No real plans. No time limits. A little money. The perfect recipe for seeing the world!
About this blog
Back in early March, 2005 I left on my trip, and it's fair to say I was a little delayed in Cambodia! A teaching position in Phnom Penh offered a much better insite into the country than a whirlwind two week trip as a backpacker. It took quite a bit longer than expected, but at the end of 2005 I finally managed to drag myself out. Along with a number of eye opening experiences and no regrets.
I had the travel bug and I needed to get on the road. A month was spent in Burma, three weeks in Bangladesh and five weeks in India (West Bengal hills and Sikkim). My plan was to get to Europe, where I'd find a job.
Then it hit me. Typhoid Fever. So I've came home for a while. No worries! Just had to skip a few countries and postpone the rest!
Trip Start
Mar 03, 2005
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Trip End
Apr 08, 2006
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There are 80 entries in this blog
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It begins here. -
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Blown away by bustling Bangkok! -
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A nice quiet change of scenery -
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Time to figure things out -
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Yet another change of plans. -
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Where you say? A firey furnace for one -
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Chaos at CamTESOL 2005 -
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Thoughts on my new home. -
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Happy Snookyville -
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Responsible Extreme Ho-ing -
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Settling in -
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Memoirs -
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Same same but different -
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Travelling -
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An eye for the Irrawaddy -
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Khmer new year. Are you happy? -
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The Amazing Race -
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Who are these people? -
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Getting off the beaten track -
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Trouble on the border -
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The arse end of nowhere -
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The long haul back home. -
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Another piece in the puzzle -
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Halfway Impressions -
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Extreme Templing, Day 1 - Building up -
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Extreme Templing, Day 2 - The big three -
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Extreme Templing, Day 3 - Seeing it all -
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Epilogue - Beng Mealea -
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The River People -
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More Tomb Raidering -
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From one backwater to the next -
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Not quite what I expected -
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The dogs bollocks service -
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How about them jars eh? -
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Believe the hype -
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A very pleasant surprise -
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Plastered with the Khamu -
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Laos summary -
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Phchum Ben festivities -
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Buddha naga buddha cow -
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A long weekend of next to nothing -
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I missed Angelina -
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Khmer Rouge country -
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Water Festival Madness -
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Dengue Fever -
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Goodbyes -
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A fitting farewell -
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Full circle -
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Spun out -
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Relaxing post New Year and pre Burma! -
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The Atlanta -
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Beneath the surface. -
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Pilgrimage to the rock -
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A whizbang two and a half hours of siteseeing! -
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Sikh hospitality in the hills -
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Yeah, you know it's alright! -
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An exotic ring but not so exotic feel -
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Small town shenanigans -
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The journey, Taung Yo and Ruby Mountain -
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Trek to Chau To -
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On the trail of popcorn -
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An unlikely venue -
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Temple overload -
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Burma summary -
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Can you swim? -
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CRP -
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Martyr's Day -
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Beach life Bangladeshi style -
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Character -
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How to kill one's appetite -
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Pollution City -
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The border from hell -
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Culture and stomach shock -
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Grounded at 2134m -
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A strange little town to stretch the legs in -
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Be soft on my curves -
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Yuksom to Tshoka -
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Tshoka to Dzongri -
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Dzongri/Thangsing/Yuksom -
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