a shortie to tell all of you that im starting a new Adventure... Thats right In on the road again... But this time I have my own travel web site... www.travelbycamera.com Now its going to take a bit of time to work out the bugs and set things up but for what I have planned I think it will be worth the wait... Take care and enjoy our world... Michael... read more

Hi again all... Well I had just left Lao this morning and was in the city of Nong Khai... But just seeing the place I knew that I had to leave as soon as i could... My plan at that moment was to find a train station and get to that dirty city called Bangkok... That way I could have enough time to find a nice place to relax on a beach.... I found the train station and got a ticket to Bangkok for 688Baht... That was for a sleeper and the train left at 6pm that evening... That gave me about 5hrs to check out this small town... So I just walked around the town and along the Mekong looking at the other side that was Lao.... I allready miss the place.... On my way ... read more

Hi again all... Well Im now about 6hrs closer to the Lao border and now traveling the great city of Jinghong.... Its amazing that this place is part of China... Its warm and there's jungle all around... Me and the Korean girls Lee JIN and Nara got into a taxi and went to the guest house callled Wanli Dai Style Guesthouse... Now this place is very basic... With only three beds in the room and that was about it but for 20Y a night it was the cheapest place that I ever stayed... After we got settled in we went next door to a place called Mei Mei Cafe... They make one mean breakfast and this place is always full... During breakfast I met two American girls named Clare and Lily... We were talking for a ... read more

Hi all Well i know that all these blogs are bunching up but I couldn't help it.... So where did I leave off, I remember no, I was saying that all the people that I have met in Wuhan were the Greatest so now let me tell you all about Chengdu... After Leaving the train I got into a taxi to head to a hostel called The Dragon.... The driver dropped me of on some street and told me in no english that I had to walk the rest of the way because there was construction going on in the streeet... I wasn't to sure what exactly i was suppose to do but after walking about 50ft I found the Chinese charaters that made up the name of the street... I have found myself being able ... read more

Hi again all... Well its a new year and Im in a new city...Shanghai... I got into Shanghai around 8am and made my way to the Captain Hostel by subway.... The hostel cost 70Y or$10us a night in a dorm room with 7 others... The hostel is about a 5 min walk to the Bund... The rooms are OK but the bathrooms are a bit of a mess...(make sure you wear your shower shoes)....The internet is a expensive 20Y a hour... And one other thing, your are not allowed to bring in food or pop into the common room because of the fact that they want you to buy there crap....LOL... Just sneak it in.... After getting settled in I went to see what Shanghai had to offer... The weather was not that good and it ... read more

Hi all and wish you all had the turkey dinner that I didn't...lol... I had Peking Duck...LOL.. So, Leaving Hanoi and heading to China is the next big adventure that I have to endeavor... I Arranged a trip fron the hotel in Hanoi for $10us which was to take me to the Vietemese and Chinese Border of Dong ding....They came at 9am to pick me up at the hotel... we then kept stopping at different place to pick up more people...I was sitting in the back seat that normally holds 4 people and at one point and they wanted to put more people in the backseat with me ...I don't think so... If they all want to cramp each other let them but I wasn't going to let them put another person in that back seat ... read more