"That's Fake #2"

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Driving up to Seattle today, it finally hit me. In 5 short days, I will be boarding a plane from PDX to Bangkok, and will be embarking on my 53 day "thats fake #2" trek around Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Tibet. Although the specific details of my trip won't be finalized until I arrive in Bangkok, I feel pretty set on the following preliminary itinerary;


July 3rd-4th - Fly from PDX to BKK
July 5th - Rest in BKK, and soak in the comforts of Khao San Lu.
July 6th - Travel from BKK - Siem Reap, Cambodia (via the Poipet/Aranya Prathet Crossing)
July 7th - 9th - Check out the sites of Angkor Wat and surroundings
July 10th - Travel from Siem Reap to Ban Lung
July 11th - Visit Ratanakiri Province including; Boen Yeak Laom (Crater Lake) & Chaa Ong (waterfalls)
July 12th - Travel from Ban Lung to Phnom Penh (Capital of Cambodia)
July 13th - Rest in Phnom Penh
July 14th - Travel from Phnom Penh to HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Capital of Vietnam)
July 15th - Rest in HCMC
July 16th Travel from HCMC to Phu Quoc Island
July 17th - 18th - Rest, snorkel, at Phu Quoc Island
July 19th - 20th - Travel from Phu Quoc Island back to Hanoi (Northern Capital of Vietnam)
July 21st - 22nd - Visit, elephant trek, around Sapa, Vietnam
July 23rd - 24th - Relax at Hanoi, and take massive amounts of pictures of Halong Bay
July 25th - 26th - Travel from Hanoi to Phuket, Thailand
July 27th - Make way to Ko Phi Phi, and see if there have been significant change from '02 (my 1st visit to the most gorgeous place in the world).
July 28th - Aug. 3rd - Become a licensed diver off the shores of Ko Phi Phi, and time and weather permitting, make way down to Ko Tarutao (via Hatyai "HDY" airport)
Aug. 4th - Travel Back to BKK
Aug. 5th - Fly from BKK to Kathmandu, Nepal, to join the rest of the Tibet Tour
Aug. 6th - 20th - Try to capture a glimpse of all Tibet has to offer during this short 15 day tour of Tibet (which includes visits to Lhasa and the Potala Palace, Gyantse, Shigatse, Qomolangma 'otherwise known as everest base camp', Lao Tingri, and Zhangmu).
Aug. 21st - Fly back to BKK
Aug. 22nd - 23rd - Rest back at the comforts of Khao San Lu, and buy little presents for all your people.
Aug. 24th - Call it a day, and get back to the real world. Fly from BKK back to PDX.

Although this blog is purely informative at the moment, I promise that once i begin my journey, I will upload as many "that's fake" pictures as I can, and keep everyone updated of current whereabouts. Additionally, given that I don't have any pictures of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and/or Tibet to share, i've attached a few picks from my trip to China, which I took back in '04 before i got sucked into the life of a public accountant.

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Photos

china 1
washed away dirt bike path. Yangshuo, China. July 2004.

Sunrise
Sunrise on Huangshan. August 2004.