Paul Rowsthorn

rowsthorn

Paul Rowsthorn

Love motorbike riding, snowboarding and dinking beers with my mate. Currently exploring South East Asia



Asia » Cambodia November 13th 2013

Day 1 - From Nam to Cambodia With only 20km to the Vietnam/Cambodia boarder we had one last chance to squeeze in a Vietnamese roll. This time it was roasted pork belly, probably one for the record books. Mal of course turned up his nose and had a roll with cucumber and soy sauce. I wasn't sure what to expect riding a motorbike into Cambodia, I've heard you need a letter from the original owner, that I have no chance or that we should be OK but we will need to bribe. Coming up to the boarder was pretty funny, its like a competition between Cambodia and Vietnam for the best propaganda signs. Using my usual approach of just being nice to all the officials and making a few jokes we crossed without even paying a ... read more
PB130728
PB130756
PB130750

Asia » Vietnam November 1st 2013

Getting to Hanoi from London When I first came up with this idea I figured it would be a cool way to break up my flights home. For the same price as flying home to Australia I was able to book a 6 week stop over in Chiang Mai using Singapore airlines. The trip to Hanoi was far more painful than I expected.... Close to 30 hours when I finally got to the hostel. Fair to say sleep was the order of the day. Day 1 - Organising Plan for the day was to sort out my GoPro stuff for the trip, a Sim card and of course a set of wheels. Stepping out into Hanoi you certainly get hit with senses overload, the smells in the street (most of them nasty), the relentless beeping of ... read more
image
PB010465
PB010472




Tot: 0.131s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 36; dbt: 0.0423s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb