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Yep, that was a great idea.
With the benefit of hindsight, and 16 hours sleep, it appears that my trip to Aranya Prathet was not as good an idea as it first seemed. It would have been good, but as it turns out, most of the traders there are selling second hand clothing. Ther... |
17/12/2001 |
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I should probably just get some sleep but...
Yeah! It's 4:30 am, and I decided half-an-hour ago that instead of going to sleep, I'm gonna go and catch the 5:55 am train to Aranya Prathet. It seems to be the best idea I've ever had, and possibly the best idea in history, but I'm prepared to con... |
15/12/2001 |
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Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is one of the many temples situated near the small Cambodian city of Siam Reap. This region was the seat of government for the Khmer empire for about 500 years from the 7th to the 13th century. Each of the rulers during that period built ... |
2/12/2001 |
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A little bit about Khmer
The Khmer's are the main ethnic group in Cambodia. The name of Pol Pot's Maoist army, the Khmer Rouge, was coined by the French, and means "The red Khmers". Khmer is also the name of the language of Cambodia. Khmer is really different to Thai, thou... |
24/11/2001 |
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Kampuchea
I travelled a long way and saw a lot of stuff today. Too much to take in really, and certainly too much to adequately put into words. As it turned out, I didn't get any more sleep last night, so I was very tired most of the day. I checked out of t... |
24/11/2001 |
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Rama IX
I so cannot sleep. It's almost 2am. I'm supposed to be getting up at 4am to catch my 5:55am train to the Cambodian border. I did actually get to sleep at around 8pm, but hunger pains (and a noisy motorcycle outside) woke me up at 10, so I went downs... |
23/11/2001 |
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Kampuchea bound
My plans for going to Cambodia and Vietnam are coming together. Yesterday I gave Lek $US 125 to get some visa's fasttracked for both countries. Today I went to Hualamphong station to look into the train situation to Cambodia. The tuk-tuk driver tha... |
22/11/2001 |
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The Hotel Atlanta
The place where I'm staying in Bangkok deserves to have a travel log entry dedicated to it. While on the train trip from Hua Hin to Bangkok, I looked up accomodation in Bangkok in my guidebook. I was looking for somewhere fairly cheap, and figured... |
22/11/2001 |
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Its so crazy it might just work
I've made a relatively snap decision to go for a quick trip through Cambodia and southern Vietnam. I wish I had thought of it before, because I only have about 20 days before my flight from Bangkok back to Melbourne. The itenerary I just sketched ... |
21/11/2001 |
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Last night in Hua Hin
Tonights my last night in Hua Hin. Tomorrow I'm taking a late afternoon train to Bangkok, that will arrive there at about 8:40pm. I think the best thing about Hua Hin is the food. There's restaurants for all tastes and budgets, from sidewalk vendo... |
7/11/2001 |
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Hua Hin - it's tops
Hua Hin's great. It's not undiscovered by any means (let's face it, if it's got a 3 page write-up in Lonely Planet, it's pretty much discovered) but it's not a totally tourist-oriented place. Here you can actually see Thai people doing Thai things, ... |
3/11/2001 |
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Head Rock
At 3am, one of the train conductors woke me up from my comatose-like sleep that had lasted about 53 minutes. I had just enough time to stuff my laptop and books back into my bag, and put my shoes on before the night train stopped at Hua Hin station. ... |
3/11/2001 |
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More about Hat Rin
I'm sitting in the dining area on a Raja Co. Ltd. ferry that's due to depart any minute now to go from here in Thong Sala on Koh Phang Ngan back to Suratthani on the mainland. I just thought I'd write a bit more about Koh Phang Ngan, and Hat Rin. ... |
2/11/2001 |
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The Full Moon Party (For Real This Time)
It was a hot day, and a hot evening. Down at the beach, there were people everywhere. Imagine the crowd that streams onto the ground after a soccer match, then imagine that crowd is on the beach at night, and that there's dance music pouring from th... |
1/11/2001 |
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The Full Moon Party (Practice Run)
It's 6:53 am, and I'm back in my room now after spending the last several hours at the clubs on Hat Rin Nai. The Full Moon Party is not until tonight, but for the last couple of nights leading up to tonight, the clubs at Hat Rin Nai have been open al... |
30/10/2001 |
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First impressions of Koh Phang Ngan
I've made it to Koh Phang Ngan. The bus left Krabi at 11am, and after two bus rides, a two hour ferry ride, a songthaew trip from the port town of Thong Sala to Hat Rin, and a very long walk looking for accomodation, I'm finally sitting on a bed unde... |
29/10/2001 |
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Puut thai dai dii gwaa (Speak Thai can better)
My Thai is getting better. When I was in Phuket town I bought the first two books from a language course. They are excellent, because they teach the fundamental principles of the language at the same time as learning vocabulary and practicing conver... |
29/10/2001 |
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Back to Surat
I left Hat Railay yesterday and went back to Krabi town. I checked back into the City Hotel, where I spent my one night in Krabi about a week ago. After I'd checked in and cooled off for a while, I went for a walk and found a restaurant / Internet... |
29/10/2001 |
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Crouching Tiger Fish, Hidden Chicken Island
This morning, I checked out of my room at Hat Railay Village and moved to another resort called Ya Ya. It's further away from the beach, but is cheaper. After I switched accomodation, I shared the cost of chartering a longtail boat with a Danish guy... |
27/10/2001 |
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Catchup
Whoa, time flies. I left Phuket about a week ago. I went and stayed at Patong beach for a few days before I left. Patong beach sucks, don't go there. After Phuket, I went to Krabi (pronounced "Gra-bee", or "Craby" if you're American), where I sta... |
27/10/2001 |
