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sometimes you find amazing photos on the internet. most are just from regular people who have a gift for finding the right angles and the best shots. i saw this shot a while ago, but i was reminded of it again recently. it’s a great photo taken by a guy called scott stulberg. you can see the rest of his gallery at http://asa100.com
i spoke to a student of mine yesterday and she told me all about her travels in asia during the summer break.
she flew to thailand and from bangkok she took busses all the way down to pipi and krabi, then crossed the boarder by bus and went into kuala lumpur. from there, another bus took her to singapore. she stayed in singapore and then flew to vietnam. starting in the south in ho chi minh city, she bussed in stages all the way north to hanoi.
she told me that the busses in vietnam cost her a total of around $50. she could also go by train. it was more comfortable but 3 times as expensive.
however, she confirmed my belief that that it’s possible to get all the way from beijing down to singapore by land. followinging the coast to shanghai, then hong kong, i can cross into northern vietnam and bus or train down to ho chi minh city. from there, i can bus across to phnom penh and then into bangkok. i can follow her trail down past phuket, into malaysia and singapore.
that means i can return the same way, or catch a short flight into myanmar, whichever is the cheapest.
it’ll be an interesting journey. with the exception of north korea (if i go there), the first flight i’ll need to take is into and out of myanmar. once i get out of myanmar, i might not need another flight until i get into the middle east or africa.
it seems that i will be able to bus and train almost everywhere, and have an amazing journey while i’m doing it … it will also include trains into tibet and a train across russia into tibet at the end of my journey.
what a great way to travel.