About the Trek Located in the dead centre of the Nepal Himalaya, the Annapurna Circuit trek is a spectacular experience, and possibly one of the best hiking adventures in the world. The stunning scenery, variety of animals, convenient food and board, great exercise and plentiful sunshine all combine into a memorable experience, usually backed up by 2000 [...]
Air travel. Many people dread it. I guess it takes a special breed of masochist to enjoy being canned at 30,000 feet with a bunch of mammals, all of varied hygiene levels. Throw into the mix a healthy dose of turbulence, flatulence, and crew insolence, and you have yourself an adventure, but not the kind that you share on Facebook [...]
In April 2012, without neither a plan nor notice, I ended up returning to Banff, my dinky little hometown in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. While I was not born there, I first explored the area in 2002 after being convinced by my friend Matt that it is the proverbial “cat’s ass” (you’ll have to look up that [...]
I have been moderately fascinated by North Korea as long as I have been aware of its existence and its political system. An isolated, poor country, shunned by its neighbours and run by a psychopathic government… What’s there not to be curious about? Often referred to as “communist”, North Korea is as communist as Dick Cheney is a Democrat… The [...]
Photography is not my speciality. Even though I started documenting my travels way back in 2003 using a Fuji digicam which shot grainy 1 megapixel snaps, I only seem to get one good photo out of maybe 1000 trigger pulls… It is safe to say that Monkeetime is not and probably will not be about quality photos. For that, you [...]
Here is the second part of our journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. In this gallery you will find pics from Novosibirsk and Moscow.
This is Monkeetime’s most successful backpacking video project. I had already visited India on several occasions, and every time had judged the country to be an absolute, mind-blowing, life-altering, stomach-upsetting acid trip. All in a good way. Usually. The cultural diversity, the mix of riches and poverty, the insanely rich history, the population density and many many other factors all [...]
While working in Taiwan, myself and Derek took some time off and headed to Indonesia for 3 weeks. While not too close, the price of airline tickets went down BIG TIME, and we managed to get return flights from Taipei to Jakarta for well under $400. Thus, we hit Jakarta, Yogjakarta, Bromo, Bali, Flores and Komodo, and had 3 weeks [...]
Mongolia is a massive, landlocked, mostly deserted place where the sky seems to kiss the earth and where you easily forget that our planet is home to billions of people. Not exactly on any major backpacking routes, the country is still seldom visited, as most backpackers tend to roll through the “pancake trail” of South East Asia. Thus the land [...]
After finishing yet another contract as an English teacher in Taiwan, I decided to head to Thailand for some scuba diving and banana shakes… However, seeing that Cebu Pacific Airlines (which offered the cheapest flight) had a stopover in Manila ANYWAYS, it made sense to, well, explore a bit. Seeing that I was heading to Thailand’s [...]
Providing a combination of spectacular high mountain scenery, picturesque lowland farms and villages, a wealth of cultural interest and a challenging pass crossing, the 160km long Annapurna Circuit trek is simply superb. Tucked away between the tallest peaks of the Himalayan Range, this epic trek puts one seemingly within stone’s throw from several high peaks including Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, II, [...]
After finishing yet another contract as an English teacher in Taiwan, I decided to head to Thailand for some scuba diving and banana shakes… However, seeing that Cebu Pacific Airlines (which offered the cheapest flight) had a stopover in Manila ANYWAYS, it made sense to, well, explore a bit. Seeing that I was heading to Thailand’s [...]
About the Trek Located in the dead centre of the Nepal Himalaya, the Annapurna Circuit trek is a spectacular experience, and possibly one of the best hiking adventures in the world. The stunning scenery, variety of animals, convenient food and board, great exercise and plentiful sunshine all combine into a memorable experience, usually backed up by 2000 [...]
This is an old blog/journal writeup of mine from my adventure on the Trans-Siberian railway. Between the end of May and the end of June 2003 myself and a friend (Ed, of the China blog fame) traversed the full length of Russia on a train. Starting in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok, we spent 3 weeks getting to St. Petersburg, [...]
Hi. If your feelings are like ripe apples and bruise easily, then you need to move on and not read this. It is not a request to share opinions or exchange ideas, because if yours are different from mine, then I dont give half a fuck. This is a rant, which means, I give you my opinion. No reply needed. [...]
English Mangal Pandey, you catched the best part of my country man, we can’t feel its shame, its the way we live. just grasp whatever you like, we never push others to be like us, i know you must be thinking WTF we got, wud say so both sick & divine life All travelers sorry backpackers enjoy traveling in my [...]
There is drama over the Pushkar video, which apparently is a massive source of hurt feelings… From Neem0droid Dude, Seems like you come to India to see monkeys/Cows, lol.. And I don’t want to blame the American Tourists. there are a million good ones,who come to India to understand the culture or experience the diversities..and many more things. Seems like [...]
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