Trip entries from my travels
Sunday, August 5, 2007 Ko Samui, Thailand Well, let me tell you the boys from the 810, or the 734 or the 313 are now living large! We’ve moved on from traveling on our feet to traveling on our stomach!! Khun William and Khun Gino have arrived in paradise. Serenity is the name of the … Read more
Friday, August 3, 2007 Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand Welcome to the beach. Upon arrival at the pier, in Ko Phi Phi, *giggle*, we were mobbed, assaulted, harangued, cajoled and accosted with offers for rides in the longboats, hotels, dinners, diving.. you get the picture. This GEORGOUS island that we had seen from the boat … Read more
Thursday, August 2, 2007 Ao Nang, Thailand Finally we made it to the beaches. As we rolled from Hanoi to Bangkok to Karbi then by taxi to Ao Nang, we were wondering if we would make it there with enough energy to enjoy a Friday night at the beach. Well, we did! Upon arrival after … Read more
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Siem Reap, Cambodia Mom always said, if it wasn’t screwed on I’d loose my head.. well today is proof of that. This morning I came down to catch our tuk-tuk with Mr. Lucky, forgot my key, then left for the temples, about 15 minutes out realized I left my ticket in … Read more
Monday, July 30, 2007 Siem Reap, Cambodia Since our last installment, we left the noise of honk honk honk, beep beep “coming through”, BLAT, and eek eek from all the cars and motor scooters otherwise known as Hanoi behind. I have to say, a step up from Bangkok chaos but still worse for motor scooter … Read more
The Sun Came Out Today!Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Welcome to day two of Bangkok. It appears that I am getting a nasty cold or somethign as I have a severe stuffed up head, a sore throat and I’m sleeping so well. But that’s not slowing me down too much. I woke up at 7:00am today … Read more
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Bangkok, Thailand My story starts here with Gino… but first I’m going to upload some photos. Gino comments in italics So yesterday’s gefaw for those of you that are keeping score, I had another big RAT FARTS! As I’m checking into my flight from Cairns to Singapore, you have to show … Read more
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Bangkok, Thailand All.. due to what is likely a power outage at my house, my home email systems are down and cannot be reached. Until I get someone to go to my house and fix this for me (anyone with linux experience) I will ask that you write me at bniester@gmail.com Gino … Read more
Saturday, July 28, 2007 Halong Bay, Vietnam Well the last two days have been spent in a bus or on a boat. The trip to Halong Bay Vietnam was an interesting one. Let me tell you that communisim is alive and well here in Vietnam. The concrete block architecture, the roadside truck checks are all … Read more
Saturday, July 21, 2007 Cairns, Queensland, Australia So I finally get into Cairns and get to my hostel, Travelers Oasis on Scott Street. Gabriel really hooked me up and had all the dive brochures waiting for me in my room so that I could make my decision and be able to be downstairs in the … Read more