Blogs from Asia - page 14923

Hey everyone! Well... last night we decided to check out the nightlife here, we went to this strip of bars which included the viking bar, and the green mango club. Although the green mango doesn't get going until like 12am(ish) So we met a few nice australian boys, and danced a lot. We ended up walking home at like 3:00am(ish) and lucky for us mcshits was still open so we hit that up for a burger and fries... and went to bed when we got home. This morning we don't feel so hot but it's all good, tonight we are headed to the black moon party, should be interesting. Anyway this was a very short entry but i have some pictures from last night so i thought i would write a little something with the pictures. ... read more

Finally some cooler weather! In Da Lat we even had to drag out the jumpers as we wandered past the lake and mini Eiffel Tower in the evening. Lonely Planet described Da Lat as very kitsch and they weren't kidding. We hired motorcycle guides and zoomed our way around the city and beyond, seeing all sorts of tacky sights and stunning vistas in between. There was one awesome pagoda (the Linh Phouc I think) where giant dragon sculptures were made from pieces of beer bottles and decorated with mosaics of broken crockery. The views from the top weren't too shabby there eithere. The strawberry shakes and lollies were great (so much better and more addictive that the coconut lollies), as were the vegetarian noodles from the friendly guy at the market. Sadly the over-the-top tacky, the ... read more

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Back by popular demand and little to write so here's a sneak preview of my apt and it's surroundings =) Every other day or so, just outside my apt there's a market. Yeah yeah blaba so heres the market... As you can see there's a lovely train track there also which sounds like a fleet of german crazed tanks on steriods. Quite annoying. Not only this but in the next picture you can see a coca-cola joint right? Well the smallish place to the left of that is a Kareoke joint. Thai people getting drunk and thinking their whitney houston at 11:59 is also slightly annoying... Moving indoors I feel the need to show off some bargain materials... read more

So much of this city is so big and in your face. Yesterday I went in search of a cell phone at one of Bangkok’s many shopping plazas, MBK. I figured I would just roam around the place until I encountered the cell phone shops. Almost a fatal mistake. This mall has 12 stories and is packed in with shops. Luckily, the entire floor of cell phone shops was only on the fourth floor and not on the 12th! By the third floor, I was wondering where these supposed discount cell phones were that a former classmate had told me about. Ascending the escalator to the fourth floor, there it was: the Mecca to cell phones. Shop after shop selling, used, new and Lord knows what else condition cell phone was crammed onto this floor. From ... read more