Blogs from Asia - page 15629

Not much to tell! Pauline dropped me and Dave off at the airport and we flew Royal Brunei (quite good - they even blessed the plane!) to Brunei, internet cafe-d for 5 hrs, resisted the temptation to buy more postcards, looked for gold plated things but didn't find any and then flew on to Sydney where Pete had arrived an hour before us by flying direct by Singapore Airlines. Grr!... read more

Beijing, a city of legend, myth, magic, confusion, and millions of people. We have been here for about a week now and have stayed in two different locations, the first of which was horrible. It was four stories under ground, similar to a dungeon, and the shared bathroom and shower area was, well lets say less than clean. Even though the living conditions were not so good we were in a pretty good location. Beijing is probably the largest city that we have visited on this trip. Everything is very spread out. There is a subway and it is somewhat crowded but we have been on worse. It is quite hot though, since it is not air conditioned like most that we have experienced. We do use it often but if you have to wait in ... read more

Hello, quick update. Arrived safe and sound. Very busy little place, full of activity. Bad news, full of travelers also. No plan planning is not so great, but does make things more adventourous. The guesthouse we thought to stay at was full, but we wandered around alleys and got another that was great, one stop and all. One bed, one mattress on the floor, one bathroom with toilet and shower as one.......okay fun story oh and one spider, and worst, only one night. It was great really called Awana sleep and eat. Funny. Great people great stories. Now at the TopNorth Guest house. Stinky, hot and mildewy the guy above us has a shower and it showers in our room. I love that....not. Saw the zoo, crazy story, but save it for more time. Not to ... read more

I write this final journal entry from a busy internet cafe on the Khao San Road, oh yes, back in the steamy noodle metropolis of Bangkok one last time. I spent the day on the pool deck of that same hotel I snuck into three months ago on my first days here... I can hardly believe how quickly time has passed. In 12 hours, I'll be on a 747 Jumbo Jet bound for home... but not before stopping in Taipei, Anchorage and New York. At noon on Wednesday, if all goes according to plan, I'll touch down in Halifax after three months of South East Asian Adventures. I set out on this journey to find something. I'm not sure what it was, but I THINK I've found it. I feel satisfied, fulfilled and ready to come ... read more

T. indochinensis - definitely not an endangered species Travelling in South East Asia you will sooner or later come along some of the notorious long time-travellers also known as T. indochinensis: slovenly pants, washy shirt (preferred colours are pink, orange or turquoise and adorned with a cool slogan like: I am home, take me drunk) are the common recognition signs. Real beauties combine this with a sarong-like-thing wrapped around and over any available body part which is not yet covered with wooden pearls, seashells and shark teeth. The feet of course are peeking out of a pair of sandals or even flip-flops bought on any local market. This looks silly, indeed, but given the climatic situation no one can be blamed for that. The hair is either short (females) or long (males) or forced into dreadlocks ... read more