For some reason the Japanese and Korean visitors seemed to think they were at a PGA tournament all sporting Spalding visors, Wilson slacks and Caddyshack shirts.
The city of temples - Siem Reap October 29th 2006 Tired and a little peeved to be dropped off at a guesthouse of the drivers choosing we offloaded our packs and sucumbed to fatigue by checking into a comfortable room. Our American friends moved to another hostel after being accused of starting a fight after Pete caught his leg in a bag strap and face planted from 4 foot mildly brushing the hotelier. We hit the sack and woke hugely dehydrated to b ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more
This is a tale of two,
Of Claire and Kevin who,
Met with a parallel dream,
To travel the world unseen.
18 flights ahead,
Each night an unknown bed,
Laden with karrimor packs,
This blog to record our tracks.
Who can tell what’s in store?
Mountains the realm of the Condor,
Bus trips of 22 hours,
Deserts and Tokyo towers.
Crossing the world in all,
Like lines on a tennis ball,
America South and then on,
Rapa Nui to Oz.
There to Asia Southeast,
Eyes and our bellies a feast,
India beckons at last,
Then home it all went too fast.
One planet on which... full info