Relatives, The first thing we did today was visit the Grand Palace complex and Wat Phra Kaew (wat is the Thai word for temple). My expectations were rather low because everyone who I spoke to about Thailand said that there wasn't much to do in Thailand other than shopping... However, I was completely blown away by the complex of temples and palaces. I can't even begin to describe the intricacy of design in the structures. The one main theme though was that everyt...

Hi Folks, This morning I picked up my 8 dollar LOAD of laundry from the Laundromat across the street from my hotel and got packed to head to Bangkok. We took the subway all the way to the airport (which in itself is amazing to me). The sign said that it would take 24 minutes to the transfer point and 38 minutes in total. It took 24.05 minutes to the transfer and 38.30 in total. Unbelievably efficient. Singapore was fantastic because everyone spoke English...

Hi Everyone, We arrived in Singapore at 5:45am this morning, at which point I tearfully said goodbye to Richard, Lisa, Antony and Lucy. My bag came quickly and I jumped in a taxi to meet my friend, Mike Li, at the hotel (he had been in Singapore for a day before). It was sad to show up at the airport and not have Sonu and the Tourist waiting for me. The first thing I noticed in my taxi ride was that Singapore and India could not be more different. It was ...

Loyal Readers, My Indian Adventure with Mr. Richard, Mrs. Richard, Antony, Louis has finally come to an end. We are currently at the Delhi airport waiting for our flight to Singapore. In Singapore the Kennetts will continue home to Melbourne and I will begin the second leg of my asian adventure. Today we had a tour of New Delhi. We began with a walk through the government area - parliament, the presidential palace and other government buildings. Due to a ...

In my last update I think I told you that our flight had been delayed from 330 to 530 to 610. Well, the trend continued... To 630 to 700 to 710 to 730... But we finally got in the air! The airport in Udaipur however, was a story in itself. When we went through security, we were told that we didn't need to take belts, watches or shoes off. Everyone then proceeded to walk through the metal detector which went off for absolutely every person. Everyone was then...