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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Northern Thailand
It was the opposite of a shock to return to Thailand after my time in Laos – not pleasant familiarity, but an easiness that doesn’t fit in that well with my idea of travel, whatever that is. Not that anything … Continue reading
Up the Mekong
Like much of the other travel advice I’d been offered, the description of the Mekong boat trip as ‘not worth the bother’ turned out to be completely untrue. The three cities had been great, but much of the time something … Continue reading
Laos Part 2 – Luang Prabang
The bus journey from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang was in some ways worse than the one from Siem Reap. In its favour it was at least half full, or half empty, so I had a double seat to myself, … Continue reading
Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog #012 – Flying
Though I’m of the traveling persuasion, I don’t take that many flights. It seems a little wasteful if I do – there’s no hurry and I want to see as much of the journey as I can. Tonight I am … Continue reading
Laos pt 1 – Vientiane and Vang Vieng
After a night in Bangkok (which I’ll write about a bit later) I took a “sleeper bus” to the Thai-Lao border. It didn’t have beds, but the reclining chairs went back far enough for the journey to be bearable. As … Continue reading
Siem Reap, Angkor and a few buses
It would’ve been nice to have stayed on in Phnom Penh a couple more days at least, but time was starting to run out and I was eager to see Cambodia’s biggest draw, Angkor Wat. Tyler was off back to … Continue reading
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