Blogs from Asia - page 12989

Servus die 2.! Heute hatten wir den ganzen Tag in Yangon zu unserer Verfuegung. Wir machten uns auf zur wohl bekanntesten Sehenswuerdigkeit, der Shwedagon Pagode (paar Zahlen: 60.000 qm reiner Pagodenplatz, ebenfalls eine Glocke wie die Pumerin mit ca. 23 t Gewicht, ca. 60.000 t verarbeitetes Gold, als sozusagen Christbaumspitze auf der Pagode nen kleiner 76 karaetiger Diamant, usw... Daten und Bilder folgen zu Hause, denn im Internet ist das hier nicht ganz so einfach realisierbar). Ein wirklich beeindruckendes Bauwerk mit fantastischen Gaerten und Kloestern ... !!! Nach der erfolgreichen Besichtigung hatten wir das Vergnuegen an einem Stand, frische Kokosmilch direkt aus der gruenen Nuss zu kosten. Anschliessend besuchten wir den groessten Markt Yangons mit allem was das Herz begehrt, wie frisches, leckeres Futter, schoenste Stoffe, usw. ... Auch konnten wir bei Nacht- un... read more

Hi Everyone, After a short hiatus, I still have not got myself together enough to write another blog. I've been preparing, collecting notes and writing a whole lot in my personal journal. Unfortunately, I've left said journal in our hotel room and to post without the aid of my notes is impossible. We're disappearing into the jungle for a few days and an internet connection is doubtful but when I emerge, I promise to indulge you in my longest blog yet. Sarah seems to have kept you up to date on our travels so I won't repeat the details but she and I are both quite weary from all of the bumpy bus rides and overnight train expeditions we've endured in the past week or so. We've got the serenity of the rainforest and the spirituality ... read more

One thing that I had not seen last time I was in Vietnam was the Mekong Delta so I decided that I would do a 2 day trip through the delta into Cambodia. Day one it was a mixed group with people on 1, 2 and 3 day trips all on the same bus, but luckily it was still quite a small group. It took about 3 hours to get to the river where we got on to a ferry type boat and headed to our first stop - a coconut candy factory! The day was basically made up of a series of stops at bizarre places, the next stop was a cafe where they had one bee hive and a kid on roller skates came out with a massive python round his neck. I decided ... read more

I sit here trying to summarize an entire week… Where has the time gone? Oh yeh, sitting on so many buses it would make your head spin. And who would have thought that getting internet access would be so difficult. Stage 1 Sunday - The family arrived in Hong Kong China without much issue. Makayla handled the 17.5 hours on two planes very well. She probably handled it better then both mom and dad since she slept most of the time. After entering into Hong Kong we first needed to get processed so they could mark our passports showing that we had entered into the Country then off to find our luggage. With luggage and baby in tow we were off to catch a 45 minute bus ride into the old city of Hong Kong. ... read more

We were feeling a little stiff from yesterday's walk so decided to go to one of the Boh tea plantations. Boh was set up by a British guy (and is still owned by his family) and is the number one tea in Malaysia! We got the bus to the butterfly farm (which we did not go into) and then had to walk 2 kms to the plantation factory. The sheer size of the plantation was impressive as we walked to the factory - all on hills so we were wondering if they still hired people to pluck the leaves. Once we got there, we had a cuppa tea in the cafe (how can we not!) - we tried cinnamon tea which was quite nice actually! We then had a tour of the factory - there ... read more