Have been here a while- it’s still a bit of an adventure- sometimes on your travels and exploring the region - there are some magical places - that you will always remember.

For me:

 

1. A truly wonderful trip from Mandalay to Bagan - it did not start well as the Irrawaddy was flooded - but ended up with ten days on a beautiful boat- 15 passengers with 38 staff ! Always book low season.

Bagan is stunning .

 

2. Another Myanmar experience - the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon - go there at sunset- then gradually at the light fades- the lights on the pagoda come on - it is covered with sheets of pure gold - it’s extraordinary and spiritual .

 

3 . Loie- the ghost festival - a wonderful province - the festival is beyond weird - guys covered in mud - the ghosts- weird costumes I counted about 30 tourists - and even some of those great scary bamboo rockets . Another magical experience.

 

So any ideas - where to go next?

 

 

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To speak about my Thai Islands experience. Ko Tao is one of the calmest and most peaceful places of the country. I will definitely come back again there.

To speak about my Thai Islands experience. Ko Tao is one of the calmest and most peaceful places of the country. I will definitely come back again there.

I’m not quite sure if you are being serious - so popped down to my local travel agent to book - weirdly they sold me military grade body armor and an illegal taser.
Think will give that a miss - apologies if this was a genuine response .


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Luang Prabang, Laos.  Utterly charming.

1st time i went into a go-go ever, peppermint on WS

Traveling around PNG,that was 40 +- years ago,not

the same now i suspect.

regards worgeordie

12 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Traveling around PNG,that was 40 +- years ago,not

the same now i suspect.

regards worgeordie

33yrs ago i worked there for a year in the oil industry...Never forgotten the native men with bows and arrows guarding the Resort at night in Moresby... 

Best places I visited in Sth Asia, was definitely the beaches of Vietnam...

Staying on the floating huts for two weeks with the missus on chao lan lake in Khao Sok rain forest...  Amazing...

After visiting Thailand for 10 years on holiday and driving the 7 'home'; selling my business and driving home from BKK, knowing I didn't have to go back to the UK, ever. Apart from seeing my kids born, best experience ever.

Spent three months in Bhutan back in 1986 in Khaling, a village in the eastern part of the country. Along with one friend, we drove into India and purchased three computers (yes, they existed, way back then) and brought them back to Jigme Sherubling HS. Despite having power only 2-3 hrs per day, we taught the senior kids some basic programming. One day, after explaining the concept of an infinite loop in fortran, one of the students suddenly started screaming and running around the classroom. According to his calculations, he could program the mantra "Om Mani padme hum" and it would repeat one million times by the following day, guaranteeing him a place in heaven with no need to be reborn. 

Seeing his reaction, and the response of his classmates, was magical. 

in Paro, Bhutan 1986 by rob, on Flickr

Climbing the great wall of china, or

seeing a snake on the next wave whilst swimming in vietnam.

 

Many adventures all over Asia. Highs and lows all over the place.

Otres Beach, Cambodia, like Goa 45 years ago.  Any little town in Sakhon somewhere in Thailand, travelling alone and having to get out, speaking Thai and getting to know the locals.

 

Very hard to choose, but I would say Manado.

For me -- not that I am a surfer -- Pulau Nias off west coast Sumatra Indonesia.

Magsaysay in Olongapo and Bario Barreta PI.  Did have some really fun times there back in the day.  Filipinas were much more fun than their Thai counterparts imho.  Liked the food and culture better too.

5 minutes ago, connda said:

Magsaysay in Olongapo and Bario Barreta PI.  Did have some really fun times there back in the day.  Filipinas were much more fun than their Thai counterparts imho.  Liked the food and culture better too.

You like Filipino food more than Thai food?  That's something I've NEVER heard before - during my three visits to the Philippines, I found the food ATROCIOUS. 

Any trip to Suvarnabhumi Airport....heading out of LOS is always a treat.....?

1 hour ago, Colabamumbai said:

Otres Beach, Cambodia, like Goa 45 years ago.  Any little town in Sakhon somewhere in Thailand, travelling alone and having to get out, speaking Thai and getting to know the locals.

 

Calagute, Little Vagator,, Vagator, Chapora, Benaulim or Arambol?

 

Mogok, Myanmar, sunrise from Phu Chi Fa,  Full moon at the Taj Mahal, sunset at Angkor Wat and Bagan

Waking up to fresh snow at Annapurna base camp. The road between Betong and Yala

 

god, so many 

At the ghost festival, Phi Ta Korn, in Dan  Sai, the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, and being just one of six people snorkeling in pristine waters from the only long tail boat in Maya Bay, 1994.And if we are going to stretch SEA to India, sitting on top of Gokyo Ri mountain in Nepal and an audience with the Dalai Llama in  Dharamsala.

50 years ago, a visit to Angkor Wat and discovering the little jewel of Bantaey Srei. In those days very few tourists and free entry everywhere.

In Sumatra riding from Porsea to Pekan Baru . I split the ride at Sipirok. The average speed is a bit low but on the good sections one can easily get 100 -120 kph. Slower sections avoiding the cinnamon drying on the road! 

 

That was 20 years ago. Amazingly street view has now done the whole route that I did the old fashion way!

 

A slow bit

https://goo.gl/maps/zdTAq5EcgiC2

 

Medium speed

https://goo.gl/maps/EVDGP1L7mE82

 

About 120 

https://goo.gl/maps/8aWYn9i4fGu

 

 

I'd  do it again in a heartbeat.

2 hours ago, jobsworth said:

Calagute, Little Vagator,, Vagator, Chapora, Benaulim or Arambol?

 

Don't forget Colva and Anjuna, and the Margao Prison.

For a nice Metropolitan experience, I visited Kuala Lumpur last year, wow what a nice and clean place. Nice and cheap Hotels in the middle of town. lots of stuff to see. Use metro and public transport everywhere, very modern efficient and people are nice and friendly, welcoming everywhere.

My first time in SEA. I landed in Bkk late at night then the next morning at 5am had a flight to Rangoon. What a shock. We went to Mandalay for a few days then took the boat to Bagan. An amazing trip to the past. I miss the words to express my feelings.

I caught the fever of Asia at that time, never recovered since.

Regards 

Fred

First view of Angkor Wat.  Ha Long Bay, Hanoi. 

The Spaniola, Padre Paura and Del Pilar; oh the sunrises

Once saw a documentary on Bohorok Orang rehab centre on Sumatra and became an ambition to see it. I did and it was amazing. It now doesn’t exist anymore and what replaced it was a mess when I went.

Inle Lake in Burma......stunning beyond words.

Bhutan a couple of years ago. One of my most memorable 6 days ever.

Luang Prabang before it got ruined to the degree that I won’t go anymore

Seen Ankor Wat years ago, before mass tourism, Cuba, seen the Buonavista Social club musicians before they became famous, Crossing the Atlas Mountains and travelling in the Sahara with a friend, travelling around Vietnam, crossing Burma (Mianmar) From mae Sai to Mong La at the Chinese Border.....and soooo many more....country's and adventures....one life, live it a 100 %!!!

Koh libong 3 years ago this month.

 

A week of very shoddy Internet enabled me to switch off and have a great time with my GF. 

 

Only us in the resort and the resort dog who would sleep outside our door each night at our on beach chalet.

 

Would love to go back but I hear it's changed in terms of development so we dare not ruin our memories of the place.

 

We chose the place by looking on a map for somewhere we had never been or heard of.

 

Was a very carefree week, had a lovely time.