http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ungsang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ungsang en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:27 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:27 +0000 It was Eid a few weeks back which is the end of Ramadan. For those of you who don't know Ramadan is a month of fasting for Islam and Eid is a holiday to break the fasting. From what I hear it's pretty much the biggest holiday for muslims and it's one essentially one big party I apologize for the extremely simplistic description of Ramadan and Eid. It's actually a really interesting time to be i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Western-Desert/Siwa-Oasis/blog-336695.html I had about a week between orientation and classes so I decided to go on a small trip to get away from the hustle and bustle of Cairo. I've read that taking a felucca down the Nile river from Aswan is a relaxing way to travel and relaxing I wanted so it didn't take much thought to pack my bag and headout to Upper Egypt. My mode of transportation to Aswan was a sleepertrain. This was a very expe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Aswan/blog-321507.html It's been a hectic few days in Cairo. We've had to cram in a lot of administrative stuff like looking for an apartment orientation etc while trying to live up the Cairene night life. There is some routine to the chaos and we've generally been waking up at around 11 do the boring stuff or if we're lucky do a little sight seeing till 8 or 9 go out at 10 then go to bed in 4 in the morning. I do http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-316343.html So I'm finally here at Cairo after 16 hours of flying and a 12 hour layover in between. The layover itself was actually quite an experience... They have these awesome free showers at Seoul Airport and I really do think I could live in one of those bathrooms for about a month. It's like a luxurious prison cell. I did have a few issues with the Subway sandwich that I bought myself though. What I tho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-314630.html There's a little known fact about Hong Kong. Or maybe it's well known and I just think that no one knows about it... But Hong Kong has some stellar hiking treks and campsites. The best part about it is that you only have to take an hour long bus ride to get out to the countryside and have a little adventure in one of the many routes that lead to pretty cool spots. So Jimbo Marcelo and I got ours http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Sai-Kung/blog-312507.html I never thought blogging would be so much fun. It's like public masturbation at its best. That is why I write. So I strongly suggest anyone who visits China to stop by Yangshuo. This was by far my favorite part of the tour which is why I didn't want to skip through it like I did with all the other cities we've visited. I believe the best way to reach the town is by flying in to Guilin which is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Yangshuo/blog-309830.html Since the thought of starting a blog only occurred to me fairly recently props to the cmc people who urged everyone to do so I have a good amount of blogcatchup to do. Fortunately I've had a lot of opportunities to travel this summer as well as rediscover a few cool spots in Hong Kong where I've been living for the past 7 years. The summer began with a bang. The rugby club's tour of China. W http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-309611.html