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24.1.10

Being asian for a month

I have been in asia for a bit over a month now with Hannah. We toured up and down Vietnam, went by Cambodia and are now in Thailand. It has been very good, a huge eye opener. It has been pretty much solo travel though with no tours organised. I must admit, we have had our share of good with the bad. Last night we had a bus trip from Bangkok to Chiang Mai (in the north of Thailand) which was about 14 hours long, 3 - 4 hours longer than predicted. '10 minute' stops in the middle of the night at seedy petrol stations stretched out to 40 minutes and '20 minute' ones lasted for over an hour. On the bus, we were blasted with air conditioning while shivering in our summer clothes, while cruising at about 60 km/h while other tour bussed screamed past with their passengers fast asleep in their comfortable seats. That is a little taste of the bad. I have learned why budget trips are so cheap.

1 comment:

nora nemo said...

i have a cold now because of these aircons! that is the 7th time i have one here in thailand! just arrived from the south of thailand after spending 12 hours in a bus!
thats thailand... it is a pitty that we didnt meet

greetings from thailand ;)

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André Hillas is a visual artist practicing in Melbourne, Australia. He attained his BFA (Drawing) at The Victorian College of the Arts in 2011 and is currently completing a BFA (Drawing) (Honours) at The Victorian College of the Arts. More at www.andrehillas.com