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Not so Great Suvannaphum Airport [400 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 16 Oct 2006
Locations: Melbourne , Bangkok Metropolis , Phnom Penh

Temples, Temples and more Temples [740 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 18 Oct 2006
Locations: Kampong Cham , Kampong Chhnang , Oudong Tramong , Phnom Penh

Malaysia - Truly Asia [900 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 22 Oct 2006
Locations: Kuala Lumpur , Penang

Hectic Kuala Lumpur [750 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 24 Oct 2006
Locations: Kuala Lumpur , Selangor , Kuala Lumpur

Lesser Known Ruins of Angkor [1300 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 26 Oct 2006
Locations: Siem Reap , Beng Melea , Siem Reap , Kampong Thom

Partying Cambodian Style [250 words, 0 pictures]

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Date: 30 Oct 2006
Locations: Phnom Penh

Trying to Take it Easy in Kampong Cham

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Date: 01 Nov 2006
Locations: Kampong Cham

Happy Bonn Om Touk

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Date: 04 Nov 2006
Locations: Phnom Penh , Kandal , Phnom Penh

Roadtrip out of Phnom Penh

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Date: 06 Nov 2006
Locations: Kandal , Phnom Penh

800+ Happy, Energetic and Excited Children

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Date: 09 Nov 2006
Locations: Prey Veng

Powerful Stueng Meanchey

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Date: 10 Nov 2006
Locations: Phnom Penh

Limousine service to Ho Chi Minh

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Date: 12 Nov 2006
Locations: Svay Rieng , Ho Chi Minh City

Mekong Delta by boat

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Date: 13 Nov 2006
Locations: My Tho , Ben Tre , My Tho , Can Tho , Soc Trang , Can Tho , My Tho , Ho Chi Minh City

Seems Like Some Weird Cult to Me....

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Date: 16 Nov 2006
Locations: Tay Ninh , Cu Chi

Lost in Saigon

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Date: 17 Nov 2006
Locations: Ho Chi Minh City

My Northward Journey

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Date: 19 Nov 2006
Locations: Phan Thiet , Mui Ne , Phan Rang , Thap Cham

Nha Trang and Beyond

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Date: 21 Nov 2006
Locations: Nha Trang , Quy Nhon , Quang Ngai

Ancient Tombs of the Nguyen Lords.. and a Day of mourning

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Date: 24 Nov 2006
Locations: Tam Ky , Hoi An , Da Nang , Hue

Vietnam's Hilltribes

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Date: 27 Nov 2006
Locations: Hanoi , Lao Cai

Blardy Dodgy Mother Farker, the Vietscamese

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Date: 30 Nov 2006
Locations: Hanoi

Sabaidee, 9864 times a day, Glad to be out of Vietscam

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Date: 02 Dec 2006
Locations: Luang Prabang

Jars, Jars and many more Jars... The Plain of Jars

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Date: 06 Dec 2006
Locations: Phone Savan

Quiet and Dusty... Vientiane

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Date: 08 Dec 2006
Locations: Vientiane

Stranded in the middle of no where

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Date: 11 Dec 2006
Locations: Savannakhet

A Nice Little Retreat, The Bolaven Plateau

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Date: 15 Dec 2006
Locations: Pakse , Lao Ngam , Pakse

Angkor heritage in Laos

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Date: 17 Dec 2006
Locations: Champassak , Ban That , Champassak , Pakse

Underwater Carvings - Kbal Spien

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Date: 19 Dec 2006
Locations: Siem Reap

Last Few Days in Cambodia, Always Out and About

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Date: 21 Dec 2006
Locations: Sisophon , Battambang , Pursat , Phnom Penh , Skoun , Kampong Cham , Skoun , Phnom Penh

Crazy Tuk Tuk Riding in Bangkok

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Date: 29 Dec 2006
Locations: Bangkok Metropolis , Samut Prakan , Bangkok Metropolis

Sukhothai, the Golden Age of Thailand

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Date: 31 Dec 2006
Locations: Sukhothai , Si Satchanalai , Sukhothai

More than enough temples in Chiang Mai

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Date: 02 Jan 2007
Locations: Chiang Mai

3 Day/2 Night Trekking

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Date: 05 Jan 2007
Locations: Mae Rim , Samoeng , San Pa Tong

307 Steps to Doi Suthep

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Date: 07 Jan 2007
Locations: Chiang Mai

One Day Long Neck Tour

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Date: 08 Jan 2007
Locations: Chiang Rai , Chiang Saen , Chiang Dao , Chiang Mai

Bumming around Chiang Mai till 9pm

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Date: 09 Jan 2007
Locations: Chiang Mai , Bangkok Metropolis

Serene, peaceful, quiet Inle Lake

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
Locations: Yangon , Heho , Nyaungshwe , Taunggyi , Kekku , Taunggyi , Heho

Avoiding the Military Government's Entry Fees in Mandalay

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Date: 12 Jan 2007
Locations: Mandalay

Three Ancient Cities and the MOST Beautiful Sunset EVER!

