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I don't have as much time as I usually do to write these, so I apologise (or say "you're welcome") in advance that this blog will be a bit shorter than usual. This is also slightly helpful, as the place I am blogging about is Hawaii, and it is quite hard to keep "we went to this beech" interesting after the 6th or 7th time. Anyway, we got aboard the last two seats on the Qantas flight from Sydney to Honolulu, and arrived 12 hours before we took off (thanks to crossing the international date lie). Well rested on the flight, we were able to head down to Waikiki beach, where half of all tourists to the state of Hawaii on any given day are, and catch some sun and visit a fair few of the ... read more

img=http://www.internationaltraveldeals.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/bangkok-attractions-the-grand-palace.jpg rightI have finally gotten time to write my blog after a busy time visiting two of the biggest cities in South East Asia - Bangkok and Hong Kong. Our first journey after leaving Phnom Penh was to fly the short trip to Thailand's capital, Bangkok. We were staying in a small, but very pleasant Guesthouse a little bit outside Bangkok, which meant we were nicely out of the hustle and bustle of the city. Our only day in Bangkok comprised of three main events. The first was a trip to the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Keo in the old section of Thailand. As I had visited before, I enjoyed reinspecting the grand area, probably one of the grandest temples in the whole of South East Asia (see above). It really is fantastically adorned, and ... read more

Apologies for the delay in updating this, there have been a few technical issues with Travel Blog.org, but these seem to now have been fixed. Here is the blog I wrote yesterday: As promised, I am writing from Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. I have been rather remote for the last week, in the North Eastern Rattanakiri province. To get an idea of how remote it is, click this link for a map of Cambodia: http://www.circleofasia.com/maps/mapofcambodia.asp The treck to Rattanakiri is a long one, especially from Siem Reap where we began our journey. Looking at the map, the two don’t look that far apart, but there is only 1 bridge over the Meakong, which is in the south of the country (near Phnom Penh), therefore travelling from the North-W... read more

As I write this, I sit in the foyer of our lovely hotel in Siem Reap, in Northern Cambodia. Robin did request a ‘food blog’, although I may wait until leaving Cambodia before doing so - it should be far more interesting, as if something moves, the Khmers will eat it. Therefore, I’ll try to stick to the events of the past week. We arrived in Vientiane in Laos. Which very much lives up to its billing as a ‘sleepy town’. With a population of 400,000, it is very different to the other capitals we have been to (Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur). Yet, is was a nice time to have a bit of a break, do not so much, and take things ... read more

Apologies for the delay in updating my blog, there have been a variety of factors affecting this, partially that I am going to make some comments on Vietnam that I couldn't really make from inside the country, partly that I've spent very little time on the internet, and partly pure laziness. Due to this, I will apologise in advance, this blog may be slightly longer than the previous two. As I type this, I am sitting in an Internet Cafe on the Meakong River, in Northern Thailand. It seems a world away from the craziness that are the two largest cities in Vietnam, Hanoi and Saigon. Our final day in Saigon consisted of visiting a few of the other main tourist attractions in the city, and culminated in a visit to the War Remenents Museum. ... read more