Naveen’s Travel Blog

Ao Thalane & Kayaking

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 – 8:16 pm

Ao Nang - Feb 25, 2008 [gallery=21] Wasn't "Kayaking" an adventurous word ? Its for this reason that i signed up for half-day of Sea Kayaking. But quite uncertain if i'm strong enough to paddle for so long in the seas and was keeping my fingers crossed that some strong partner in ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | 2 Comments »

Beaches and Islands !

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 6:59 pm

Ao Nang - Feb 24, 2008 Hurray! Finally here i'm in the charming beaches and islands of Thailand as part of the final leg of my tour. I stay here for 5 days in a beautiful beach town, "Ao Nang" in the popular Karbi area. Went around a few islands yesterday and ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | 3 Comments »

Don Dhet, Laos

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:58 pm

Photos captured on February 17/18/19, 2008 [gallery=19]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

Fishing trip in Mekong with Lao fishermen

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:57 pm

Photos captured on February 19, 2008 [gallery=18]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

Vientiane, Laos

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:55 pm

Photos captured on February 13/14, 2008 [gallery=17]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

Sala Kaew Ku - Sculpture park

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:54 pm

Sala Kaew Ku - Sculpture park of strange Buddhist and Hindu theme - Nong Khai, Thailand Photos captured on February 11, 2008 [gallery=16]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | No Comments »

Nong Khai, Thailand

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:53 pm

Photos captured on February 11/12, 2008 [gallery=15]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | No Comments »

Chiang Khan, Thailand

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:43 pm

Photos captured on February 09/10, 2008 [gallery=14]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | No Comments »

Nine Poses of Buddha

Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:11 pm

[gallery=13]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | No Comments »

COLD

Friday, February 22, 2008 – 10:14 pm

Krabi - Feb 21, 2008 Cool, Frozen, Thawed, Re-frozen, Sweat, Deep-freezed; so finally caught the COLD Seeking coolness, i travelled along the Mekong river mostly. And in Vientiane, the Lao capital, the Mekong was freezing but still i walked the streets undefended by warm clothes. The few days of stay in the South ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in General | No Comments »

Marathon travel

Friday, February 22, 2008 – 9:26 pm

Kabri - Feb 21, 2008 Just do not know - how i planned and how i did it; but the fact is i just travelled non-stop for the last 30 hours from the Southern most part of Laos to the Southern most part of Thailand travelling by : fishing boat to ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Travel | No Comments »

Monsoon Country

Saturday, February 16, 2008 – 9:11 pm

In the brimming border town of Thailand - Nong Khai, i finally bought my first book of the travel - "Monsoon Country" written by Pira Sudham in English about life in Thailand. The novel revolves around the period when Thailand was poor, suppressed and under martial rule. Starting to read the ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | No Comments »

Traveller’s disease - Where next ?

Friday, February 15, 2008 – 3:27 pm

When you travel alone, you get this disease very much frequently. Where to head next? Is it to the cold mountainous north or sunny lush south ? Either this closer tourist hub or this farther remote forest village ? You turn your guidebook several times, hear-out the fellow travellers, seek ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

What do you eat in Vientiane ?

Friday, February 15, 2008 – 3:11 pm

Vientiane - Feb 15, 2008 If you think that i'm pouring in Thai or Lao food in Vientiane, just forget it; i'm digging-in deep into European cuisine..... French baguettes, Scandinavian tuna sandwiches, Hot cocoa for breakfast; Swedish pizzas for lunch; Salade nicose, Salmon with butter and lemon, Boeuf Steak (ofcourse well-done) and a carafe of ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

Cycling in Vientiane

Friday, February 15, 2008 – 2:54 pm

Vientiane - Feb 13, 2008 Bicycling around the streets of Vientiane, you discover that it wasn't really a city as it desires to project. It was just a large town or even just a large village. But why are these slow moving traffic coming up face-to-face with you ? And in empty ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

The most COSTLY dinner - 61,000/- !!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 – 11:14 pm

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008 Yes, can't believe it? I just had the most costliest dinner of my life : 61,000/- No, i didn't break-in into any bank or was i drugged. ... Yet, it didn't bankrupt me or empty my savings a/c ? It wasn't also expensive... What? Costly but not expensive. Yes, luckily the currency was a ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

It’s afterall, a small world !

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 – 10:42 pm

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008  As you walk across the restaurant-lined streets of Vientiane, the capital of Laos; you hear a familiar loud voice. And you turn back and see the Spanish-Argentiane couple who you met 7 days before in a night tour of Ayudhaya, Thailand.   As good long last friends, we erupt ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | No Comments »

Entering Laos

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 – 10:10 pm

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008 Laos was my real targeted country for tourism and because of the accessibility and complimentary reasons, Thailand also got added up. The words from fellow travellers who are returning from Laos on the way are multipling my expectation to go into Laos much earlier and also ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Laos | 2 Comments »

Sukhothai, Thailand

Friday, February 8, 2008 – 11:23 pm

Photos captured on February 07/08, 2008 [gallery=11]
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | 2 Comments »

Hello Happiness!!!

Thursday, February 7, 2008 – 10:20 pm

Sukhothai, Thailand - Feb 07, 2008 Today could very well be the day when i have exchanged the maximum number of greetings in my life. Cycling across the several small villages and farms around Sukhothai, we are cheeringly greeted with a "Hello" from almost every house by children, women and men. Sukhothai, ...
...read the full post + pic

Posted in Thailand | 1 Comment »