Archive for July, 2006
Overview of Southeast Asia
0 Comments Published by Toby July 10th, 2006 in Burma, Cambodia, General, Laos, Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.On a January afternoon in 1861, Henri Mouhot, a French naturalist, was hacking his way through the almost impenetrable jungle of Cambodia when suddenly he burst into a clearing and stopped dead in his tracks. Before his astonished eyes loomed the outlines of a stone structure. Its long grey battlements appeared to stretch into infinity, [...]
For those who’ve been to the Philippines (or close to it), it is hard not to hear the beckoning call to Boracay, which many have dubbed as one of ’The Best Beaches in the World’. Once a hippy hideaway for travellers ’in the know’, ’Bora’ has grown to a buzzing holiday destination, yet still retains [...]
One of the most confusing but richest cultural experiences is Bangkok! You have to put up with some of the worst traffic jams in Asia, noise, pollution, annual floods and sticky weather, but beneath the surface Bangkok has a huge amount to offer.
Bangkok, or Krung Thep as it is locally known, has been the capital [...]
Travelling down the Mekong River
2 Comments Published by Toby July 3rd, 2006 in Cambodia, General, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.Travelling by boat along the busiest waterway in Southeast Asia is a wonderful way of getting a short but fascinating glimpse of Vietnam and Cambodia. The Mekong River glides through the Vietnamese border, flowing down from South—West China all the way through the mainland South East Asian countries — Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. [...]