Category: Thailand
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48 cities. 16 countries.
London (England) Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice (Italy) Vienna (Austria) Prague (Czech Rep) Berlin (Germany) Amsterdam, Utretch, Rotterdam (Holland) Brussells (Belgium) Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Vancouver (Canada) Cheong Un, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Andong, Okpo, Daejeon, Jeonju, Kyongju, Boreyong, Seoul (South Korea) Kuala Lampur, Cameron Highlands, Georgetown, Perhentian Islands (Malaysia) Singapore (Singapore) Bangkok (and the beginning of my…
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Thailand Part 2: Chiang Mai and Kanchanabury: Coffee, zip lining and tigers oh my!
And this is part two of my travels through Thailand, particularly Chiang Mai and Kanchanabury. You can read part one here. Chiang Mai is a lovely little city, said to be the intellectual centre and former capital of the old kingdom. We stayed at a beautiful and cheap place called Namkhong Hotel which was just…
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Thailand Part 1: Bangkok and Phuket: Excess and The Art of Eight Limbs
Thailand bracketed my entire south east Asian trip. I flew in from Korea in March and flew out to Taipei in June. I only visited 4 cities: Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Kanchanabury. The only way to capture Thailand’s awesomeness is two cut it up into two parts. Part one is about the craziness that…
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Day 1: April 4th, 2010 – Bangkok, Thailand to Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Eating pad Thai at the Cambodian-Thai border. It dawned on me that the more you travel, the more you begin to understand how other people view the world. For example, using chop sticks. Every time I use chopsticks, some Asian invariably compliments me. But would we compliment them on using a fork and knife? Probably not.…
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Day 0: April 3rd, 2010 – Bangkok, Thailand
Nervous. Haven’t bought a video camera yet even though I saw a pretty good deal at the airport. Thinking about heading to Pantip Plaza to see what other deals there are. Haven’t thought of a game for Monday yet when I’m supposed to start volunteering at the orphanage, but there are lots I can choose…