rtw quickies #6

- 7-eleven was a life saver in singapore, malaysia, thailand and hong kong. water, drinks, snacks, meals, you name it. i've never been to one while living in the US. 

- while checking in on a hotel in koh samui (thailand), the receptionist couldn't find my name on my passport and put my name as "masculino" on the check in sheet.
 
- i loved the egyptian food, but i went to mcdonald's once there. it's still the best drunk food ever.

- in hong kong, people spoke a lot of hindi to me. in egypt, it was either spanish or arabic. yeah, multinational looks.

- small airplanes have way longer taxiing times than the big ones. don't know why.

- crocodiles don't need much food. half a chicken is enough for a couple of days. they get most of the energy they need from the sun.

photos - monkeys

all shots taken at the holy monkey forest in bali, indonesia

 

 

 

 

rtw quickies #5

- in egypt, more people spoke arabic to me than english (i do look arab).

- while in halong bay, vietnam, i found out i’m slightly double jointed. things make more sense now.

- i only had to check my backpack twice for the flights. same with my guitar.

- i didn’t see a mcdonald’s in laos, cambodia or vietnam. rumor has it that there’s one in ho chi minh (vietnam) though. 

- there’s loads of stray cats in singapore, malaysia and egypt. sick stray dogs in thailand, and huge stray dogs in greece.

rtw numbers: transportation

- it was a total of 16 flights (19 if you count stop overs) with 9 different airlines
22 inter city buses
15 boats/ferries
9 inter city vans
6 trains

- most expensive flight must have been from bali (indonesia) to johannesburg (south africa), with a stop over in doha (qatar).. i bought a package, so i don't know the individual prices..

- the sleeper trains in asia (and even a sleeper bus) are cheap, and very comfortable. i think the whole rocking thing helps..

- one of the best flights was actually 3 (!): brisbane - melbourne - adelaide - singapore.. i know, it was a ridiculous route, but it was all they had available.. i sat on the emergency row on the first flight (roommy!), the second flight was empty, and ond the third i watched a lot of good entertainment on the individual screen (like a movie with megan fox and an iron maiden documentary).. AND they served (good) food every couple of hours!

- my longest journey was from bali to durban:
i left the place i was staying at 8pm,
took a taxi to the airport,
waited 2 hours in line for immigration and customs,
boarded the plane 5 minutes before scheduled departing time, plane was 15 min late
stop over in singapore, waited an hour, boarded back on the same plane,
stop over in doha (qatar), waited 2 hours, boarded on a new plane,
landed in johannesburg, took a taxi to the bus station,
waited there 4 hours for the bus, then took the bus to durban,
arrived durban, took a taxi to the hostel...
> (very) long story short: door to door in 35 hours!

- i also spent my whole birthday between taxis, buses, airports and airplanes, going from durban to pretoria to johannesburg to cairo (egypt)...

rtw faq #5

q: why did you do this?
a: couldn't find a reason not to.

q: was it worth it?
a: every penny spent and every minute experienced.

ps: shortest post ever.

photos - greece

greece was good for fisheye shots, as you can tell..

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