We'ze arez inz cambodiaz
drive was pretty nice, mets lots of peeps. Spent about 3 days/2nights on an island in the 4000 islands region in Laos. It was called Don Det. Spent the nights in 1.25$ wooden bungalows on the water. Very very cheap island and with some awesome things to do.
We rented bikes, rode to the other island and went swiming near rapids. Water was really nice despite being bitten by little fish who thought we might taste good. The bumpy ride back made sean loose his bank card, no worries, he has another one and still got his credit card. Wonderful day though.
There was this bakery on the island run by this brit, best fucking donughts and bread. Had a nice chat with him and then realized we were staying right next to his parents who were visting for the first time in 5 years to see where their son lives.
We ended up drinking that night with a bunch of peeps, most a dude from france, a guy from switzerland and his girlfriend from thailand. We were unable to buy mixed drinks, so we had to dish out the 1.50$ for an entire bottle of whiskey (note the sarcasim). Coke costs more than fucking whiskey. God damn I miss that place already.
Oh, and sean's bag was being ravaged by ants and we couldnt figure out why. We actually had to leave the first place because it became invested with ants. Turns out, one species of ants had laid eggs in seans dry bag causing another race of ants to seek and destroy them. War of the ants were taking place in sean's bag.
Before the islands we were in Paxse, where I uploaded some pics to my facebook. That place got boring fast, we only spent like 1 day there. we rented a motorcycle and drove to the waterfall you can see piuctures of. Natives were fishing while we were there, it was a very nice day for us. Despite almost getting t-boned by this fucking crazy person
A lesson on driving in asia: lights dont exist, stop signs are scenery and whatever you do, avoid the chicken cows and children that dart out in front of you. suicide missions they're after.
Cambodia is ok. We are in a seedy section but living in 'luxury', despite my wish to be 'rough and tough' for the entire duration of our trip. You cannot walk down the street without being asked if youd liketo buy weed, coke and opium. I've bought wayy to much already! obviously joking.
We have all our shit in order and will be going to hand in our passports for chinese visas tommorow. hopefully we get them, and me and sean can rest easy. It's been on our minds for a while. We'll be in phenom Penh for another 2 days, then off to Siem Riep to see some fucking temples. Not very excited, however it is afterall a 'must see'.
Next time I write, I'll be 22. It's my birthday on the 2nd, and hope to go out, meet some people, get drunk, and not have to fend off the following: tuk tuks, lady boys, prostitutes and drug dealers.
nighty night
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
eeyyooo
IN Vietienne right now (capital of Laos) at an internet cafe. WE had two decisions to make today, whether we go to pakse or wait in Vietienne to get Chinese visas which may prove difficult. We rock, paper, scissored and Sean won, so we decided to stay here another night. Turns out, we showed up ten minutes late, and the embassy was closed and cant get visas for another 5 days, so we're heading on to pakse tommorrow night. funny how things work out like that.
We are currently spending the day with dave and christie, two amazing people we met on the slow boat. Christie is deaf and dave sign languages and interprets on the side. They are both post-social workers. Meaning they got fed up with the system and are currently making a documentary called "exploring deaf worlds" where they travel all over interviewing people and looking at deaf institutions. They are leaving for India tonight, so itll be the last we see of them in a long while.
They video taped us talking about our brothel experience in bangkok. Fun times.
Oh, on the way up to vang vieng, we got into a head collision with another car. Everyone was ok except for me. My bottom teeth pierced my lip onto the other side. Luckily i didnt loose a chunk. Just have a scar and some swelling.
Vang Vieng is pretty crazy, i dont know how else to explain it. Friends, Family Guy, movies playing all over the place at restaurants where you can just chill out and watch them. Alot of morons were there though, just acting like imbecils, mostly the aussies and drunk brits.
We did "inner tubing" which is essentially floating down a river, stoping every 5 minutes at a bar to either drink yourself stupid, smoke opium or have a mushroom tea/shake. BY the end of the day, we were pretty fucked. even though we had said we were going to "take it easy"
MY stomach has been terrible. I'm not sure what to do with it, maybe ill take general anti-biotics to help settle it. NOthing seems to stay in my body for long. but its all good, just part of getting used to everything.
