Six months in China and South East Asia.

I start recruiting and organizing as soon as I was told my position was going to be terminated. Well, the end of my employment and two recruits (Darin and Jeff) later, we’re heading over to Asia. Our first stop will be Hong Kong. We’ll head down to Macao. Hopefully, I don’t have to end my trip after Macao, the Las Vegas of Asia. We’ll train up to Shanghai and Beijing from Hong Kong. We’ll train down to Xi’an, Chengdu, Chongping, Guiyang, Kumming, and into Vietnam. We plan to get out of China in a month and half. One and a half months in Vietnam, two week in Cambodia, three weeks in Laos, three weeks in Myanmar, and one month in Thailand. I hope this journal will keep our friends and family up to date as to our whereabouts.

  • 247 days (26 Aug 2007 - 30 Apr 2008)
  • 8 countries
  • 61 entries (207 words)
  • 607 photos
  • 4.9 ratings (232 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Aug 26, 2007 19:03 United States San Francisco » Countdown. 0 km
13 Sep 08, 2007 03:54 Hong Kong Kowloon » Hong Kong 11611 km [*] (14) 4.9 (9 votes)
14 Sep 09, 2007 06:12 Hong Kong Hong Kong Island » Hong Kong Day 2 11619 km [*] (8) 5 (4 votes)
15 Sep 10, 2007 08:14 Macao Macau » Macau and back without loosing the pants. 11685 km [*] (4) 4.8 (2 votes)
16 Sep 11, 2007 18:43 China Shanghai » 25 hrs train ride to Shanghai 12945 km [*] (14) 5 (4 votes)
25 Sep 20, 2007 05:11 China Beijing » Beijing 14026 km [*] (18) 5 (5 votes)
28 Sep 23, 2007 02:33 China Shanxi » Tortured Chamber 15442 km [*] (10) 5 (3 votes)
31 Sep 26, 2007 06:56 China Shanxi » Hua Shan 15442 km [*] (24) 4.7 (6 votes)
33 Sep 28, 2007 07:47 China Hubei » Yechang 15819 km [*] (3) 4.7 (4 votes)
35 Sep 30, 2007 13:00 China Chongqing » The Yangzi River 16656 km [*] (7) 5 (2 votes)
40 Oct 05, 2007 08:19 China Kunming Shi » Chongqing to Kunming 17287 km [*] (8) 5 (4 votes)
45 Oct 10, 2007 10:44 China Yuanyang » A Can't Miss. 17497 km [*] (5) 5 (3 votes)
48 Oct 13, 2007 01:41 Viet Nam Sa Pá » Sa Pa 17643 km [*] (22) 5 (2 votes)
49 Oct 14, 2007 12:42 Viet Nam Lai Châu » Moung Lay & Dien Bien Phu 17722 km [*] (7) 5 (2 votes)
51 Oct 16, 2007 07:09 Viet Nam Sơn La » Dien Bien Phu to Son La 17835 km [*] (4) 5 (2 votes)
53 Oct 18, 2007 08:10 Viet Nam Mai Chầu » Pom Coong 18030 km [*] (10) 5 (2 votes)
55 Oct 20, 2007 09:03 Viet Nam Hanoi » Scams' City 18043 km [*] (2) 5 (4 votes)
58 Oct 23, 2007 08:35 Viet Nam Haiphong » Haiphong 18132 km [*] (1) 5 (2 votes)
59 Oct 24, 2007 03:24 Viet Nam Cát Bà » No! We will not pay $110,000 Dong. 18173 km [*] (27) 5 (5 votes)
62 Oct 27, 2007 05:27 Viet Nam Ninh Bình » Tam Coc, Halong bay on Land 18298 km [*] (2) 5 (1 votes)
64 Oct 29, 2007 04:37 Viet Nam Huế » Rained in 18754 km [*] (3) 5 (2 votes)
66 Oct 31, 2007 02:44 Viet Nam Ðà Nẵng » Flooding in Hoi An 18834 km [*] (21) 5 (2 votes)
70 Nov 04, 2007 04:30 Viet Nam Nha Trang Still raining 19272 km 4.2 (4 votes)
72 Nov 06, 2007 09:15 Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City » Saigon, Hiep An, and Long Khanh 19594 km [*] (34) 4.4 (13 votes)
79 Nov 13, 2007 13:15 Viet Nam Mũi Ne » Great seafoods 19772 km [*] (15) 5 (2 votes)
