[JPM Travel Journals] SOUTHEAST ASIA 00/01 Jets to Bangkok A Low Xmas Smoking Monks & Slow Boats in Cambodia The Seventy-Five Cent Saigon Crewcut Sortie Inevitable

SOUTH EAST ASIA Dec 2000 - Jan 2001 Thien Mu Pagoda. Hue, Vietnam. Jan 2001. 16 Dec 00 - 17 January 01. Bangkok Thailand. Floating Markets, City Streets, Temples, and the dreaded magnetic Khao San Road. Xmas in Ko Chang, gulf of Thailand. Overland across Cambodia by truck, bus, and boat. Overnight in Battambang. Boat to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat ruins in the jungle. 32 hour overnight cargo boat to Phnom Pehn. Saigon to Hanoi via three overnight trains in Vietnam. Stays in coastal Nha Trang, imperial Hue, and a trip to the scarred DMZ. Water puppets, the old quarter, and Apocalypse Now in Hanoi. Flight back to Bangkok for a hectic afternoon, and then two days in Paris on the way back to USA. Jets to Bangkok >> ©2001 JPM. All photography and writing copyrighted.