…so far. Hostel review later. Actually, writing about anything later. Not such a spectacular arrival, perhaps tomorrow will improve things. Will be looking into buying things and maybe booking a bus to Aranyapathet tomorrow (and trying to stay out of the still-ridiculous heat).
I’m still going. But maybe backwards. It seems like things might be less hectic because of festivals, crowded slow boats, etc. if I go to Siem Reap first and then the other way through Laos (Vientiane, then Luang Prabang, then boat to the Huay Xai border) and then back down through northern Thailand. But hey, […]
It’s official: I booked a ticket (with Becky) from 4 to 15 January, Macau to Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia (and Singapore) here we come.
I got back from my Thai Thanksgiving Thrip more or less on time. There’s a lot to say but I’ll try to keep it interesting (brief). I didn’t keep paper notes so this is just from the top of my sun-addled head. Gulf Air was a shade better than mediocre, if only because of the […]
Alarmed by the increase in HKG–BKK fares for the holidays, I decided to get my December trip into gear. Thanks to a sympathetic final exam schedule and still-cheap flights from Macau, I booked a round-trip to Bangkok from 12–28 Dec. After the ferry tickets it still comes out around 300 HK cheaper than the going […]
HCMC continued: I forgot to mention that on our way to the botanical garden we crossed a formidable (even by Vietnamese standards) half-dozen-lane-or-so divided highway without a crosswalk for kilometers in either direction. That was “interesting.” After the botanical garden we met our host for an excellent Japanese lunch, picked up our guidebook (for its […]
This post comes to you courtesy of a reasonable 100d/min. Internet establishment on Thai Van Lung St. in Saigon, the name still in use for this central district of what’s now Ho Chi Minh City. We’re on the last full day of our trip, and it hasn’t been a bad one. Our couchsurfing host has […]
After talking to someone in Manila I’ve decided to suck it up, lose the (sunk cost) refund fees and bail out of my trip this weekend. The power grid and roads are not in shape to handle me yet. Macau was interesting, I’ll have text and pictures up soonish.
Not much has been going on recently so I’ll shake it up: I think I’m going to daytrip to Macau tomorrow, as early as I can manage. The weather should be good. I don’t know if I’ll be able to blog or post photos between my return late Thursday and my escape to Manila on […]
