06/02/2013 – 333 days/28865 miles

I headed up through the Dieng Plateau, a beautiful and quiet area, not too far outside of Yogyakarta (pronounced Jogjakarta, and often just called Jogja). The name Dieng comes from Di Hyang, which translates to “Abode of the Gods.” There … Continue reading →

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04/25/2014 – 295 days/26085 miles

Melaka is a nice quiet town (but has terrible mosquitos…if you come here, bring extra bug spray!), so I decided to stay a couple days longer than I originally expected. As you walk around the city, it feels incredibly diverse, … Continue reading →

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03/13/2014 – 252 days/22870 miles

I saw two different temple sites today. In the morning I went to Koh Ker, then stopped at Beng Mealea on my way to Siem Reap. Koh Ker consists of 180 individual sites spread out over 30 square miles. Not … Continue reading →

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03/12/2014 – 251 days/22781 miles

While doing some more detailed planning of my route through Cambodia, I was having issues with what I was seeing on my map, and what I was seeing on Google Maps.  Seems like there were lots of main roads missing … Continue reading →

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12/29/2013 – 178 days/16603 miles

From Jaisalmer, I headed to Jodhpur, just for a one night stop. I arrived in the afternoon and had time to take a stroll around the fort in the center of the city, and also get a glimpse of why … Continue reading →

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Gandan Style – Photos of Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulaanbaatar

I’m now in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s thriving capital, where half the country’s population lives. Finding it too easy to linger here, I have not yet been packrafting, so instead I’ve been seeing some of the sights. And those include Gandantegchinlen Khiid. It was one of the...
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Angkor Wat?

To visit an historical site in New Zealand often means a visit to a Māori pā site which will involve standing in a grassy field, or on a headland, looking at a ditch which marks an old fence line, perhaps another which denotes a storage area. Don’t get me wrong it’s always...
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Would you like fried tarantula with that?

The sun was setting and the tuk-tuk drivers were swarming… welcome to Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s bustling and confusing capital city. The glossy, neatly paved Riverfront area boasts travel agents and tourist restaurants as far as the eye can see. A short walk will take you...
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