Today I went to the Vietnamese Consulate and was able to get a Vietnam Visa in my passport after about 15 minutes and $35. They explained it a little better than when I tried to get this in Beijing. I have to pick two dates which is the window for my Visa to be valid. …
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Day 216 – Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Internet access hasn’t been ideal here in Cambodia. Every place I’ve stayed at has Wi-Fi, but it is secured and no one will give out passwords. They want you to plug in and pay some money while they watch you. At the latest guesthouse I attempted to break into the router by logging in with …
Day 215 – Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Spending the night in the dark hole of the $2/night room wasn’t too great. There was like a bar area right outside my window with music until about 4:30AM. At least the volume wasn’t too high. There was also motorcycle parking right next to my window so I could hear them come and go. And …
Day 214 – Sihanoukville, Cambodia
I woke up at 5AM, nearly missed the bus to the border a little after 6AM. Finally I got off the bus at the dirty border, walked across after some paperwork. It is the first time I’ve had to walk across a country border instead of flying over or taking a train or boat. Inside …
Day 211-213 – Chanthaburi & Trat, Thailand
My last days in Thailand, for now. And I’ll be on my own for a little while. I might be able to team up with some other people, but not until the 21st of January. I got a hair cut for about $3. And then we had a grand finale dinner with the family at …
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Day 205-210 – Chanthaburi, Thailand
I’m spending the week back in Chanthaburi. I’m trying to catch up on some things and figure out what to do next. Most likely, I’ll be heading to Cambodia soon. For food, lunch has been brought home from a street vendor just down the street. Usually rice with some (spicy) meat; or sometimes noodles. For …
Day 204 – Bangkok
Today we visited Chinatown, where there is a lot of street vendor food. However, most of the food is out only at night, so it is not too convenient. Then we went to a hospital to visit the 94 hear old Supreme Patriarch in Thailand along with a bunch of other people. After spending a …
Day 201 – Kanchanaburi
Today was spent traveling over to the western area of the country, the province of Kanchanaburi. Most of the day was spent in a series of four buses. By the time we were near our destination, it was dark and closed, so we had to stay in a small town called Thong Pha Phum. In …
Day 200 – Bangkok (New Year’s Day)
Today I went off on my own since Yu wanted to concentrate on getting some work done. We’ve been carrying over 20 books so she can do a little work for the school. I visited the world famous Khao San Road, which is where all the young backpackers go to stay in the city. The …
Day 199 – Bangkok
We went to the Ancient City theme park. We got to see smaller scale versions of some famous buildings around Thailand and also some mythological buildings. One of Yu’s shoes broke today and she had to buy a temporary pair of sandals. On the way back into the city we stopped at the center where …