83 Nov 17, 2007 10:00 Viet Nam Cần Thơ » Mekong Delta 20064 km [*] (17) 4.5 (5 votes)
86 Nov 20, 2007 04:48 Viet Nam Sóc Trăng » Oc Bom Boc Festival 20117 km [*] (27) 4.5 (7 votes)
92 Nov 26, 2007 10:12 Viet Nam Rạch Giá » Birth's place 20226 km [*] (19) 5 (3 votes)
97 Dec 01, 2007 14:38 Viet Nam Hà Tiên » Ha Tien 20304 km [*] (21) 4.9 (4 votes)
99 Dec 03, 2007 02:51 Viet Nam Châu Ðốc » Sam Mountain 20382 km [*] (11) 4.5 (6 votes)
101 Dec 05, 2007 11:39 Cambodia Phnom Penh » Scorching! 20480 km [*] (17) 4.9 (4 votes)
105 Dec 09, 2007 08:39 Cambodia Kompong Thom » Gotta go! Gotta go! Gotta go! 20609 km [*] (7) 5 (5 votes)
107 Dec 11, 2007 10:34 Cambodia Siem Reap » Angkor Wat 20745 km [*] (27) 5 (7 votes)
110 Dec 13, 2007 22:46 Cambodia Kompong Cham » Bamboo Bridge 20976 km [*] (6) 4.8 (3 votes)
111 Dec 14, 2007 22:52 Cambodia Kratie » Just passing through 21058 km [*] (2) 5 (2 votes)
112 Dec 15, 2007 22:54 Cambodia Stung Treng » 50Km from Laos 21174 km [*] (5) 4.7 (5 votes)
116 Dec 20, 2007 05:37 Laos Don Det » 4000 Islands 21227 km [*] (8) 5 (5 votes)
119 Dec 23, 2007 05:41 Laos Paksé » Billy's hometown 21355 km [*] (6) 5 (5 votes)
122 Dec 26, 2007 05:18 Laos Savannakhét » Great! Hotpot 21550 km [*] (4) 5 (2 votes)
124 Dec 28, 2007 05:22 Laos Tha Khaek » East on Rte 12 21645 km [*] (8) 5 (2 votes)
126 Dec 30, 2007 05:26 Laos Ban Na Hin » Truly Amazing! 21927 km [*] (14) 5 (2 votes)
128 Jan 01, 2008 05:29 Laos Vientiane » Capital city 22138 km [*] (5) 5 (2 votes)
131 Jan 04, 2008 05:02 Laos Vang Vieng » Vang Vieng 22247 km [*] (6) 5 (2 votes)
134 Jan 07, 2008 05:26 Laos Phong Savan » The Plain of Jars 22347 km [*] (7) 5 (2 votes)
136 Jan 09, 2008 05:49 Laos Luang Prabang » Former Royal Capital of Laos 22471 km [*] (10) 5 (4 votes)
140 Jan 13, 2008 06:23 Laos Muang Ngoi » Beautiful little town 22580 km [*] (12) 5 (3 votes)
141 Jan 14, 2008 14:14 Laos Muang Xai » Next stop, back to China 22653 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
144 Jan 17, 2008 05:27 China Mengla 50km from the China/Laos border 22748 km 5 (2 votes)
145 Jan 18, 2008 05:31 China Ganlanba » Home-stay with the Dai people 22902 km [*] (4) 4.2 (7 votes)
147 Jan 20, 2008 07:08 China Jinghong » Jinghong 22963 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
153 Jan 26, 2008 07:57 China Dali » Cold and Beautiful 23382 km [*] (17) 5 (3 votes)
158 Jan 31, 2008 03:35 China Lijiang » Old town 23505 km [*] (17) 5 (4 votes)
163 Feb 05, 2008 10:02 China Jinghong » New Years in Jinghong 24045 km [*] (5) 5 (2 votes)
167 Feb 09, 2008 05:58 Laos Luang Namtha » Back from China 24176 km [*] (1) 5 (1 votes)
169 Feb 11, 2008 05:55 Thailand Chiang Khong » Great foods 24306 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
170 Feb 12, 2008 06:04 Thailand Chiang Rai » Chaing Rai 24380 km [*] (12) 5 (1 votes)
172 Feb 14, 2008 09:55 Thailand Chiang Mai » Chiang Mai 24531 km [*] (21) 5 (1 votes)
176 Feb 18, 2008 13:03 Thailand Sukhothai Sukhothai 24749 km
178 Feb 20, 2008 13:06 Thailand Ayuthaya » Ayuthaya 25055 km [*] (10) 5 (1 votes)
180 Feb 22, 2008 15:48 Thailand Bangkok » BangKok 25122 km [*] (11) 5 (1 votes)
248 Apr 30, 2008 05:37 United States San Francisco » Home 38388 km