We are worried about our chinese visas, although most tell us it really isnt that bad, but then you hear stories where people are denied. I think we'll try and sort it out in pakse, if they even have an embassy there.
VIetienne is pretty boring, not much to do here. Plus, prostitution is pretty in yo face. 60 year olds at pick up bars rubbing 20 year olds, pretty gross, but meh.
It is always hard writing these things because theres no way to really get down what im seeing/doing or thinking. SO I hope your enjoying a bad interpretation of our adventures so far, although I'm sure I have omitted quite a bit. oh oh.
IN Vang VIeng, we were looking for a place to stay and what not and we come across a beatifull place with a birds eye view of the lake and the island bars. THere is an old guy there and he doesnt understand much english so it was difficult to talk to him. Then, sean has the idea to pop the big question. "tu parle francais"... it was incredible. the dude spoke perfect french and we just drank and talked for hours. we talked about canada, colonization, beer, tourists, the whole lot. I was really awesome for us to connect with a local on that kind of level. Last time that happened to us, the dude tried and in part did, scam us.
We also ended up playing snooker with some locals in Luang Prabang which is a lovely relaxed city you get to after the 2 day slow boat ride.
anyways, I think thats all i got in me to write about. peace dudes and dudettes.
We are currently spending the day with dave and christie, two amazing people we met on the slow boat. Christie is deaf and dave sign languages and interprets on the side. They are both post-social workers. Meaning they got fed up with the system and are currently making a documentary called "exploring deaf worlds" where they travel all over interviewing people and looking at deaf institutions. They are leaving for India tonight, so itll be the last we see of them in a long while.
They video taped us talking about our brothel experience in bangkok. Fun times.
Oh, on the way up to vang vieng, we got into a head collision with another car. Everyone was ok except for me. My bottom teeth pierced my lip onto the other side. Luckily i didnt loose a chunk. Just have a scar and some swelling.
Vang Vieng is pretty crazy, i dont know how else to explain it. Friends, Family Guy, movies playing all over the place at restaurants where you can just chill out and watch them. Alot of morons were there though, just acting like imbecils, mostly the aussies and drunk brits.
We did "inner tubing" which is essentially floating down a river, stoping every 5 minutes at a bar to either drink yourself stupid, smoke opium or have a mushroom tea/shake. BY the end of the day, we were pretty fucked. even though we had said we were going to "take it easy"
MY stomach has been terrible. I'm not sure what to do with it, maybe ill take general anti-biotics to help settle it. NOthing seems to stay in my body for long. but its all good, just part of getting used to everything.
We are worried about our chinese visas, although most tell us it really isnt that bad, but then you hear stories where people are denied. I think we'll try and sort it out in pakse, if they even have an embassy there.
VIetienne is pretty boring, not much to do here. Plus, prostitution is pretty in yo face. 60 year olds at pick up bars rubbing 20 year olds, pretty gross, but meh.
It is always hard writing these things because theres no way to really get down what im seeing/doing or thinking. SO I hope your enjoying a bad interpretation of our adventures so far, although I'm sure I have omitted quite a bit. oh oh.
IN Vang VIeng, we were looking for a place to stay and what not and we come across a beatifull place with a birds eye view of the lake and the island bars. THere is an old guy there and he doesnt understand much english so it was difficult to talk to him. Then, sean has the idea to pop the big question. "tu parle francais"... it was incredible. the dude spoke perfect french and we just drank and talked for hours. we talked about canada, colonization, beer, tourists, the whole lot. I was really awesome for us to connect with a local on that kind of level. Last time that happened to us, the dude tried and in part did, scam us.
We also ended up playing snooker with some locals in Luang Prabang which is a lovely relaxed city you get to after the 2 day slow boat ride.
anyways, I think thats all i got in me to write about. peace dudes and dudettes.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
werd folks
In laos just partyin it up. The first time we've had a chance to meet up with a shit load of people and just chill out. Doing some awesome Laos bbq dinners or just hitting up a bar and getting crunked. Peopl from all walks of life, pretty awesome to meet up with so many people and realizing theres so much one can do with their life.
