any avid traveller/backpacker in here?

[flamey]

as above... im very interested in travelling since young... its only now that i have the moolas to do it

planning to backpack thru Southeast asia sometime soon... anybody has experience in doing this? needs guidance as in where the 'cant miss' places and stuffs...

[acidjazz]

Need a partner?

[flamey]

can also!

[acidjazz]

Which part of SEA? u mean vietnam, thailand, buma sorta thingy?

[flamey]

Which part of SEA? u mean vietnam, thailand, buma sorta thingy?

yup...

would wanna travel by land as much as possible... more shiok!

[SpiderOne]

im planning to go after christmas . tibet . burma . then bangkok and get smashed .

[acidjazz]

i will by flying over to Burma some time next month. . . have a friend who stays there.

I wld prefer backpacking in Europe!! haha. . but need a lot more mollas. .

i think its more fun and safer if u backpack in pairs, instead of solo-ing. Some SEA countries are kinda dodgy.

[flamey]

i will by flying over to Burma some time next month. . . have a friend who stays there.

I wld prefer backpacking in Europe!! haha. . but need a lot more mollas. .

i think its more fun and safer if u backpack in pairs, instead of solo-ing. Some SEA countries are kinda dodgy.

me juz covered europe last may but not those eastern erupoe countries la..

was really an eye opening experience...

i believe backpacking thru S.E.A would be more challenging given the temperate and also the 'not so safe' factors

i went to europe with a partner... it was fun la but ultimately both of u have to have the exact same interests and wavelength... good friends doesnt necessarily make good travelling partners!

give u an example dat happened during my trip... the plan was we only stayed in liverpool for one night before proceeding to manchester... but due to me loving the football club so much i din want to leave early n my friend being an ardent man u fan said its nt fair for him as it will mean dat he will sacrifice time he wil have in manchester...

end up we split up for one night before i join him in manchester...

[flamey]

im planning to go after christmas . tibet . burma . then bangkok and get smashed .

get smashed? tibet sounds cool... during the last natas fair i flipped thru information bout tibet.... looks interesting...

maybe i should wait for my ex colleague to go back myanmar... then i follow him..

[ervine]

SEA is safe lah bros... the chances of getting mugged at gun point is so much lower than some european countries. The only unsafe thing is perhaps some of the transportation methods, eating the wrong food (although I've eaten fried crickets off street vendors without issues).

So far I've been to Cambodia, Vietnam, parts of Thailand, going to Laos end of the year etc...

I hope to visit the whole of SEA over my lifetime... and in fact, I travel partly coz of work, coz I'm a photographer... so I go take photos of places I go to.. heck people send me to these places to take photos...

Now's the best time to go really... budget airlines and the internet have opened these countries up a lot...

Happy Travelling!

[flamey]

SEA is safe lah bros... the chances of getting mugged at gun point is so much lower than some european countries. The only unsafe thing is perhaps some of the transportation methods, eating the wrong food (although I've eaten fried crickets off street vendors without issues).

So far I've been to Cambodia, Vietnam, parts of Thailand, going to Laos end of the year etc...

I hope to visit the whole of SEA over my lifetime... and in fact, I travel partly coz of work, coz I'm a photographer... so I go take photos of places I go to.. heck people send me to these places to take photos...

Now's the best time to go really... budget airlines and the internet have opened these countries up a lot...

Happy Travelling!

thanks for the insight bro... when r u goin laos? just to take pictures? nice....

[ervine]

thanks for the insight bro... when r u goin laos? just to take pictures? nice....

Yeah take photos and just relax... going over the Christmas to New Year holidays with a couple of close friends...

I heard Laos is a great place to go, really laid back... but it's a little hard to get there, we're going to fly to Chiang Mai, then make our way across the Laos border, down the Mekong to the capital Vientianne, then back across the Thai border to Bangkok then back home...

[SpiderOne]

i dont plan to backpack per se . but just live in the mountains and medditate . u know what i mean ? i cant go overseas now especially not thailand since my IC still green . but 1 and a half more months . oh yea

[ervine]

i dont plan to backpack per se . but just live in the mountains and medditate . u know what i mean ? i cant go overseas now especially not thailand since my IC still green . but 1 and a half more months . oh yea

hehe u go "backpacking" with the green backpack?

[searching4dan]

green backpack with helmets and green canteens (waterbottle)??

with a bit of greeny on ur face??

mediating in the mountains sia..

[flamey]

Yeah take photos and just relax... going over the Christmas to New Year holidays with a couple of close friends...

I heard Laos is a great place to go, really laid back... but it's a little hard to get there, we're going to fly to Chiang Mai, then make our way across the Laos border, down the Mekong to the capital Vientianne, then back across the Thai border to Bangkok then back home...

hey bro any pics to share

post it here la... maybe anybody who wants to share pics of their time at other countries can post it here...

[hammerhd]

hey hey BP through most of northern thailand and a bit of cambodia.

Thailand is a interesting place to BP as their $$ is smaller than ours but cambodia is a bit $$ as they deal in USD.

Will post pics if you want but only after this month cos incamp lah.

[flamey]

hey hey BP through most of northern thailand and a bit of cambodia.

Thailand is a interesting place to BP as their $$ is smaller than ours but cambodia is a bit $$ as they deal in USD.

Will post pics if you want but only after this month cos incamp lah.

hey bro... pls pls posts pics... would love to see them...

[flamey]

hmmm maybe i can start the ball rolliing with a few photos..

a tower that need no introduction...

[flamey]

La cite de Carcassone in toulouse, france.

largest medieval fortress in europe

[flamey]

venice, italy

[flamey]

'coffee shop' in amsterdam

space cake anyone?

[flamey]

hmmm blue man in the streets of dublin... he stayed in that position god knows how long...

[flamey]

foot of eiffel...

[terryansimon]

a friend of mine once planned to ride a motorbike from Singapore to China... I had to decline him due to the obvious fact that I do not have a motorbike license.

although with that being said, I still am tempted to go on a round-the-world journey on two wheels, given how I've read The Long Way Round, chronicling the adventures of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on their BMWs.

I'm digressing but. I want to backpack too!

and I have no photos to contribute. =(