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Travel
Experience in
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Have
an
interesting
travel
tale
you
wish
to
share?
An
unforgettable
journey
you
encountered
during
childhood
days?
A
humorous
experience
that
you
can't
get
out
of
your
head?
Well
this
is
just
the
place
for
you
to
jot
down
those
memories
and
share
your
travel
experiences
in
Asia
with
the
rest
of
the
AsiaValley
Community. |
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Kinabatangan River Cruise |
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We
have
just
returned
from
the
most
incredible
experience
in
the
rainforest
at
Kinabatangan.
We
stayed
at a
lodge
on
the
river
which
is
the
longest
in
Malaysia
and
took
part
in
several
river
trips,
walks
in
the
forest
in
day
time
and
night
time.
The
highlight
was
our
last
evening
river
trip
when
Nelson
-
our
guide,
found
a
solitary
male
orang
utang
chilling
out
in a
tree
on
the
edge
of
the
river.
He
was
about
30
years
old,
with
the
full
leathery
'mask'
and
took
absolutely
no
notice
of
us
whatsoever.
It
was
INCREDIBLE!
He
looked
as
if
he
had
no
cares
in
the
world,
he
was
perched
in a
fork
in
the
tree,
with
lots
of
fruit
growing
around
him,
so
no
need
to
move
much.
Wow! |
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Liz
Phillips |
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Angkor Wat |
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Siem
Reap
feels
like
a
really
western
town
and
its
much
more
westernised
than
Phnom
Penh.
We
have
spent
the
last
3
days
looking
round
loads
of
temples
obviously
including
the
amazing
Angkor
Wat.
There
are
loads
of
temples
and
until
you
arrive
you
don''t
realise
how
spread
out
they
all
are..
They
are
all
different
but
the
size
of
Angkor
is
massive
and
the
view
is
amazing
especially
at
sunrise.
We
also
visited
at
sunset
but
there
was
a
massive
thunderstorm
storm
so
that
was
a
bit
of a
wash
out!
It
is
exhausting
walking
around
in
the
40
degree
heat
but
it
really
was
spectacular..
We've
really
enjoyed
Cambodia
but
tommorrow
we
are
braving
the
dirt
track
12hour
bus
ride
to
Bangkok
where
apparently
we
get
scammed
at
the
boarder
so
we''re
looking
forward
to
that!! |
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Jennifer Bocock |
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A
city of ruins |
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A
6hr
bus
ride
and
we're
making
our
way
South
again.
In
its
prime
this
city
was
the
centre
of
rule
in
Thailand.
These
days
it's
a
city
of
ruins
that
stretch
over
a
vast
area.
Fortunately
you
can
hire
bikes
to
get
around
and
see
everything......Dan
insisted
that
we
have
the
"Turbo
Choppers"
and
not
just
the
standard
shoppers!!
(The
turbo
on
mine
didn't
seem
to
be
working
after
the
previous
2
days
trekking
though!)
So
we
spent
the
whole
day
yesterday
riding
around
and
racing
each
other....oh
yeah,
and
being
cultural
and
viewing
the
magnificent
ruins!
We
also
ventured
off
into
the
countryside
which
was
a
nice
relief....bright
green
rice
paddies,
houses
on
stilts,
beautiful
flowers
and
massive
butterflies
(bigger
than
your
hand
-
amazing!).
Today
we're
just
chilling
until
our
bus
back
to
Bangkok,
which
leaves
at
11pm......we'll
then
spend
a
few
days
in
Kanchanaburi
(home
to
the
famous
Bridge
over
the
River
Kwai)
and
then
we
fly
to
Vietnam
(as
long
as
our
visas
and
passports
are
still
at
the
embassy
when
we
return
to
Bangkok...eeek!!)
We'll
do
Southern
Thailand
later
on! |
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Dan & Nic |
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Mount Fuji - 5th Station on Mount Fuji |
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It
is
so
beautiful
here!!
We
are
staying
in a
traditional
Japanese
room
and
there
is a
hot
bath
overlooking
Mount
Fuji.
Today
we
took
a
bus
up
to
the
5th
station
on
the
mountain
which
had
the
most
amazing
views,
see
photos!!
We
only
had
a
few
hours
so
after
taking
our
photos
we
decided
to
go
on a
Bear
Grylls
expedition
into
the
snow
where
no
one
dares
to
tread
at
this
time
of
year..The
Japanese
only
climb
the
mountain
in
July
and
August
and
never
do
anything
at
the
wrong
time!
We
wandered
into
the
snow
with
our
picnic
and
found
a
beautiful
viewing
platform
after
ending
up 2
foot
down
in
the
snow
in
some
places.
Then
I
told
Steve
there
were
snow
bears
around
and
he
got
scared!! It
felt
we
were
the
only
people
in
the
world
who
had
ever
sat
there
and
the
view
of
the
summit
was
amazing
all
covered
in
snow!
5th
station
is
at
2305m
so
not
as
high
as
we'll
be
at
Everest
but
still
amazing!!
Our
trek
must
have
tired
us
out
coz
we
slept
all
the
way
back
on
the
bus!!
This
evening
we
have
been
for
a
run
around
Lake
Kawaguchi
co
which
was
is
also
lovely
with
brilliant
views
of
the
mountain.
Its
a
ghost
town
here
because
its
out
of
season
so
we
ate
from
7-11...not
very
Japanese!!
Tomorow
we
are
off
to
Osaka
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Jennifer Bocock |
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