Did a 2 day boat ride on the mekong to Luang Prabang which was pretty cool. Thats where we sorta met everyone. Sorta sucked being stuck on a boat but we played tons of games and got to know eachother alot. fun times.
Heading to Vang Vieng tommorow. I hear it is a crazy party town, so we'll see how we deal with that, haha. anyways, I'm sure alot has happened to us since last week but I cant really recall at the moment.
oh, went to the waterfalls yesterday. Fucking gorgeous. Went swimming and what not. We also just had a few games of snooker with some locals which was cool too. We have a desert 'date' tonight for 730.
lataazz peeps
Did a 2 day boat ride on the mekong to Luang Prabang which was pretty cool. Thats where we sorta met everyone. Sorta sucked being stuck on a boat but we played tons of games and got to know eachother alot. fun times.
Heading to Vang Vieng tommorow. I hear it is a crazy party town, so we'll see how we deal with that, haha. anyways, I'm sure alot has happened to us since last week but I cant really recall at the moment.
oh, went to the waterfalls yesterday. Fucking gorgeous. Went swimming and what not. We also just had a few games of snooker with some locals which was cool too. We have a desert 'date' tonight for 730.
lataazz peeps
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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bamboo room...tibetan drifter...food...bike rental...drive very far...flat tire...men with big guns...chicken sandwhich...jungle drive...giant mutant bugs...back broken sean...wet passport...bed time...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
WERD
Okay, so i'm writing another blog only two days after the last one and couldnt be bothered. Things are much better now. We are out of bangkok and in Chiang Mai and couldnt be ahppier. No harassment, no sexy ping pong shows at tailor shops who serve snake wiskey and train tickets. sigh. It is beautiful here, up in the mountains and all so we've decided we will rent some bikes tommorow and drive to nearby cities, a nice little motocycle trip. Possibly hit up a national park, but who knows.
Tonight though, we hit up barfly! thats right, barfly! Pour les francophones! Gunna be fucking awesome. We're also thinking about seeing muay thai and the kick ass night bazzare they have here.
We have met some awesome travellers, especially this one dude James, awesome guy. He found himself trekking through the jungles in Ko Chang with a biologist and his wife (doctor), holding a machette in case of a tiger attack. Pretty awesome stuff. We will be heading to Laos in a few days I guess.. havent sorted shit out yet, but who cares.
OH. And to all those (thanks julia) who were concered with me twirling around a giant water typhoon, fear not. That is in Burma and has yet to effect the North, at least where I am at the current moment. I hear about 8000 people have been killed so far, pretty intense shit. I'm hoping me and Sean continue to face good weather. No rain in sight really, except for the usual rain in the wee hours of the morn'.
anyways, until next time.
PEACE
Tonight though, we hit up barfly! thats right, barfly! Pour les francophones! Gunna be fucking awesome. We're also thinking about seeing muay thai and the kick ass night bazzare they have here.
We have met some awesome travellers, especially this one dude James, awesome guy. He found himself trekking through the jungles in Ko Chang with a biologist and his wife (doctor), holding a machette in case of a tiger attack. Pretty awesome stuff. We will be heading to Laos in a few days I guess.. havent sorted shit out yet, but who cares.
OH. And to all those (thanks julia) who were concered with me twirling around a giant water typhoon, fear not. That is in Burma and has yet to effect the North, at least where I am at the current moment. I hear about 8000 people have been killed so far, pretty intense shit. I'm hoping me and Sean continue to face good weather. No rain in sight really, except for the usual rain in the wee hours of the morn'.
anyways, until next time.
PEACE
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
AH
Me and Sean need to get out of Bangkok. We are bussing to Chiang Mai later in the evening. We have had some very eventful days so far. Tourist areas are getting on our nerves, everyones out for cash and don't give a shit about you. Sexy, Ping Pong Show, Where you go, Free, TAT and Tailor Shop are words meant to warn you! We are starting to get the hang of standing our ground.
We had some supper with this really nice Thai dude last night, until we realized he was ordering alot of food, expensive at that. So after we spend way more on a meal then we have the entire trip, he wants to meet his friend at a campus bar. Turns out his friend doesnt exist and you have to pay for chicks to sit next to you, and the copius amounts of drinks and food we didnt order. So after he tries to extort us for money, threating to call the cops or some shit. We told him we would gladly wait for them, and eventually he gave up and we left. Dude racked up like a 800 CAD bill. fucking nuts.
