Left the hostel and headed back in the direction of Hualumphong station. After crossing the road which is a busy junction of about six streets I was on the opposite side and heading towards a temple on my map. In the distance I could see something giant and gold behind the buildings. A minute later I made it to a massive gold painted building with a pointed roof. The complex was actually several buildings. In one were some monks sitting, another one had a sleepin...

At Incheon Airport I found the Thai Airways counter and hoped to get my boarding pass as I just had hand luggage. There was a massive line snaking thru the terminal. The Thai Airways check in kiosks were not working, a frustrating experience I had in China. There was one counter at the end that said 'hand luggage only' as this has been the case with previous flights. I tried to go there but a Thai Airways lady stopped me. I kept pointing to that desk saying that ...

Gone exploring again for two weeks... Bangkok > Ayutthaya > Siem Reap > Ankor Wat > Pnomh Penh > Ho Chi Minh City > Mekong Delta > Chu Chu War Tunnels > Hanoi > Ha Long Bay See seperate blog http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog/l ondone7/19/tpod.html Given the sticker shock of my gas bill which jumped to 122,000w ($110) in Dec from 53,000w in Nov ($47), I'm going to leave the heat off, shut the water mains, drain the pipes, and hope ev...