http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim There were green alligators and long necked geese, some humpty-back camels and some chimpanzees... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:15:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On the train ride to SaPa I shared a cabin with 2 other Aussies and a Philipino. One of the Aussies I had already met at my hotel in HaNoi - Allan from near Perth. He was in the Navy during the war, was on a ship stationed ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/sapa.html I booked with a tour for 3days/2nights to sail around the pillar islands of Ha long Bay. They were spectacular. The highlights of the tour for me were Kayaking and riding mountain a bike into the heart of one of the larger islands. The Kayaking is fairly straight-forward; paddling ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/ha-long-bay.html I decided to try out the Airport bus to go back to Bangkok's airport - it has a really long name that I am bound to misspell, plus the pronunciation only slightly resembles the written version. Easy as pie!! The bus came past about 60 seconds after I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/ha-noi.html The flight from Hyd to Bangkok was uneventful, the most notable thing about it was the lack of sleep. This time on arrival I took the Airport bus into town. Very convenient!! No haggling with taxi drivers (some were trying to get me to pay 600THB), a set ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/bangkok-blur.html I'm a little behind with this one as I have already been in Bangkok 5 days now, but you are going to get everything in order so stick with me. During my last days in Bombay I caught up with Mike again. Being the considerate soul he is, he was ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/back-to-hyderabad.html After being sucked into Goa decided that I would spend my last few days in India back here instead of trying to race around Kerala and Bangalore. I'll save them for another time. In the mean time, here I have done a little shopping (and I mean Little) ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/the-other-bombay.html For those who thought they wouldn't bother checking previous posts again, I added some pictures to the previous post. It pays to occasionally check back as I sometimes add more pictures later on (usualluy because I can't be bothered uploading pictures every time I am on-line). Before even arriving in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/sucked-into-goa.html Aurangabad - India's answer to Mt Isa - climate-wise. It was hot and dry. I arrived about 9am and took a rickshaw straight to a hotel and booked in. Even before I got to the hotel I had rickshaw and Taxi drivers hassling about going to Ellora ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/cutting-away-at-mountains.html Just gotta love those antibiotics! Within 12 hours I was back to my normal self. Sorry I've taken so long to put in the next installment - I'll put in extra time over the next few days. I have just been doing and seeing lots. As ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/looking-around-mumbai-bombay.html ... and I'm not talking about about the travel bug! Yes, I have paid the price for drinking water from a glass rather than from a bottle. The train ride was long and sleep deprived one. Those twinges turned into all out cramps and cold sweats. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Mim/got-the-bug.html