It was really really funny now that it is in hindsight. Thats just one of many stories of how people try to get money from you. Its not all bad though, don't get me wrong.
We met this awesome Austrian guy Max, he showed us around quite a bit. Told us where we should go in Koh Pang An. Which we will. Anyways, we've decided we are just doing what we want, when we want. If we feel uncomfortable or uneasy, then fuck it, we're outta there. It's how you gotta do it.
Not sure what else to write about. Weather is hot, but honestly, not too hot. I'm in jeans and a t-shirt and fine. We visited Wat Pho yesterday, that was cool. Giant sleeping Buddha. We have been eating amazing food, mostly from stands. It's really not as bad as people make it out to be. Just gotta be smart about where you get it really.
Well, thats all I gotta say about that. Until next time.
-Dave
We had some supper with this really nice Thai dude last night, until we realized he was ordering alot of food, expensive at that. So after we spend way more on a meal then we have the entire trip, he wants to meet his friend at a campus bar. Turns out his friend doesnt exist and you have to pay for chicks to sit next to you, and the copius amounts of drinks and food we didnt order. So after he tries to extort us for money, threating to call the cops or some shit. We told him we would gladly wait for them, and eventually he gave up and we left. Dude racked up like a 800 CAD bill. fucking nuts.
It was really really funny now that it is in hindsight. Thats just one of many stories of how people try to get money from you. Its not all bad though, don't get me wrong.
We met this awesome Austrian guy Max, he showed us around quite a bit. Told us where we should go in Koh Pang An. Which we will. Anyways, we've decided we are just doing what we want, when we want. If we feel uncomfortable or uneasy, then fuck it, we're outta there. It's how you gotta do it.
Not sure what else to write about. Weather is hot, but honestly, not too hot. I'm in jeans and a t-shirt and fine. We visited Wat Pho yesterday, that was cool. Giant sleeping Buddha. We have been eating amazing food, mostly from stands. It's really not as bad as people make it out to be. Just gotta be smart about where you get it really.
Well, thats all I gotta say about that. Until next time.
-Dave
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Hey everyone,
I;m in Bangkok right now and it's 538 am. We went to bed super early from being jetlagged so we woke up super early. The sun aint even out and we're sweatin bullets. Flying went alright, me and Sean toughed out the 13 hour flight really well but the 6 hour one was brutal so we downed a few valium. I was super impressed with the airline food, butter chicken, humus, ginger chiken, omlete, it was pretty sweet.
We checked into a really cheap guesthouse. It's pretty decent, two beds and two fans. Hardly even need a sleeping bag here, you'd sweat your body weight in a night. We just got back from a walk around the area, which is 'Khosan Road", a backpackers haven. Stray cats and dogs and people sleeping all over the street are pretty common here.
At about 10, we're gunna get driven around in a tuk tuk by Shay, a nice dude. We're not entirely sure what to do today, but we know we want to see more of the city, possibly the 'ritzier' parts.
Anyways, I'm off to take a shower or something. Kinda hungry too, maybe grab some noodles. SUKKA WHAT?
-Dave
I;m in Bangkok right now and it's 538 am. We went to bed super early from being jetlagged so we woke up super early. The sun aint even out and we're sweatin bullets. Flying went alright, me and Sean toughed out the 13 hour flight really well but the 6 hour one was brutal so we downed a few valium. I was super impressed with the airline food, butter chicken, humus, ginger chiken, omlete, it was pretty sweet.
We checked into a really cheap guesthouse. It's pretty decent, two beds and two fans. Hardly even need a sleeping bag here, you'd sweat your body weight in a night. We just got back from a walk around the area, which is 'Khosan Road", a backpackers haven. Stray cats and dogs and people sleeping all over the street are pretty common here.
At about 10, we're gunna get driven around in a tuk tuk by Shay, a nice dude. We're not entirely sure what to do today, but we know we want to see more of the city, possibly the 'ritzier' parts.
Anyways, I'm off to take a shower or something. Kinda hungry too, maybe grab some noodles. SUKKA WHAT?
-Dave
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