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March 31, 2005Krabi: The Simple LifeWhen we were diving in Ko Tao, our instructor at Ban's Diving Resort, Mario, impressed upon us how incredibly safe diving is, using the argument that people find works best: statistics. It's difficult to verify, and it sure sounds like...Read this update March 29, 2005Krabi: The Second WaveMy first impressions of the overdeveloped island of Ko Samui were that it was exactly like a particularly characterless beach town in the United States. On March 26, however, it was more like a crappy town in England - every...Read this update March 28, 2005Photos: Ko Pha-NganUp to Ko Pha-Ngan now. If I could take good pictures, I would, people, I can assure you. But it seems that my life as a photo journalist is unlikely to materialize, so here are just a few photos to...Read this update Photos: Ko TaoBack in Thailand with the next photos. The difference between the Thai islands and Hanoi should be pretty evident. These are from Ko Tao, where we were diving and celebrating St. Patrick's Day, though not in that order. As you...Read this update March 27, 2005Photos: HanoiAs always, way behind schedule with the photos. But it's hard, man, it's hard. You have to understand that first I have to find an internet cafe, burn them onto...ah, you don't care. Enjoy! Or don't. Whatever....Read this update March 26, 2005Ko Pha-Ngan: WetOn my first visit to Thailand, in 2001, I visited the island of Ko Samui, just 15 km from Ko Pha-Ngan, and significantly larger and more developed than it's neighbor. It sucked then, and it sucks now. I can't see...Read this update March 25, 2005Ko Pha-Ngan: The Quiet After the StormWhen I was young, we used to fly to Ireland every summer for a couple of months (we still go, of course, just not all together anymore). I was never able to quite understand the whole time-change thing, how you...Read this update March 24, 2005Ko Pha-Ngan: Full MoonBy the end of the four day diving course in Ko Tao, I was pretty much ready to leave the island. The diving was great, to be sure, but otherwise Ko Tao wasn't really my personal favorite (most people disagree...Read this update March 21, 2005Ko Tao: Under the SeaI like scuba diving, it's an experience like nothing else. I first did it in Egypt in the Red Sea with my friends Emma and Jared back in 1997, then a few years later with Charlie on Zanzibar, off Tanzania....Read this update March 17, 2005Ko Tao: St. PADI's DayMy flip-flops suck, and they're not even my flip-flops anymore. When you're in Thailand, you can pretty much go ahead and kiss those flip-flops goodbye. When you enter a bar, you have to leave them outside, and black flip-flops +...Read this update March 15, 2005Hanoi: The Great EscapeAt 7.30 a.m on March 15, there was a pounding at our door. We were on the top floor of our guesthouse in Hanoi, and Alex and I were about to go meet Declan downstairs, where we had already arranged...Read this update March 13, 2005Photos: Hoi An & HueI'd like to think I'm my own worst critic. In reality, its the exact opposite - I'm the one tooting my horn pretty much non-stop, whereas the people that actually have to read this, well, they tend to be my...Read this update Hanoi: I Can't See Dead PeopleI had heard mixed reviews about Hanoi. Most of the back-packing sun-worshippers we met couldn't get out of there fast enough, and it was easy to see why. It was certainly cooler now, it was rainy and gray, and there...Read this update March 12, 2005Hanoi: Buses, Beers, and ValiumForty-five minutes into the overnight bus ride from Hue to Hanoi in north Vietnam, the bus pulled over. It appeared that we were stopped in the middle of nowhere, as usual, at some kind of restaurant, presumably to pick up...Read this update March 11, 2005Hue Photos: Politically IncorrectIn South East Asia you can never truly predict what will happen on any given day. March 11 was one of those given days. Alex and I were biking around the outter wall of the Citadel, in Hue, Vietnam, on...Read this update Hue: Three DollarsWe were flying north along Highway 1 on a bus, our bikes shoved impotently into the luggage compartment below, when Alex took out the Rough Guide to Vietnam and opened up to Hue - our next destination. We had only...Read this update March 09, 2005Hoi An: The Clothes Make the BackpackerThere were two things that our fellow backpackers were telling us about the town of Hoi An in central Vietnam: first of all, it was far enough north that it was starting to get colder. All the way up from...Read this update March 08, 2005Photos: Whale Island, VietnamThe photos from Whale Island have just arrived. Which is to say, it took me about a million hours to do these last few entries because I've been uploading all these photos. Man, this sure does suck the hours away...Read this update Hoi An: When Bad Buses Happen to Good PeopleBy the evening of March 8, everybody was back from Whale Island, having had great time the last day and night while Conor was trying not to bite through his own tongue as he was being given stitches sans anaestesia....Read this update March 07, 2005Photos: Nha Trang and Boat RideOk, more photos to introduce you to Declan, Julie, Kristin, and our very bestest of best friends: Nha Trang. Also, let me say something about the non-photo blog entries: I'm pretty far behind, as you can tell, and worse, I...Read this update March 06, 2005Whale Island: Scars from ParadiseOn the boat ride out to the islands, The Best Day of Our Lives, six of us had agreed that in two days we would head out to the Jungle Beach Resort, the secluded beach off the tourist track that...Read this update March 05, 2005Photos: Da Lat, VietnamAlright, a few more to get out there - from our trip up to Da Lat, up in the highlands. My huge regret here is that I couldn't upload the photos from the women we met on our way down...Read this update Photos: Cambodia and SaigonPhoto catch-up time once again! These bad boys are just a wee sample of our two day bike ride from Phnom Penh down to the beach at Sihanoukville, Serendipity Beach, and finally the ride from Phnom Penh to Saigon, ending...Read this update March 04, 2005Nha Trang: The Best Day Of Our LivesBesides lying on the beach and going out at night, we figured there were two things that we should do in Nha Trang: go to the Thap Ba hot springs center, 10 km from the center of town, to do...Read this update March 03, 2005Nha Trang: How to Get Punched In The Head By A ProstituteI woke up late on the morning of March 2, our first morning in Nha Trang. I looked over to see Alex in the other bed across the room also sitting up in bed, looking pretty rough - I imagine...Read this update March 02, 2005Phan Rang: When a Bus is Not Really a BusAlex and I had read something about the coastal town of Phan Rang before we left the mountain town of Da Lat on March 1; when traveling by bus, there was ample time to read up on your destination on...Read this update The Central Highlands: Vietnamese Alex ImpersonatorsAlex and I had just finished the main descent down from Da Lat in the Central Highlands on March 1. The feeling of exhileration from keeping our eyes peeling for pot-holes and trucks and hairpin turns was wearing off, and...Read this update The Central Highlands: Accidents Will HappenAlex and I set off on March 1 from Da Lat to cruise due east, decending down from the highlands and into the coastal town of Phan Rang, where we would spend the night. We had been off the bikes...Read this update Da Lat: Into Cloud CityI was jerked awake from my much needed nap by the deafening sonic boom as our bus driver took a particularly tight corner surpassing the speed of sound. Tossed against the side window, my eyes popped wide open and my...Read this update March 01, 2005Cu Chi: The Englishman and the Hysterical DevilSeveral of our friends had recommended to us that we check out the famous Cu Chi tunnels, 60 km north of Ho Chi Minh city. The region of Cu Chi (which we had passed through on our way into the...Read this update |
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