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If you're looking for the punk scene and some chill people to hang out with go to Aguinaldo Park & Museum across from the University of Baguio. The punks normally hang out there, you can smoke free weed, throw some pesos for gin and smokes and get pretty wild. I did lose my phone that night...

I haven't hitched through all of South East Asia so I am uncertain on many places, but I was going to go over some advice for hitching in the places I traveled over the last month. Malaysia So this is probably the easiest hitch hiking I have ever done in my life depending on your location...

Photos from Critical Mass Chiang Mai on January 30th, 2015. First two photos are mine and the rest were stolen from the Critical Mass Chiang Mai Facebook page. Fifth photo shows me looking super dorky with a headlamp.

EXCLUSIVE - Children CAGED to keep the streets clean for the Pope: Police round up orphans and chain them in filth during pontiff's visit to Philippines Street children in Manila are being rounded up before the Pope's arrival Officials claim it is to stop gangs of beggars targeting the Pope...

Hey all, My friend and I have a huge, round-the-world-without-flying trip starting in May (emphasis on trains!). Was wondering if anyone had any info on hopping trains in Asia? I've ridden in Indonesia, but would love some info on riding in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, and...

Hang Son Doong, the largest cave in the world! The cave has a dense subterranean jungle, and several underground rivers... looks amazing, thought you guys would like this http://www.likeswagon.com/2014/10/vietnam-to-build-cable-car-in-worlds.html

Next month me and my girlfriend will be flying out of San Francisco and flying into Jakarta to start our little Asia adventure. so far we have tickets to jakarta then we'll be traveling north and taking a plane from Indonesia to malaysia. That's about as much as we have set in stone, other then...

Hi friends ! My name is Ezequiel, im 23, and Im from Argentina. I have spent three months in New Zealand, and in less than a week Im flying to Thailand, to start my backpacking adventure on Asia on a budget$$$, trying to visit Thailand, Cambodia (Not sure yet), India and Nepal. My idea of...

I'm beginning to plan for a trip that is WAY beyond anything I have ever done. One year from now, I would like to embark on this trip. Everything between now and then will be preparation. I've been studying in school so I can come up with some career options on the road. I've been studying music...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/28/you-may-never-eat-street-food-in-china-again-after-watching-this-video/ WorldViews You may never eat street food in China again after watching this video 92 More By Max Fisher May 19 This still from the below video shows a...

anyone up to hop from st petersburg all the way to vladivostok in september / october last year i hopped / hitchhiked from st petersburg to irkutsk with a friend (little over 6000 km) and then went down to mongolia.. this year i want to stick mostly to trainhopping and go all the way to...

Maybe a long shot, but i thought i'd try anyway. Has anyone had experience traveling or squatting in china? I'm presently working on learning Chinese, so this goal is a little ways off, but i'd love to travel and study in china for a year or so at least. Anyone have experience living in this...

Those planks... woah!!! http://www.viralnova.com/dangerous-trail-huashan/ This Might Be The Scariest Trail In The World. But You’ll NEVER Guess Where It Leads. Unbelievable. January 6, 2014 Stories We hope you’re not afraid of heights, because this even made our palms sweat. What you see below...

China’s Ghost Cities Since the autumn of 2012 I’ve been traveling around China documenting the so-called ghost city phenomenon and issues resulting from and causing a drastic rush to develop macro-infrastructure. This series is the result of my ongoing investigations about the places that have...

has anyone been to Vietnam recently and applied for a visa. I want to know roughly how much a visa costs. the info I'm finding online is sketchy and ranges from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. don't wanna get ripped off. any Info would be awesome. thanks.

I am currently thinking about getting a little boat and going as far down the Yangtze as I can stand. I'll have a 1 year work/residency permit with likely 9 months left on it. But jail in China kinda scares me, especially in some of the more rural places along the Yangtze. Can anyone offer any...

I'm currently in China teaching English. I'm bored though. I want to go around and find work in different city's/countries for a while. I've already got work setup in Thailand I think and I'm heading that way in about a week. Does anyone have any experience hitching in SEAsia or trying to find...

Stuck in Mumbai for the next month or so, then hopping freights as much as possible around the country. If anyone is around PM me. If you don't hear back from me I'm in jail.

Ok, ok so i just watched 7 years in tibet again for the umteenth time, but my curiosity remains. Has any body? thought?? been??? I hear that eastern and asain cultures its considered a prestigious, honorable and legitimate occupation to bum the world . . .

ok... well I'm still in Indo, I just hitched from bandung all the way to the border to east timor, only to find out that Immagration fucked up my passport and I've now overstayed a month becuase they didn't stamp it, the fine for that is 6,000,00 rp, which I don't have. If I say longer than...