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Cambodia
Hong Kong
Macau
China
South Korea
Mongolia
Taiwan
Japan
Vietnam
Thailand
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
India
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I headed directly to Siem Reap to check out the Angkor Wat temples. They were mighty impressive! The temples of Angkor Wat are around 800 or so years old. They were remarkably well preserved considering they were surrounded by rainforest.
Angkor Thom Bayon
Eeek! These guys were at the
temples. I also saw a long
red-backed snake slither away.
Angkor Wat
The iconic Angkor Wat
Lots and lots of tourists gathered
together to watch the sunset.
Inside the temples were a
number of passageways.
Preah Khan
Looking up from inside a temple.
A tree was growing right
out of the temple.
Ta Prom
Banteay Srey
Beng Melea jungle temple
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Hong Kong was an action packed 2 days! Lots of city-life!
I only have a couple photos. Mostly it’s just a bunch of buildings and a hazy waterfront. I wasn’t much into shopping (let’s face it, cheap “stuff” just ain’t my style) but I did enjoy the nightlife – hence lack of photos.
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An excellent blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures. The perfect break after traveling in China!
Sao Paulo
I loved the bathrooms
in Macau!
Jardim Lou Lim
A-Ma Temple
Largo do Senado
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Erlian – the grandest place on earth.
Truly, I had never seen such
greatness. Hard to believe such
splendor could be on the border
opposite Mongolia/hell hole.
Erlian is the dinosaur capital
of China. I guess these guys
are used to dinos peering
down on them.
Caves near Datong
Beijing Lama Temple
Tianemen Square
the Forbidden City
The Summer Palace
The Great Wall
really is great.
Never seen so many obvious
English mis-spellings before.
Shanghai
Hutong in Shanghai
Babies & small children all
over China had pants
without “bottoms” so that
they could be held over
streets and trash cans to
poop and pee. At first I thought
the spitting was the grossest thing.
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Outside a
market in Seoul
S. Korea is the absolute,
hands down capital of
fake goods. Ferragamo shoes,
Mont Blanc pens and of
course the Louis and Gucci.
Nothing is more important
than the label.
Asia imitates
Japanese fashion.
Gyeongbok Palace
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Do NOT travel here! Enjoy the pictures, but don’t travel to Mongolia!!!
Aside from the people being abrasive and generally unfriendly, this is the only time I’ve ever been harassed and extorted money from. And the response from the US Embassy – the locals always win! Kristofer and I had pleasant times together, but it was difficult dealing with people and especially their dirty ways. I never knew I would be so happy to reach China!
Mongolia is a great country though if you like exotic (and sun/age fermented) meats, drunk drivers, abused women/wives, and either wretchedly scandalous or completely ignorant people. I highly recommend China.
Note: You may notice references to Russia in the captions. By no means am I anti-Russia (I am only anti-Mongolia). My reference is to how Mongolians didn’t do anything to preserve the buildings built by Russians in towns across the country. It isn’t that the Mongolians didn’t have a use for the buildings. No, they still lived in the buildings, used them as town halls, etc. and just let them completely deteriorate. There are plenty of ‘low income’ countries I’ve visited all over the world where people take pride in what they have and do there best to maintain their surroundings. Mongolia is not one of these countries.
Lazy ass Mongolians in the
capitol. Sure it’s recreation
- recreation from beating
their wives and drinking heavily.
Temples in Ulan Batar
The State Department Store -
just as the Russians would have wanted.
Our fearless driver and his jeep.
Somewhere
President of Mongolia -
Nambaryn Enkhbayar at
the 800 Year Celebration
of the “great” Mongol
Gengis Khan.
a large tapestry for the Nadaam
Festival in Kharkorum
the Mongolian president – I shook his hand
Quick – somebody get Botox!
The Prez and his posse.
Nadaam Festival in Kharkorum
- the next Marlboro country
Kharkorum
the ger we stayed in in Kharkorum
Our fearless driver.
Not drunk at time of photo.
Dead horse. Everywhere we
went in Mongolia there
were carcass.
Such a beautiful temple.
First you pay to go inside,
then you pay to take pictures,
then you pay if you want to
take video. Foreigner price.
Paid to monks.
Greedy ass bastards.
One of my VERY favorite
things in Mongolia.
About an hour outside Tstetserleg
- this is the view from our ger
Mongolian Edelweiss
Yak attack…or not.
The White Lake area.
Got goat/camel/yak cheese?
Ger friends
A fully furnished ger.
Including the kitchen sink.
We stopped for a little local
bow and arrow action along
the roadside
Our driver and the roadside
archery hosts. Is it more
disturbing that Kristofer &
I were better at archery than
they were or that Kristofer was
wearing his jean rolled up like that?
Seriously, are the Russians
still here somewhere?
Can you spot a Russian?
Sexy, no? This was the
entrance to a hotel option.
Hotel hallway. I smell asbestos.
Which side do you
want to sleep on?
I can’t freakin decide
which room to take!
Oh, I love this.
Can’t remember the city.
Left by the Russians & the
Mongolians didn’t do a
thing to maintain it.
I was sitting in a field in the
middle of absolutely nowhere,
this guy trotted over,
sat down, lit up, smoked
his pipe and off he went.
If I ever need jaw replacement
surgery I’ve got my own.
To my right (and left)
Just need to follow the tracks.
You think the drive from
Vegas to Phoenix is boring?
Now I did really like this.
These are camels near
our camp near Bayanzag.
Curious camel
Here I am. Playing with
dinosaur bones.
They’re showing me
more dinosaur bones.
Kristofer finally went Flinstone
Scary?
No, not really.
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What a fabulous country! I knew hardly anything about Taiwan before going, but there are many scenic areas and the people are very welcoming. Their tourism slogan is “Let’s be friends” – that says it all!
Taipei Longshan Temple
Taipei CSK Memorial
Changing of the guards
at CSK Memorial.
Taipei 101 Building – world’s
tallest building…in July 2006.
Hualien – Taiwan east coast
Taroko National Park
Taipe National Concert Hall -
I saw a local drum troop
Taipei Confucius Temple
Yingge train station break dancing
Beautiful Taipei
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I’ve been to Japan 3 times in the past 4 years. Love it. When I arrived in Tokyo I had no idea why I hadn’t been there before. What was I doing in Europe for so long? Why do Americans always go to Europe when they have a perfectly sophisticated friend just to the East? Sure, I highly recommend traveling around the rest of Asia, but for those Americans who want abroad, but clean, this is the place. I did meet a college student from Chicago who went to Japan for his first time ever abroad, and I met a fabulous Finn who didn’t even bring a camera. That’s what you get in Japan. A better kind of tourist.
This is just too classic
I got a great deal on
my room in Tokyo.
A procession at the
Meiji temple in Tokyo
Harajuku
I loved this mall.
Tokyo Imperial Palace
Tokyo International Forum
Kyoto lotus flower
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End of October 2005. My last stop on the Asia tour round 1. I spent most of my time in Hanoi and Hoi An doing way too much shopping. Their tailors are fantastic.
Hanoi. The Ho Chi Minh Museum
Hanoi. The entrance to one of many temples.
Hanoi. This may be a religion
I can really get in tune with.
As you’ll notice from the offering
on the plate on the right,
this Buddha likes cookies.
Hazy Ha Long Bay
Ha Long Bay. I really
just wanted a picture of
the structure and a ship
behind it, but it seems the
children had another agenda.
Hanoi. Tran Quoc pagoda.
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