Blogs from Asia - page 14695

Was pleased to have arrived in Hue, away from the big city of Hanoi, it is much slower down here which is great for a change and we have really good accomodation in a really good location we don't have to wander more than about 100m and have the choice of about 6 restaurants/cafes. We decided to spend our first afternoon wandering around the old city, which, again is a world heritage site. We had to cross the river to get over to the old city and wandered up to the bridge, where a cyclo driver said "no, you can't cross the bridge" and he tried to point us to the other bridge 500m away from where we wanted to go, we were slighly sceptical of this and hung around and took a few photos until ... read more

Unbelievably, we missed the plane to Vietnam (Don't ask). So we're now trying to redeem ourselves by taking an unexpected trip to Thailand (Via Malaysia). We have the faintest idea on how we're going to get there, our emotions are of a volatile, dangerous nature. Right now, we're on a bus to KL. Tfaduh is still pretty pissed at our lack of forsight. Rage is the mood at the moment. ... read more

We've been in Ko Pha-Ngan since the 15th. We are finally experiencing the rainy season. Having a great time, but more on that later... First, we must share our scam with readers in hopes that it saves someone else going through the same $#@! that we did...Apoligies for the negativity...I promise, its not long _________________________________________________ We booked our travel from Ko Lanta to Ko Pha-Ngan through a travel agent in Ko Lanta. This included two different mini-buses and a fast ferry. The mini-buses--a mini-van with 12 people squeezed in, thank goodness for the a/c-- were fine, we had a lot of waiting to do...two different car ferries, dropped off to catch our second bus where we were told it would be 45 minutes late, then the driver stopped at another place and told us "30 minutes". ... read more

To whom it may concern, mainly Nige and Shawna: I am sorry about the appaling spelling, punctuation and grammar in all of my blogs. I can write in 'correct' english when I want to. However while away travelling I have to balance the tasks of keeping a blog, and actually doing the things I write about. This means I rarely if ever proof read, or even think about what I write. So shove your grammar up your nostrils (or something slightly ruder...). So to my final full day in Bali. After breakfast Suni took me to see his friend Alit Satria who is a painter and sculptor. We went to his home/studio and Alit showed me his extensive range of work which covered a number of styles from the traditional to modern. He has undertaken a ... read more

the bus ride from cambodia to the vietnamese border ­­was interesting. the trip, already tainted by illness on dave's part was made worse by the fact that the radiator decided it was time for a massive leak. this left the driver and his friends with the task of fixing it, a job done by filling the gap with cigarette butts and sealing it with super glue. needless to say there were many more unscheduled stops along the way to add more water and further try to bodge the hole. much to everyone's surprise and relief the trusty cambodians limped us to the border where we crossed into vietnam. we were met by the people from "happy tours" who treated us to an incident free bus ride to saigon and the woman collecting the tickets even sang ... read more