Foto Flashback: Vietnamese Monk
I was just browsing through my Flickr account and musing over the collection of photos I’ve managed to gather throughout my years of travel… which led me to a thought: why not start regularly posting a random photo from the past? Hence the birth of Foto Flashback. This photo is a portrait of a Vietnamese [...]
Floods Devastate SE Asia
It’s a bit crazy to imagine that countries I was discovering two years ago in SE Asia are now swamped from a typhoon. The following excerpt is from the Radio Australia: The Philippines is bracing for two more typhoons which are expected to hit the flood-ravaged country over the next two days. Emergency teams have [...]
Central Highlands of Vietnam IV and V
Pics from the fourth and fifth days of my five day trip touring the central highlands of Vietnam by motorcycle with two fellow travelers and a guide. Click here to view the entire Flickr photo album.
Central Highlands of Vietnam III
Pics from my third day of a five-day trip touring the central highlands of Vietnam by motorcycle with two fellow travelers and a guide.Click here to view the entire Flickr photo album.
Central Highlands of Vietnam II
Pics from day two of the five-day moto trip with two fellow travelers and a local “Easy Rider” guide through the central highlands of Vietnam. Click here to view the entire Flickr album.
Central Highlands of Vietnam I
Pics from my first of five days touring the central highlands of Vietnam by motorcycle with two fellow travelers and a guide. Click here to view the entire Flickr photo album.
Stormy Dunes and More in Vietnam
Pictures from Mui Ne, Vietnam in February 2008. Click here to view the entire Flickr album.
Mountain Highlands of Vietnam
The first of many photos from my moto-trip through the mountainous highlands of Vietnam. Click here to view the entire Flickr album.
Adventures in ‘Nam
Same story with ‘Nam. Blogged about most of it, but didn’t get to the pics. Enjoy! Click here to view the entire Flickr album.
Might Crack a Smile…
I busted up laughing when one of my SE Asia travel buddies sent me this picture. Can you spot me? Yup, I’m the one that looks like a dead body slung over the back of the motorcycle. I think that was day four of our five-day guided moto trip through the mountains, villages, forests and [...]
Gusts and Gales Sweep Through a Hidden Vietnam
It was as if we had suddenly stepped into an entirely different world. A wild world that threatened great unknown, but also promised treasures not yet dreamed of… if you would only venture on to explore it. We were on a bus traveling down a roughly paved road from Ho Chi Minh City to Mui [...]
Hauling Out
As I headed north, I seemed to catch up to the rainy, gray weather that I thought had disappeared. My symptoms also seemed to re-emerge in the 12-hour bus journey. When I finally reached Hanoi, I discovered it was also frightfully colder. A tropical storm from the south carried a nippy chill with it as [...]
Disney World for Real
Dong Hoi is not on the backpacker/tourist trail. The Lonely Planet guidebook said as much and that’s what attracted me to the place. That and the fact that the city was just an hour motorbike away from what the guidebook calls Vietnam’s most spectacular cave system. I hopped on a sleeper bus and it all [...]
Drugged in Hoi An
In Hoi An, Pieter had to immediately head back south. He had been traveling south and had already been to Hoi An, but didn’t want to pass up the 5-day motobike trek and went with us back north for the trip (he did it the boring way by bus along the coast on the way [...]
Mountain Haven
We arrived in Dalat in the evening. The air was crisp, cool and fresh. A beautiful lake shimmered in the dimming light as the day turned to dusk. The Guesthouse Markus and I found was not only reasonably priced, but luxurious for a guesthouse. What a nice change! Dinner was delicious and cheap… Lonely Planet [...]
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Western Sahara
…just kidding. But, with some of these pictures I might just be able to fool you. I’ve never seen sand dunes before! But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself… again. Massimo and I bussed it to Mui Ne, a beach resort along the southern coast of Vietnam. Along the way, Massimo started chatting with a [...]
Breezing Through Saigon
So, back in Rach Gia, we hiked back to the guesthouse where I stayed before. The woman there had treated me well, so I was more than happy to give her more business and book our bus tickets to Saigon through her. She gave us a fair price and within a half hour we were [...]
Sweet and Sour Phu Quoc
In Rach Gia (not to be confused with the pic of Phu Quoc to the left)I was introduced to my first taste of delicious Pho’. Pho’ is the popular soup in Vietnam that is little more than some rice noodles, bits of beef and greens, water and oil… but, they must spice it right with [...]
Phu Quoc Island…
…is a sort of paradise really. Lush, postcard perfect beaches lined with palms. Great seafood and ridiculously cheap prices. Awesome snorkeling!! I will elaborate, but just wanted to say the exotic island was great (but almost trapped us). I’m learning that Asian’s are out to scam you big time everywhere in SE Asia. But, now [...]
On the Road to ‘Nam… Alone
I headed back to Sihanoukville because my previous one-week jaunt there made it a familiar place with familiar faces. It’s more lively with more backpackers so I also thought I might have a better chance of finding some people to travel with there. Lo and behold, I found an Italian. Oh great. Italians are trouble. [...]
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