Blogs from Asia - page 13000

Samir's article. We last left our um... "heroes" as they began a 6 day drive across the Rajasthani desert. Before beginning another day of driving, we went to see a fort perched on the top of a mountain. The fort was pretty important, as no elephant or battering ram had ever broken down it's gate. Or so the audio tour cassette said. There were also a lot of cannons and a museum displaying a lot of swords, sets of armour and scissor-like daggers. When we finnaly left the fort, Mom decided she wanted to go to a palace nearby, so it took a while to get back on the road again. When we finally left Johdpur, and we were driving in the general direction of Jaisalmer, we spotted a peacock. We were all pretty awed at ... read more

Kris: Right then. I realise we have said practically nowt about what we're up to for ages, but I'll try and keep this blog away from epic War and Peace style proportions. There's lots of nice pics so just enjoy them if you like... Anyway, here we go.... Major Developments... Our major news is that we are no longer monkey watching. Our extremely short career in primatology ended while we were still in Pattaya working on the promotion of the project. Basically, a more urgent cause arose and there wasn't enough money to go round them all from the organisation we're working with (Eco Explorer). The new cause was that of a failing elephant camp on the outskirts of Pattaya. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that the place we are staying in Pattaya ... read more

Departing Hoi An midafternoon for the gruelling mammoth 18 hour bus ride to Hanoi in our berms and t shirts, we had absolutely no idea what the capitol of vietnam had in store for us. Several days of watching BBC's weather report, we were expecting crisp, cool, 25 degree days. As a result, it came as a rude shock to us when we got off the bus at 630am only to be greeted by an icy cold rainy morning - we were blowing mist out of our mouths! The weather was quite miserable for the first few days at 18 degrees in the rain, but it's gotten better since.. we can finally put the berms back on. Fearing the worst, I have since bought 3 sweaters (all dirt cheap knock-offs at a local skate shop) and ... read more

after a 10 hour flight (which fortunately i was able to sleep through since i had a whole row to myself), and a bus ride from the aiport to the hotel, I'm' finally here! No need to go to internet cafes like in europe since this hotel has internet access. It's pretty cold, a little colder than in paris, i think. Since I didn't really get to the hotel until 8 pm or something, I didn't get to really explore the area too much but we're going to have an early day tomorrow. Shelby is helpful since she pretty much understands and speaks and reads Japanese, so she's been getting us around and ordered me a sandwich today. It's 16 hours ahead of LA time, so my timing is all messed up. It's 10:55 pm here ... read more

ok so , feelin a little sore and drousey so bear with the spelling and the disorientated ravings! will explain further on, its all good! so last entry was a little boring, iv done loads since. we had a day bikeing it around Vientiane! imagine me, renting a bike! it was pretty funny at first, i was as awkward as a seal trying to cycle with flippers, big wide corners and the odd stumble, but, as we got lost, i improved, became more fluid or whatever and we reached our destination- the market oh what a trial, you just want to buy absolutly everyting, well, the white goods didnt take my fancy-i'd never fit a wah\shing machine im my rucksack- although it is a 100L. we walked for hours, stalls and stalls or wonderful scarves, bags ... read more