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Date: 14 Jan 2007
Locations: Amarapura , Ava , Sagaing , Amarapura , Mandalay

Land of 4000 stupas, BAGAN

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Date: 15 Jan 2007
Locations: Bagan

The Not so Appealing Capital City of Mandalay

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Date: 18 Jan 2007
Locations: Yangon

4 Hours back in Srok Khmer

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Date: 19 Jan 2007
Locations: Bangkok Metropolis , Ubon Ratchathani , Sisakate , Uthumphon Phisai , Prang Ku , Khu Khan , Sisakate , Kantharalak , Khao Phrawihan , Kantharalak , Sisakate

The People of Angkor, in Northeast Thailand

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Date: 21 Jan 2007
Locations: Surin , Prasat , Nang Rong

The Glorious Ruin of Phimai

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Date: 25 Jan 2007
Locations: Nakhon Ratchasima , Sung Noen , Nakhon Ratchasima , Phimai , Nakhon Ratchasima

The Ancient City of Lopburi

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Date: 27 Jan 2007
Locations: Lop Buri

Old Meets New in Ayutthaya City

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Date: 28 Jan 2007
Locations: Ayutthaya

Finding it Hard to Breathe in Bangkok

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Date: 30 Jan 2007
Locations: Bangkok Metropolis

Half Lion, Half Fish - The Blending of Multiple Cultures and Ethics

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
Locations: Singapore City

Sentosa, the Synthetic Attraction with Imported White Beach Sand

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Date: 02 Feb 2007
Locations: Singapore City

One too Many Hours With the Animals, Singapore Zoo and Night Safari

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Date: 03 Feb 2007
Locations: Singapore City

A Taste of the Evolved Traditions of the Floating Market - Selling Souveniers

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Date: 05 Feb 2007
Locations: Bangkok Metropolis , Samut Songkhram , Damnoen Saduak , Samut Songkhram , Petchaburi

Facing Your Fears - T.I.G.E.R.S

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Date: 07 Feb 2007
Locations: Ratchaburi , Nakhon Pathom , Kanchanaburi

Unfortunately the Last Leg of My Trip

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Date: 10 Feb 2007
Locations: Bangkok Metropolis , Melbourne

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Southeast Asia 2006/07

Not so Great Suvannaphum Airport [400 words, 0 pictures]


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The flight from Australia to Bangkok was a very uncomfortable flight, with the lack of sleep and constant turbulence, my mind when into a whizz, I had a feeling that something would go wrong upon my arrival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

At Suvannaphum Airport, Thailand’s brand spanking new International Airport was a so and so pile of metal and cement. The interior and exterior looked very industrial. The toilets were hard to locate, and when you did locate one it would all be busy because most of them only had 2-3 cubicles, such great design and thought into catering for 40 million tourists annually. Inside the toilets there were unfinished work to be seen everywhere!

Taking this into consideration, the airport has now begun building new toilets to cater for the many passengers that go through. So these toilets are like through long corridors and are very out of place.

As I walked through Customs at the Phnom Penh International Airport, I was pestered for some bribe money, and even after continually saying sorry I do not have any lose change, the customs official kept on begging and pleading and asking whether I had any US dollars or AUS dollars at all. I just shook my head and politely said no, claimed my passport and entry stamp and walked off. I was one of the first to go claim my luggage, but somehow I ended up being the last to leave.

One hour went by and still no sign of my luggage. I was later informed that since Thailand built their new Suvarnaphumi Airport, there has been delays in luggage and that the luggage would usually arrive the same evening or the following morning. What do you know my luggage arrived that evening so all was well.

My first few days in Phnom Penh, I did a walking tour of the city visiting many of the city Wats (temples) and doing a bit of shopping at Psar Toul Tompoung (The Russian Market - The market got its name from the many Russians shopping there before the Khmer Rouge).

I tried to do a city tour of the Sangkum era (pre-Khmer rouge) architecture, but that failed as the map I downloaded off the net was very inaccurate and very hard to follow.

Anyhow I finished my first few days in Phnom Penh, with a nice dinner of fried frog legs... YUM... hehehe.

Well I'm off to Kampong Cham...
Locations Visited: Melbourne , Bangkok Metropolis , Phnom Penh

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