We are in BangkokGot here early morn local time on Sunday. It's HOOOOOOT and sunny. HallelujaHad a pretty relaxing first day with a bit of shopping on Kaosan Road market eating and sleeping so jetlagged. Today we had a bit of a bad day with waking up at 4am wide awake meant to be picked up by a tour guide to go on a river cruise at 7.30am who never showed up So killed a few hours by the

Iedereen heeft denk ik wel gehoord van de rampzalig verlopen presidentsverkiezingen in Afghanistan vorig jaar. Er werd op alle fronten gesjoemeld en gefraudeerd maar uiteindelijk werd er toch een uitslag vastgesteld voor wat deze waard is. President Karzai heeft inmiddels zijn nieuwe regeringsploeg van 24 ministers bekendgemaakt. Daarvan heeft het parlement in eerste instantie slechts 7 kandida

South Florida is well known among travelers far and wide for its exquisite beaches tropical temperatures and sizzling nightlife. But herersquos yet another reason to visit this sundrenched mecca for shopping and dining this winter It will the site of two of the most widely watched sports games in the world Landshark Stadium conveniently nestled between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale will host th

On The Reality and Unreality of Political Boundaries Border Disputes between Argentina and ChileI waited for four hours to cross the border between Argentina and Chile in Tierra del Fuego. An Irishman on the bus travelling all through central and south America from Mexico to Ushuaia informed me that this was the worst crossing point on the whole continent.After so many years of the European

Setting Saturday night after the group has left I waited in the hotel lobby of the Prima Kings waiting for my friend Kfi to make her way back into Jerusalem from Efrat. When she arrived I lugged my giant bags around the traffic intersection multiple times in the wrong direction looking for her and her friends car possible apparently. There ended up not being enough room in the car for ever

Jan 9530 am wake up to hit abydos and dendara with another tour. It's was a few hours drive away from Luxor which is why we had to leave early. We went to Abydos first. This temple had some really amazing heirogliphcs. I wish I could describe these places better but I cannt figure out how to. Haha they are really old ruins with heirogliphcs and some statues. This one was cool because the roof wa

Touchdown...It is currently 830am here in Sunny Los Angeles and it has been a looooong night. After the customary preflight anxieties Em and I jumped on our plane and spent a lovely 13 hours together attempting to sleep in a chair.OVERSEAS LESSON NUMBER ONE the human body is not physically capable of sleeping in a chair regardless of the numerous variations of a 'sitting' position. IT IS NOT PO

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today wei went to get a haircut and on the way home we stopped at a fruit market. i got my firstever dragonfruit some strawberries and some oranges. there was a lot of exotic stuff that i had never seen before google told me the purple things that look like a plumpersimmon cross are actually mangosteen i have mangosteen lotion but for some reason i thought the fruit would be more uh man

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So after dropping Luke off at the station and spending the day in Gokarna we headed back to Om Beach which is the closest you can get to Paradise Beach by road usually we just get a boat for the next part. This time we decided stupidly to take the one hour cliff walk just as the sun had gone down. Its pretty sketchy at the best of times but when its dark its pretty dangerous. We managed to do t

Got Travel Everything you need to plan your trip is at EssenTravel.com. If you don't know where you'd like to go look at our Destination Guides for countries and cities that catch your eye. Get a general overview of foods cultures and languages. Learn how to get around. Read practical information on entry requirements visas and safety...comments reviews complaints. Visit online today.Link

So soince i last left a blog thingy i have made three australian friends moved to Kitengela taught a class been given work to mark at home risked my life on a matatu eaten using my hands and so many others i dont know where to start.Very briefly on sturday three australians arrived and i spen the next couple of days with them we went to a restaurant and ordered chicken stew. We were then to

Got Travel Everything you need to plan your trip is at EssenTravel.com. If you don't know where you'd like to go look at our Destination Guides for countries and cities that catch your eye. Get a general overview of foods cultures and languages. Learn how to get around. Read practical information on entry requirements visas and safety...comments reviews complaints. Visit online today.Link

Day Ten Two Nights In Bangkok The Worldrsquos Our Oyster...It was with a heavy heart we left Cambodia the small taster we had was enough to convince me to return for a few weeks next time. The people are lovely and welcoming the poverty and recent history is shocking.We took a taxi to Poipet on the CambodianThai border a shithole that is infamous for its scams on foreigners entering fro

Ok So today was 5 million times better than the last It turns out that I am not Dostoevsky and I have not been sent to Siberia as pentinence for some crime I am not aware of. During the week when the stores are open Besanon is actually not a ghost town. It is a thriving little town in a valley with lots of shops restaurants and cool buildings.Sleeping at Christine039s last night was very

My African tourJan 3 and 4thSo my first flight out of the USA got cancelledrescheduled to about 5 hours later only to have it delayed another 2 hours when I arrived at the airport. Then we boarded when were were supposedly leaving and then sat on the plane for about another hour. Good start. I did meet a cople of kids when I went though security that were studing abroad here for a few weeks I ov

Wow Only 25 days left before I'm leaving this nice but cold little country heading for Canada. As most of you will know by now I'll be working at the Holland Heineken House in Vancouver during the Winter Olympics next month. I'm looking so much forward to it Being back in the city meeting up with old study mates from my exchange at VIU and of course experiencing the Olympics will make it a

Jason Batansky is a 21-year old location independent traveller running two businesses. His blog is a mixture of writing about his travels and business topics.