I met the group in the early afternoon. There is 15 of us, 4 britains (they live local to me) and the rest are ozzies and kiwis. The tour leader I think is going to be an inspiration to me, this is his 60th trip to base camp. He's also done everest marathon and came 11th last year, he did it in 4 hours 11 mins, I think the winner did it 3 h…
I can't be doing with post cards, alot of the time people write s***e on them, they are a pain in the arse to post and by the time they have arrived back home so you have you. So instead to keep people posted and also so i can recap back on my holiday in a few years time i thought i'd set up a blog to capture "some" of my experiences.
Alot has changed since my last trip to Thailand in 2005, Facebook, camera phones and digital cameras and myself, but i've managed to get some money to…
I can't be doing with post cards, alot of the time people write s***e on them, they are a pain in the arse to post and by the time they have arrived back home so you have you. So instead to keep people posted and also so i can recap back on my holiday in a few years time i thought i'd set up a blog to capture "some" of my experiences.
Alot has changed since my last trip to Thailand in 2005, Facebook, camera phones and digital cameras and myself, but i've managed to get some money together and heading off to Cambodia and Vietnam to do a bit of sighseeing, talk to the locals and hopefully get some culture.
I met the group in the early afternoon. There is 15 of us, 4 britains (they live local to me) and the rest are ozzies and kiwis. The tour leader I think is going to be an inspiration to me, th…
The journey from chitwan to Kathmandu was a great journey that took us through lush green hills. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too great so visibility wasn't vey clear so we never got the o…
I managed to get a good lie in before leaving for chitwan national park, we left at 8:30, which was amazing after the early starts. There was plenty of fog around which seems a common theme fo…
It was an early start of 4:30 to start the 10 hour journey to the Nepal border. There was thick fog everywhere which was rather dangerous for driving, I was getting very anxious as I think the…
Johnno
So is the sperm-ephant going to be a method of identification when they finally find you on Everest? A very sensible addition in that case. Good thinking Steve!
Johnno
Bodies, birds and bodily functions. This blogs is a reason to get up in the morning. Keep it up Steve, I can't wait for your insights into Nepalese culture!
Johnno
This is all brilliant. Just brilliant.
I can understand your crushing disappointment regarding the lack of jumping cats. Why would they not have jumping cats if they advertise jumping cats?
Ralph
Just finished reading all the posts one after the other as I didn't even try to get them earlier as I thought they wouldn't upload for you. Brightened up my first day back to the grind! Nice one. see you soon.
Luci
Hello Emma,
I read your message and wanted to help you, because I have been in Siem Reap a lot of times. The Tara Angkor hotel is a beautiful hotel and is ideally and conveniently located, Tara Angkor Hotel is situated only 6 km from the Angkor Wat Temples, 15 min drive from the Siem Reap International Airport, a few minutes stroll to the Angkor National Museum and a short ride to the city town center with an array of Cambodian souvenirs, shopping and culture. They have a few promotions that you can make use of if you haven’t booked already: Last minute bookings, summer sales, early bird promotion or Angkor temptations. Of course there are a lot more, but have a look at their website. It is not that far to the Angkor temples that I would advise you to see for sure. I would say, grab yourself a 3 day pass and find yourself a decent tuk tuk driver to take you to the farther ruins and for a drive in some of the outlying villages. If you’re up for it consider renting a bike and checking out Angkor Wat on your own. There’s a lot to see and do so a lot depends on your time and budget. A few temples I would strongly suggest you check out besides Angkor Wat itself are Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom and of course Ta Prohm just to see the amazing tree. The Banteay Srei temple is farther out of Siem Reap but has a very different feel than a lot of the others. If you want to do something else as well, you can visit the day and night market. I can really recommend these attractions. If you need to know more, let me know.
stevennokes
Hi Ralph, I'm so glad that I've e
taken your mind of involver 3, is it really that bad? I bought some music before i went away, which I was hoping would stop any holiday depression but I've had an email to say the distributor is late so may have to wait a week or two.
Ralph
Hi Steve,
Your blog is giving me light relief from listening to Involver 3 which I wasted about £13 on the other day, so thanks! I enjoyed reading every single one mate. See you next week.
Johnno So is the sperm-ephant going to be a method of identification when they finally find you on Everest? A very sensible addition in that case. Good thinking Steve!
re: Orchha, IndiaJohnno Bodies, birds and bodily functions. This blogs is a reason to get up in the morning. Keep it up Steve, I can't wait for your insights into Nepalese culture!
re: Varanasi, IndiaJohnno Good to see you're off to a solid(!) start in terms of toilet habits... Yours and the locals... Steve, would you like to be in a photo with me?
re: Agra, IndiaJohnno The wandering genius returns. This is possibly the happiest I've been this year.
re: Delhi, Indiatoby Hooray, the return of nokesys blog!
re: Delhi, IndiaJohnno This is all brilliant. Just brilliant. I can understand your crushing disappointment regarding the lack of jumping cats. Why would they not have jumping cats if they advertise jumping cats?
re: Inle Lake, MyanmarRalph Just finished reading all the posts one after the other as I didn't even try to get them earlier as I thought they wouldn't upload for you. Brightened up my first day back to the grind! Nice one. see you soon.
re: Inle Lake, MyanmarRalph What is this betelnut and can I have some please?
re: Kalaw, Myanmarstevennokes It's a great place to visit Toby especially if you don't mind travelling
re: Inle Lake, MyanmarToby d Great to hear abt your trip Stevie, always been curious abt visiting myanmar
re: Inle Lake, MyanmarLuci Hello Emma, I read your message and wanted to help you, because I have been in Siem Reap a lot of times. The Tara Angkor hotel is a beautiful hotel and is ideally and conveniently located, Tara Angkor Hotel is situated only 6 km from the Angkor Wat Temples, 15 min drive from the Siem Reap International Airport, a few minutes stroll to the Angkor National Museum and a short ride to the city town center with an array of Cambodian souvenirs, shopping and culture. They have a few promotions that you can make use of if you haven’t booked already: Last minute bookings, summer sales, early bird promotion or Angkor temptations. Of course there are a lot more, but have a look at their website. It is not that far to the Angkor temples that I would advise you to see for sure. I would say, grab yourself a 3 day pass and find yourself a decent tuk tuk driver to take you to the farther ruins and for a drive in some of the outlying villages. If you’re up for it consider renting a bike and checking out Angkor Wat on your own. There’s a lot to see and do so a lot depends on your time and budget. A few temples I would strongly suggest you check out besides Angkor Wat itself are Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom and of course Ta Prohm just to see the amazing tree. The Banteay Srei temple is farther out of Siem Reap but has a very different feel than a lot of the others. If you want to do something else as well, you can visit the day and night market. I can really recommend these attractions. If you need to know more, let me know.
re: Siem Reap, CambodiaJohnno Travels half way round the world to compare things to an electric fireplace. You're an inspiration to us all.
re: Halong Bay, Vietnamstevennokes Hi Ralph, I'm so glad that I've e taken your mind of involver 3, is it really that bad? I bought some music before i went away, which I was hoping would stop any holiday depression but I've had an email to say the distributor is late so may have to wait a week or two.
re: Halong Bay, Vietnamstevennokes Hi Toby, it's been along time since we last spoke, Australia in fact in 2001, hope things are well with you
re: Halong Bay, VietnamRalph Hi Steve, Your blog is giving me light relief from listening to Involver 3 which I wasted about £13 on the other day, so thanks! I enjoyed reading every single one mate. See you next week.
re: Halong Bay, Vietnam