This page belongs to Hans (Last updated: 13.09.2006)

I am now on a backpacker trip to Asia, New Zealand and Australia. The pictures below give an impression of where I am and how I'm doing...

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On January 13 I left from Sandefjord Airport Torp. The pictures below are taken there:

Thailand (13/1-17/1):

Thailand is the first country I visits on my trip. I was picked up at Bangkok Airport in order to join a group of 12 people travelling through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia for almost a month. The trip is organised by Intrepid Travel, and is called "The Great Indochina loop":

The pictures following hereunder are slide shows. Press the buttons to navigate through each show...

Bangkok (14/1+15/1): There are beautiful buddhist temples eveywhere...

People are living on and from the water ways...

Chiang Mai (16/1): Here we went on a jungle trip, on the back of an elephant...

Chiang Khong (17/1): Near the border with Laos. From here we went on a two-days boat trip on Mekong River...

Laos (18/1-25/1):

Mekong River (18/1+19/1): Beautiful sceneries and buddhist temples along the riverside...

Luang Prabang (20/1+21/1) Beautiful sceneries and people...

Fantastic view but cold water...

Buddhist monks on an early gathering...

Vientiane (22/1+23/1): On the runway just before takeoff the nose wheel exploded...

... but a private plane took us safely to Vientiane...

Ninh Binh (24/1+25/1): Here we stayed in private accommodations and played soccer with the local kids...

... berfore we were taken out on a sunset trip by riverboat...

Vietnam (26/1-4/2):

Halong Bay (26/1): Halong Bay with its very special limestone formations and caves...

Hanoi (27/1+28/1) Navycut is cool...

Not to be be mistaken for a local inhabitant...

The balloons probably offer a nice overview over Hanoi...

Andy, one of my travel mates and I posing in familiar roles...

Whosyadaddy?!

Hue (29/1+30/1): A beautiful old imperial city on the banks of Perfume River...

Hoi An (31/1-2/2): Life can be so beautiful, with nice beaches, delicious food and foot massage...

... I wonder why she covered her nose...

Ho Chi Minh City (3/2+4/2): Sweet dreams, before plunging into the sights of Ho Chi Minh City...

We literally dived into the fascinating history of the Vietnam war... The caves dug by the Vietcong were not meant for sizes above 'M'.

Cambodia (5/2-10/2):

Helen, another travel mate in a private room (dunnies) near the border between Vietnam and Cambodia...

Helen G. dancing a local streetdance...

A local restaurant serving...

... what Ali tastes here...

... and I also could not resist... Yummy!

I survived...

Phnom Penh (5/2+6/2):

The capital of Cambodia has a fascinating, but also deeply tragic history...

Pol Pot killed more than a generation...

Siem Reap (7/2-9/2):

Impressions from Angkor... Just breathtaking...

Memories from a tragic past...

While nature tries to cover it all...

Living on and from this water is truly different from what I am used to...

Thailand (10/2-28/2):