From A Wanderluster To The Other Lost Souls

One of the most beautiful places I've visited in my 27 years of life has been Cambodia. It's no wonder Angelina Jolie loves this place so much, that lady has taste. After over a month of backpacking in South East Asia I made it through Cambodia by land from Bangkok, Thailand. I took a cheap train to Poipet, which is in the border of Thailand and Cambodia, and one of the first images that caught my attention was a truck pilled with detained illegal immigrants from Cambodia being returned to their country. For a second I thought to myself "what the heck am I getting into?", but I decided to continue my journey to the country. Once I had passed customs I proceeded to pay the Visa Fee (35 USD) which would grant me a 30 days tourist visa. Whilst I was quite used to the many stories that other backpackers had said regarding the corruption of the country, I was still impressed at seeing Chinese tourists turning in their passports to get their stamps with extra cash, e...

Without a doubt Thailand is one of the most famous and vibrant countries in South East Asia that no backpacker can skip. Within the South East Asia region, it's one of the safest and most developed countries; with good roads although not necessarily good drivers, with a decent connection within the country, a railway network that connects the main cities and most of the country. Last summer, I was lucy enough to explore a good portion of the country, so I'll divide this post according to the regions I went to and the recommendations I consider appropiate. BANGKOK The capital of Thailand, and unnavoidably the fist stop for most South East Asia trips is a beautiful and perfect disaster. It's a massive city, with more population than countries like New Zealand and the unspoken rule for locals to try to rip off tourists. Once you get off the plane, your first duty is to get to your hostel, which hopefully will be near the KaoSan road, for reasons I'll explain late...

About a week ago I started a 2 months adventure backpacking throught the South East of Asia and my first stop was Kuala Lumpur, the main reason is because it's one of the cheapest airports to fly to in the region. Another reason was that there I was to meet two of my classmates from my exchange program in the USA, at UWEC, Yanying and Emelia. I shall mention that Yanying is who I spent the most time with and she made it her personal task to show me Malaysia all the way. First, when you arrive to KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) you can take the KLIA Express that's 100 MYR round trip and takes about 30 minutes to KL Sentral or you can take the bus that'd take about an hour for a lot less money. As soon as I got to Kuala Lumpur, I learnt rule number one the hard way: always, and I mean always, go to the bathroom with toilet paper or tissues. And I don't only stress this because it's not uncommon to become ill with the water or food, but also because normally...