Chiang Khan, Thailand
Sunday, February 24, 2008 – 4:43 pmPhotos captured on February 09/10, 2008 [gallery=14]
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COLD
Friday, February 22, 2008 – 10:14 pmKrabi - 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 ...
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Marathon travel
Friday, February 22, 2008 – 9:26 pmKabri - 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 ...
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Monsoon Country
Saturday, February 16, 2008 – 9:11 pmIn 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 ...
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Traveller’s disease - Where next ?
Friday, February 15, 2008 – 3:27 pmWhen 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 ...
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What do you eat in Vientiane ?
Friday, February 15, 2008 – 3:11 pmVientiane - 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 ...
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Cycling in Vientiane
Friday, February 15, 2008 – 2:54 pmVientiane - 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 ...
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The most COSTLY dinner - 61,000/- !!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 – 11:14 pmVientiane - 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 ...
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It’s afterall, a small world !
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 – 10:42 pmVientiane - 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 ...
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