vietnam border officer 1 – 0 david
fuck it! now i’m pissed off … after spending two nice days in hue, i got on my bike and headed west to the laos border. the border town is called lao bao. i arrived there in the early afternoon and...
View Articletravel diary – day 140
days 124 – 137 can be found on my vietnam motorcycle diary page. day 137 – i woke up late and moved to a cheaper room. hanoi was hot, but i still got out and walked around town. i ended up down at the...
View Articletravel diary – day 145
day 141 - i woke up with a headache caused by sleeping for so long. i was feeling weary from the long bus trip and the previous night’s sleep. i walked along the riverfront and got some breakfast,...
View Articletravel diary – day 165
day 161 – we woke up to a massive pancake breakfast that our hungry group couldn’t finish. the pancakes were piled high and we devoured them with bananas, honey and various jams. a little girl was...
View Articletravel diary – day 360
day 356 – my morning began with the usual routine of breakfast and email. then i walked down to the ‘tibetan government in exile’ offices for a look around. i saw the library and the museum, had a...
View Articletravel diary – day 380
day 376 – my train to tabriz was in the evening, so i had a full day left in tehran. the hotel was nice and let me stay in my room until late. i decided to use the day to actually see some of tehran....
View Articletravel diary – day 385
day 381 – although christina and i were having fun, the travels were not going well. turkey was more expensive than iran and pakistan, so i was still getting used to the higher costs. in the morning...
View Articletravel diary – day 395
day 391 – we had breakfast with mike, ed and rosa. afterwards, the three of them were planning to head south to petra. christina and i switched hotels and then went out to explore amman. the first...
View Articletravel diary – day 425
day 421 – anzac day – the ferry departed early so we had to leave before daybreak. however, four girls from our hotel had come home drunk and didn’t wake up on time. the hotel owner banged on their...
View Articletravel diary – day 435
*note: apologies for not finishing what i started. marriage and the routines of regular life kept me from completing my travel diary. i have about 55 days remaining, which i hope to finish very soon....
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