April 15 So today I hit Busan. Dana dropped me off at the bus station and I took the short 1and 1/2 ride down. The first thing I did was go to the center of town to mail my guard application. Well see if it makes it home before I do or not. Haha then I walked around a little bit just to busans needle like tower. I opted not to go up though because it was pretty hazy and nasty out. I didn't think I'd see much. Then I headed to Hae-unde beach. When I was getting out of the subway a guy started talking to me and even gave me 10cents because I was short on coins when I got out. He was nice. He pointed me in the direction of the beach and ... read more

April 5th Today was my last day in Taiwan. So Mark one of my couch surfing hosts and i went to an American Diner for breaky. It was pretty sweet. I had a bagel french toast and some eggs all were very good and hit the spot. However the ride to the diner was the scariest of all my motor rides so far. Who would have thought it would have been on the back with an American driving. His seat was broken so instead of it slanted towards him it was slanted back off. So every time we hit a bump or he accelerated I was sliding off the back. I was needless to say holding on for dear life. I thought i was going to go sailing off a few times but we made it ... read more

March 30 So lucky I checked my flight last night because they changed it on about 8 hours early. Which I was a little bummed about because I didn't get to do the last few things I wanted to do but was good because I was getting into Taiwan earlier. The flight was fine. I found the bus to take me to Taipei main center. Then I called Talbot the couch surfer guy I'm staying with and he picked me up from the metro close to his house. He is a nice guy. American teaching English here in Taipei. When we got back to his place we took his dog molly a golden for a little walk. Then we grabbed some food chatted a bit and I passed out watching tv. March 31 Let's see today ... read more

March 21 So I arrived to Lao Chai this morning and after the mayhem of getting a mini bus to Sapa(many drives different prices depending on your barging.) I was crowded by people leading me to their hotel. I checked a few out before I found a sweet cheap place and awesome view of the valley. When I was being lead to the hotel a local village woman began to follow us and talk to me a little. These local women are all over the place selling things. Anyway, I went in the hotel for at least 1/2 hr and when I came out she was there waiting. I think she wanted to lead/follow me to her village. But I didn't want to trek today, I just wanted to check out the town n the radio ... read more

March 12 Well Nam was right on time so right after i finished breaky we were on our way. First stop was marble mountains. Like everwhere else it was absolutely beautiful place. They had carved large budas in side caves in the mountain out of marble. Needless to say most the these caver were quite large and intricate as well. One of the caves you could climb through and end up on the top of the mt. Which of course had spectacular views of near by china beach. Then the last cave was massive, you could have fit a small office building in there. It was really huge. They had also built a few temples on the mt as well which were quite impressive. Once i finished up there i hopped back on the bike and ... read more