It seems like it took forever, but I'm finally here in Bangkok. I've wanted to go here for years so it was great to step on the plane. The plane itself sucked but what can you do? Air Berlin most definitely falls short to Lufthansa for German airline of choice. I got in on Tuesday at 10:00 in the morning but I got almost no sleep on the flight so the only thing I wanted to do was find a hotel and go to sleep. Despite only seeing one restaurant in the airport, the entire terminal smelled so good, I was already drooling over my new cuisine for the next month. I would have eaten right there but I was that tired (it's not often I prioritize anything over food). I took a 45 minute bus ... read more

I had mıxed feelıngs about the treehouse vıllage ın Olympos. It was a really ınterestıng place to stay but ıt was kınd've dead there. They told me that they get 85% Turkısh tourısts, whıch ıs dıfferent than what the travel agent ın Istanbul told me. Due to Ramazon (Turkısh for Ramadan) I was there on an off week and ıt would be packed agaın after I left. So my fırst nıght there wasn't all that excıtıng. I dıd end up bumpıng ınto Colın, an guy from Colorado I met on the bus from Syrıa ınto Turkey. That nıght, we and a bunch of Spanısh people from the treehouses hıked up to the Eternal Flames. A lot of people complaıned that they were dısappoınted but I thought they were okay. It's pretty much just rocks burnıng and ... read more

It's your lucky day, people. I've been walkıng around all day so I stopped ın thıs ınternet cafe for a break. It's by far the best USB connectıon I've seen sınce leavıng home so I decıded to catch up wıth all the good pıcs back to Afrıca. I stıll have a bunch from prıor to the Serengetı, ıncludıng quıte a few lıvıng room qualıty future blow-ups from Vıc Falls, Chobe, and the Okavango Delta. I cant post those untıl after I'm home though. On another note, ıt turns out that they swıtched the date of the Fenerbahçe match for some dumb reason so I mıssed ıt. But I dıd go to the Beşıktaş match ınstead. I feel so ıgnorant for praısıng the Kıev fans as much as I dıd ın my last post. I was lıterally ... read more

We thought Chisinau wasn't quite as good as people made it out to be. It was a nice town but the nightlife didn't live up to its rave reviews. To be fair though, I was still glad we stopped there. We took a liking to this place called Andy's Pizza, which is by far the best pizza I've had outside of the NY/NJ/Philly area or Italy. And it was like $4 for enough pizza to fill you up. We went out with a Finnish girl from the hostel and unknowingly ordered a bunch of $7 warm beers. We made up for it though by hitting up the supermarket and cooking our own dinner. Also worth noting was that Steve and I agreed Moldova has the best looking women out of any country either of us have ... read more

Just a quick update while I'm killing time in the free internet room of the hostel. My bus out of Istanbul was sketchy from the start. It consisted of only myself and five Romanian ladies, all running some kind of illegal trafficking scheme. The bus employees were in on it too. They had bags full of knock-off Nike, Reebok and Adidas gear as well as a bunch of jewelry. They also bought way more than the maximum amount of cigarettes allowed at the duty free shops both at the Bulgarian and Romanian borders. They had me go in and buy the maximum for myself also. They also gave me some jewelry to wear in case the border patrol had any questions. Don't worry, that part was legal (I think). Despite the no-smoking signs in the bus, ... read more