Thailand

Koh Phi Phi














Koh Phangan

In this island, there is this famous party called "Full Moon Party". Held once every month when there's a full moon at the beach. It's supposed to be some kind of religious ceremony but now it's only a tourist attraction. This party is really really crazy. Beach is packed with drunk people, clubs, music, dance, drugs etc... This is the craziest party I've ever been. Here, the drinks are a bucket that has one whole small bottle of liquer and one can of soda. This is only $5. No wonder everyone's so drunk. One bucket is enough to make you crazy. There is also a party called "Half Moon Party" which is held in the jungle also once a month. That means there's a big party every other week. But here, everynight is a party. Just that full moon and half moon party are more crowded than crowded. If you like crazy party, this is the place.
















Bangkok

Kingdom of Cambodia

Phunom Penh

7 hours by bus from H.C.M.C. I arrived in the capital of Cambodia. People eat everything here. Cockroach, grass hopper, spider, rats, some wired plant etc... wow. It was the poorest country I've visited but people didn't look that unhappy. When you meet their eyes, people smile. In China, this would not happen. In Vietnam, if you don't give money, people will be unfriendly. Here, even though you don't buy anything, people will still smile at you.



















Angkor Wat

This was amazing. People should go once in their life time. Angkor Wat is actually one of the temple in the Angkor Park and there are a lot more temples around. The park is extremely huge that you need a car of a moto to go around. Tourist usully hire a car or a taxi. The entrance fee is $20 for one day pass, $40 for 3 days and $60 for 1 week. One day is definately not enough, 3 days are good. This is very very expensive in Cambodia but I noticed later that Cambodians are free to enter. Very poor country but very expensive for tourist. Please enjoy the pictures!

Power, money?

A tuk-tuk driver in Cambodia told us that the richest people in Cambodia are those who has the "power". Politicians, police, friends of politicians, friends of police...
but I also think that people who has the "money" can have "power".

"In Cambodia if you have the power, you can do whatevery you want." he said. "you can get the most beautiful women in the country, even if she had a husband. Women cannot say no even she wanted to."

Sadly, the world still works that way. In every country.

Vietnam

Hanoi

My impression of this city is... not a beautiful city. Too many people and crazy traffic. One thing I was surprised was that there were no Mc Donald's in Vietnam. Where ever you go, no matter how coutry side it is, there was always Mc Donald's in all over the world but not in Vietnam. Probably some politic problem from the war with U.S. Actually it's quite nice not having Mc around you.


















Halong Bay




















Hue
















Nha Trang

Nha Trang is one of the most famous beach in Vietnam. Not too crowded not too quiet beach. Second picture is "Bar in the ocean". We did a boat trip and it was all you can drink! There were many jelly fish and the water was very cold but everyone jumped out and swam to the bar.















Mui Ne

This is a very small town but one of my favorite cities. Nothing much to do but you can walk up the river which has an awsome scenery and do sliding from the sand dunes. I was scared so did with a local little kid about 12 ys old. I remember he was a very gentleman:)


















Ho Chi Min City (Saigon)

One and the only thing you need to do in H.C.M.C. is to visit the War Museum. War between Vietnam and the U.S. just ended 32 years ago. Only 32 years. Can you believe this?











I visited a tunnel called "Vin Moc Tunnel" which was a shelter during the war. It was very hot, humid, dark and stinky. I can't imagine living in that place. This tunnel is not in H.C.M.C. It is close to Hue which is in the middle of the country.

Kumming, China --> Hanoi, Vietnam

On the way to Vietnam from China was the worst road trip ever. 12 hours by bus to the boarder and another 12 hours train to Hanoi. The thing is, the bus road was terrible, storm and heavy rain when we got to the boarder, and train was terribly hot, hard seat, crowded (we thought we bought the soft seat with A/C but we got cheated). From the boarder to Hanoi, it is only 300km but it took 12 hours!! Can you imagine how slow this is? Motos were faster then us...










China's transportation is still very bad. The country's so big that people travel by bus or train often but very slow, dirty, and usually A/C doesn't work. I wonder what foreigners think when they come to China for the Olympics. As far as I've seen, Beijing is far from completion and it's less than 1 year till the Olympic starts.