Tag: Southeast Asia Travel
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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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Taipei? Fuckin’ eh!
I’m glad that I decided to stop over in Taipei for a week before heading back to Canada. I never thought I would go to this small island so I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that they manufactured half of the world (70% of LCD displays, laptops, and computer chips; about 30% of…
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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…