Spring 2008 Backpacking Trip
HONG KONG,
SINGAPORE,
MALAYSIA,
THAILAND,
LAOS,
CHINA
CHINA
03/29/2008 - Goodbye Shanghai!
Embarking on a 44-Hour Ferry from China to Japan
03/28/2008 -
Last Gasp in Shanghai: Ferry Ticket to Japan, Old
Shanghai, and The Bund at Night
03/27/2008 - Feeling
at Home in Shanghai and Meeting Friends for a Night-Out
03/26/2008 -
Closing Down on the 2,660 Kilometer Distance Between
Kunming and Shanghai
03/25/2008 -
Final Day in Yunnan Province: Stocking Up for the
Long-Haul
03/24/2008 -
Savoring the Time in Shangri-la, A Strong
Military Presence, and an Overnight Bus to Kunming
03/23/2008 -
Investing in Warm Clothes
for Shangri-La (I am a Fashion Guru) and Touring
Shangri-La's Ganden Sumtseling Gompa
03/22/2008 -
Hiking Out of Tiger
Leaping Gorge, and Repeated Warnings over our Bus to
Shangri-La
03/21/2008 -
And Then There Were Two...
The First Day of Hiking
Tiger Leaping Gorge in China's Yunnan
Province
03/20/2008 -
Touring the Tourist Mecca
of Lijiang and David Spends Half the Day in a
Chinese Hospital
03/19/2008 -
Touring Dali One
Last Time Before Catching a Bus to Lijiang
03/18/2008 -
Hiking the Jade Green
Mountains Surrounding Dali
03/17/2008 -
Sleeping in the Clouds, Touring
the Famous Three Pagodas, and How Much is that
Cake?!
03/16/2008 -
Arriving in Kunming,
Chinese Cities, and Another Overnight Bus to Dali
03/15/2008 -
The Wheels on the Bus Go
Round and Round... And Round... And Round...
LAOS
03/14/2008 -
A Relaxing Day of Touring
Luang Prabang and Boarding a 35 Hour Bus to China
03/13/2008 -
Vang Vieng to
Vientiane by Bus
03/12/2008 -
Tubing Vang Vieng
with Bob Marley Singing the Whole Way
03/11/2008 -
Goodbye Vientiane,
an Interesting Bus Ride, and Arriving in Vang Vieng
03/10/2008 -
Arriving in Vientiane,
the World's Most Unassuming Capital City, and Soccer on
the Mekong
River Flats
THAILAND
03/09/2009 -
Last Day in Bangkok, and
an Overnight Bus to Laos with a Doped-Up Driver
03/08/2008 -
Back on the Khao San
Road in Bangkok, and Thailand's Amazing National Palace
03/07/2008 -
Wrapping up Coursework and
Examinations, and Leaving Koh Tao for Bangkok
03/06/2008 -
More Exhaustion in the
Water, but it's All Good While Diving
03/05/2008 -
An
Exhausting Day of Rescuing Divers in the Water
03/04/2008 -
My Greatest Dive Ever (Chumphon),
Hanging Around, and Becoming a Rescue Diver
03/03/2008 -
Keeping Up with the "Real
World", and Swimming with a Hawk-Billed Sea Turtle
03/02/2008 -
Diving the Chumphon
Pinnacle (Sharks!), and Koh Tao Really is Beautiful
03/01/2008 - Welcoming
Friends to Koh Tao, and Re-Discovering the Joys
of Diving
02/29/2008 -
Worshipping the Sun, and Touring the Island on a
Motorbike
02/28/2008 -
Arriving on Koh Tao,
Ultra-Chilled Sairee View, and Seeing a Doctor
02/27/2008 - Goodbye Malaysia; Thailand
is Always Smiling
MALAYSIA
02/27/2008 -
Goodbye Malaysia; Thailand
is Always Smiling
02/26/2008 -
Recovering in
Kota Bharu and Chinese Hawker Centers
02/25/2008 -
Beach Football and a
Hellish Nightmare: Bed Bugs
02/24/2008 -
Arriving on the
Perhentian Islands: Snorkeling with Sharks,
Turtles, and Barracuda
02/23/2008 -
Quick Update: I Crossed into Malaysia
SINGAPORE
02/23/2008 -
Final Day in Singapore:
Chinatown Hawker Food
02/22/2008 -
Asian Civilizations Museum
and Visiting Hui Shi's New House
02/21/2008 -
My Father's Last Day in
Singapore: Chinatown Hawker Food
02/20/2008 -
Sleeping in the NTU
Common Room for Champions League Action
02/19/2008 -
Luxuries of the Four
Seasons Hotel, Friends at NTU, and Subway (mmmm!)
02/18/2008 -
再见香港！Sillypore-la! (Goodbye Hong Kong! Back
to the strangest island on the planet)
HONG KONG
02/17/2008 -
Fresh Fish in Sai Kung,
Butchering Frogs & Turtles, and Another Light Show
02/16/2008 -
Peak Tram, Walking Down
Victoria Peak, Authentic Dim Sum, and Stanley Market
02/15/2008 -
Moving Downtown, the
Wonders of Mong Kok, and "What a View!"
02/14/2008 -
Scouring the Airport and a
Farewell Dinner with Dan Yuen
02/13/2008 -
Another Tough Day: The
Gym, Sauna, Indoor/Outdoor Pool, and a Shanghainese
Dinner
02/12/2008 -
さよなら 東京,
你好香港！(Goodbye Tokyo, Hello Hong
Kong!)
