Just looking at the Wikitravel page for Ratchadaphisek, the part of Bangkok I will be spending my first few days in, makes me all fuzzy and excited inside. The Wikitravel entry says that "touristy sights are basically non-existent in this neck of woods." Think about that for a second. That means that good old Ratchada actually became SO much more of an interesting place to stay. Less interference, and more genuine Bangkok noise, pollution and systematic chaos.

The main itinerary is now ready, and the long haul tickets are booked. I leave Oslo on February 7th 2008, and will fly Air France via Paris to Bangkok, where I will spend a week meeting old and new friends. Later I will go to the Krabi province to meet some more friends and recharge my mental batteries for up to a week.

I have updated the site with a more simplistic look and feel because I had a feeling that the old theme clogged things up a bit. The site hasn't been updated much lately, but I'm soon going on a trip to new adventures far away, and I hope to write about it here from time to time. I've personally enjoyed reading through the submissions from my previous trip two years ago, and many of my friends told me that they had good fun reading about the crazy shit that happened to me back then.

The itinerary is not quite ready just yet, but it will include Thailand, Laos and Vietnam (with the places I didn't get time to visit last time) and hopefully with a trip to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

I'm beginning to plan my next trip abroad, and this time I'm thinking of visiting Lebanon and Syria to learn more about this region of the world, the people and their culture.

I suppose I will attempt to get going some time this summer. From what I can see, I have several options on getting there, depending on when I want to go. One is with Air France from Oslo via Paris to Beirut with a total cost of around NOK 5100, and another is with Czech Airlines from Oslo via Prague to Beirut with a total cost of around NOK 3500.

Time to get started on some serious planning.

Several of my friends have asked me about my experiences in Thailand because they consider going there themselves, and I often reference to the letters I wrote on my blog from there. I also have fun reading through these postings from time to time to enjoy the memories of a vacation in a way that I've never experienced before.

These articles have always been available from the button "The traveller" on the top bar. Unfortunately, Drupal (the content management system that I use) do not support changing much in the polarity of the sorting, so all articles start at the end and end at the beginning. That's why I've created this index page over these articles. (Click read more to see the entire list)