Monthly Archives: August 2003

Headed out on the road

Internet access in Africa is spotty, so my updates will be coming with a lot less frequency. Right now we’re on day five of the tour, and it’s been fantastic! There are 21 of us on this trip, and as I expected, I’m the only American. The rest are a pretty much 50-50 split between...

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Kenya

I arrived at the airport in Nairobi sometime around 6pm. It took about 30 minutes to get thru all the formalities of immigration. I was hoping to be able to just buy a $20.00 transit visa since I was only going to be in the country for less than three days, but the...

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong seems like a nice city. I had a 12 hour layover here, and luckily they don’t require a visa to go see the city. For about 10 bucks, I got a round trip train ticket from the airport to the city itself. With only a few hours to spend, I...

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Ko Phan Ang

I don’t know why I waited so long to get over here! This island is so much nicer than Samui…it’s back to the old backpack vibe that I said was missing in my last post. I’ve got an amazing bungalow on a cliff overlooking the sunset side of the island.
Meg showed up this morning…she’s...

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Ko Samui again

Day three on Samui…so far it’s been very relaxing, but I’m a bit hungover from the full moon party last night. The mood of the island is different than the last time I was here. Last time it was mostly backpackers hanging out and being social. This time it seems to be mostly European holidaymakers...

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Korea Experiences

Korea’s been an interesting place, and it’s not just because there is no smell of mutton, and the pepperoni on the pizza is amazing! Of course I can’t really say that I’ve "seen" or "done" Korea. I’ve really just seen Seoul. And of that, I’ve really only seen the War Memorial, and the Itawon area...

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Last days

Well, the last few days in Mongolia were amazing. Monday and Tuesday I spent exploring the museums I’d never gotten a chance to visit. Mongolia won again when I was at the National history museum. Gin was giving me a tour and we’d gotten to the last of the Khans when the power went out...

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Done with work

So now I’ve finished my official project in Mongolia. That means I’m outta here in 5 days…it’s going to go by quickly. There are a ton of things I have to do between now and then, including sightseeing in all the museums I’ve been putting off. I’ve also got to go to the black market...

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