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Sunday, March 18, 2007

South-East Asia round up (for now)

As it is now exactly 6 months since I left home, I thought I'd a) give you the quiz answers and b) do a random roundup.

So, quiz answers:
1. 25th birthday: Kampot, Cambodia
2. Easy-riders: Dalat, Vietnam
3. 'Man of the Forest' = Orang utan, 'Dutch monkey' = munyet belanda = proboscis monkey
4. Thai king was celebrating his 80th birthday and the 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne when I was in Thailand
5. Mt Kinabalu: 4095.2m
6. I did a cookery course in Luang Prabang, Laos that Jamie Oliver once did
7. In my 5 1/2 months in SE Asia I stayed in a total of 68 different guesthouses/homestays.

Random SE Asia roundup:
* favourite food discovery: Laos (sticky rice and water buffalo) and Vietnam (condensed milk)
* worst food: Malaysia
* favourite city: Hanoi or Chiang Mai
* worst city: Johor Bahru (closely followed by Sandakan) in Malaysia
* best wildlife: Malaysia
* friendliest people: everyone, but Laos does stick out
* cheapest: Laos again
* most expensive: Brunei
* craziest traffic/transport options: Cambodia
* most beautiful scenery: Laos
* worst toilets: Cambodia
* best toilets: Malaysia/Singapore
* most boring/least inspiring: Brunei
* worst road: Laos (Huay Xai - Luang Nam Tha) and Malaysia (Sandakan - Bilit)
* fastest internet: Thailand

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