Thailand:Bangkok:www.newsiam.net
The last leg of cambodian dirt highway insanity was completed today, begun at 6am, zombieland, and these roads are the worst of all of cambodia, we head northbound for Poipet, on a road that just 3 years ago wasn’t very safe at all, terrorized by khmer rouge, rice farmer ninjas in black pajamas and tire-tread […]

Cambodia:Siem Reap:
No amount of words can express the amazing temples of Angkor.
Been in Siem Reap for 3 days now, tomorrow is the finale of the Angkor 3 day pass, will actually motorbike out to see a temple less travelled tomorrow. Then another border crossing bus experience back to thailand on the 30th, airplane is too […]

Cambodia:Phnom Penh:Friendly Web
actually had a dream last night that Dead Kennedys were reuniting and playing a show in athens, and i told Craig McQ about it and he was like, “so what. they suck.”
drinking bayon beer which is cheap in this here internet cafe and not cambodia’s finest by a longshot, not nearly the […]

Vietnam:Saigon:District 1
Took the day bus from Nha Trang to Saigon, wasn’t much better than the night, and much hotter, still the bumpy ill-suspended matchbox minibus, Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box, and I can only imagine what the bus to Cambodia tomorrow will be like, they advertise it so endearingly, “glamourous, air-conditioned bus, […]

Vietnam:Nha Trang:Huang Don Road
The rest of Hoi An was uneventful, saw My Son on half day tour, rented a rusty bicycle for 5000 dong and squeaked and wobbled, a pure solid wobble, all the scenic 5k to the beach, took an afternoon dip in the south china sea, drank a warm banana shake and tried […]

Vietnam:Hoi An:computer V
scenic bus ride to hoi an this afternoon from hue, via mountains and waterfalls, and pristine whitebeach coastline. not to mention 2 thickly (manchester) accented english blokes in matching football shirts, 1 earpiece each, bobbingn shaved heads in sync to fuzzy house music, all the while sipping cokes…it could be a commercial. i […]

Vietnam:Hue:Cafe Rendezvous
made it to hue via the “open ticket” bus ticket that is made for backpackers concept to travel from hanoi-saigon or the other way, stopping at any of the major cities on the way. great deal for only 20usd but you are herded with other backpackers. bus was comfy but roads outside of hanoi […]

Vietnam:Hanoi:A-Z Cafe
This is a direct excerpt from the Restaurant at 27 Hang Be:
I. Dogmeat

Boiled
Grill Chopped
Things Cooked with Fragrant Knotweed Soup

I passed on the entrees but the bia hoi the equivalent of cheap bud, beer tinged water at 20 cents a glass and you sit at little mini blue plastic tables all facing the street and […]

Vietnam:Hanoi:www.queencafe.com.vn
spent sunday night finding a hotel after the minibus from the airport. bus took us straight into the heart of the old city where the hotels and markets are concentrated in a vivid, colorful panorama of chaos. i ended up just following some others that had rsvp somewhere, but that was full, we ended up […]

Laos:Vientiane:Mixai Guesthouse
so the festival in Vang Vieng turns out to be international women’s day celebration, which is a european thing and not as much american i guess, to celebrate equal rights and such…anyway, happy international women’s day ya’ll!
the bus to vientiane was an unexpected adventure, not quite the same rather nice bus that i had […]