Ben In South East Asia 2007
About this blog
Hi there everyone!
My name Is Ben and this blog details the trials and tribulations that i have encountered so far in my first ever backpacking adventure. I am travelling across South East Asia, a dream of mine for a long time. Hope you enjoy!
Trip Start
Mar 10, 2007
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Trip End
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There are 153 entries in this blog
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Testing:1.2.3 -
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A preview of whats to come ! -
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Ben, keeper of the commerant -
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Yangshuo day two, it begins to dissapoint -
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Iron chef -
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Yichang, the freezing cruise begins -
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Plane Journey -
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A day in Hangzhou -
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Chinese Driving school -
10
The Yellow mountain -
11
Another day of travel really -
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And so we return -
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Much more like ancient China -
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The garden city -
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Sweet fish with a very sour aftertaste! -
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'I love the smell of faeces in the morning' -
17
Pingyao -
18
Limited edition one of a kind handbag -
19
The great wall -
20
To drive a taxi, you must be crazy -
21
Chapter 2, im all alone! -
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Ben and the golden fleecing! (bollocks) -
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Bushtucker Ben -
24
Trekking with uncle nuu nuu -
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Chiang Kong, the ticket nightmare -
26
Trekking in laos -
27
Mung Ngoi -
28
Hungover departure from Luang Prabang 2 Vang Vieng -
29
Lets go tubing -
30
Visa time! -
31
Plain of Jars -
32
Spiky beef noodle soup! -
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Its all about the Benjamins -
34
Back 2 Civilisation, well sort of civilised anyway -
35
Rice planting in Sapa -
36
Halong bay -
37
Back to Hanoi -
38
'Sorry, this restaurant doesn't do vegetables' -
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Ooh, suits you sir -
40
Bye Bye Liver -
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Motorcycle Diaries -
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Sand Sledding -
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Beer Hoi -
44
Phnom Penh -
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Master Chef Davey returns -
46
Angkor -
47
Rained out -
48
Doing my bit for Cambodia. -
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First medical diffulculty -
50
Eumonia beckons! -
51
Irrawaddy dolphins,khmer whisky and the blues bros -
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Crater lake, waterfalls and moonshine -
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Back in Hammock -
54
Real motorcycle diaries -
55
Paksong -
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Tadlo -
57
Trekking again -
58
Kong Lor cave, it all goes tits up -
59
Off To Thailand -
60
Just passing through -
61
Again passing through -
62
Back in civilisation -
63
Bridge Over the river Kwai -
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Back to my family (sort of) -
65
Just passing through -
66
Full Mooning -
67
Rock climbing in Krabi -
68
Gotta love those markets -
69
My fitness is shown up -
70
I will walk 500 miles... -
71
Kota Bharu, where there's nothing to do at all -
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Injured by a coconut -
73
Caveman Davey -
74
Twin towers -
75
The arrival of Kadih! -
76
Farah's other home -
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Safari time -
78
Just Killing time -
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Monkey's galore -
80
KK, the mountain pursuit -
81
Pigging out -
82
Hitchin' a ride -
83
One with the turtles -
84
Penang -
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Indonesia -
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Swimming with the fishies -
87
Travel begins -
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When they say hot springs, they mean hot! -
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Volcano -
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Off to toba -
91
Singkil and the 99 islands -
92
God is smiling on me -
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Bukittinggi -
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Cycling the lake -
95
Long trip in a mini bus -
96
Back to civilisation -
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Visa time -
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Melaka. nothing to see here -
99
Gotta love those visa agencies -
100
Bus journey -
101
Back in Bangkok -
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Back to the family -
103
India baby! -
104
Shitting on a beach (not me) -
105
24 Hours on the floor of an Indian train -
106
Homosexual indians -
107
Military power! -
108
Caves -
109
Merry christmas -
110
Erotic temples -
111
Nataraja temple -
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The rock fort temple -
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Day trip to Brihadisvara temple -
114
Delhi Belly! -
115
Finally leaving -
116
My pilgrimage -
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The backwaters -
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Grape city -
119
Mutton intestines -
120
Day trip -
121
Burnt lips, hands and toes -
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Festival time -
123
Vipassana Meditation -
124
Giant penis -
125
Mosquitoes galore -
126
Taking a bus into the aihole of india! -
127
Off to the beaches (wheres the party?) -
128
Anjuna no good -
129
Churches galore -
130
Flea Market -
131
Back to Arambol -
132
F inally escaped Arambol -
133
World heritage cave sites -
134
Indian Culinery delights/holi festival -
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Rock climbing -
136
Dream house -
137
Camel Safari -
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The holy lake -
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Kooki and the gang -
140
Tigers -
141
Linda blair eat your heart out -
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The Taj -
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Erotic temples,wedding parties + drinking sessions -
144
Bring out your dead -
145
Oh, ah Haridwar -
146
Living in Israeli Paradise -
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Indian tourist zone -
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Sitting with the sick, watching tv -
149
On the road To Dharamshala, i met amit -
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A slice of tibet -
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The voyage comes to an end :( -
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Reverse culture shock -
153
An update and an apology