Recently we said goodbye to Steve Bouey’s father John. After traveling for 3 weeks through Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, he is currently on a plane from Saigon back to his home in Oakland, CA. It was a good few weeks and the TWBR knowledge of composting and organic biosolids has certainly increased as a result of his stay […]
Category Archives: Asia
It’s actually quite easy.
August 11, 2007 – 5:28 am
A week does not go by without hearing the question, "How are you two funding this adventure?" The usual answer if we have the energy, takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 minutes. Of course we go through the usual explanation of the generosity of Stevinson Toyota, followed by the list of the rest of the […]
Blame it on the Rain
August 10, 2007 – 9:49 am
In the early planning phases for the World by Road, we wanted to be as flexible as possible in determining our route and setting timeframes for each country. There were, however, a few macro-level timeframes that we wanted to maintain to make overland travel in certain regions of the world as easy as possible. Namely, we […]
What is that smell?
August 7, 2007 – 8:09 am
At home we all have different ways of doing our laundry. Some of us use a certain type of detergent with a certain smell, others use a special rinse or dryer sheet. As a wee lad friends of mine would end up with my clothes and depending on who it was, their parents would wash the […]
10,000
August 6, 2007 – 8:04 am
Just a little notice for those of you that may not have seen on the homepage. We have broken 10,000 miles! Along with this we have now also visited 10 different countries. The miles should start to turn over more quickly in the coming months. Our exact entry date into China should be available to us […]
Vietnam Photos
August 5, 2007 – 5:37 am
Although our time in Vietnam was cut short by not being allowed to bring the trucks into the country, we still managed to see some pretty cool sights in Ho Chi Minh City and south along the Mekong Delta. Check out the photos in the gallery. http://theworldbyroad.com/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=7186
You Guys Have it Pretty Easy
August 4, 2007 – 10:00 am
This is a statement we get from a lot of other travelers we meet on the road. The Toyotas stand out like a sore thumb anywhere we go and within minutes of parking them, whether it be at a guesthouse, a border crossing, a national park entrance or a popular attraction, we find ourselves deep in […]
Remote borders
August 3, 2007 – 3:46 am
We have reached the last town before the border of Laos here in Cambodia. Internet is pretty much non-existent here, so this update will be brief. After 3 hours in Stung Treng, our quest to get across the Mekong to the last stretch of highway into Laos has come to an end. One night here […]
There is Something About the Countryside
August 2, 2007 – 10:10 pm
It is exciting to drive into new cities. The everyday hustle and bustle of people in cities throughout SE Asia is quite a site to see. Cities also provide an opportunity to restock on some supplies such as batteries and cash. However, after a few days of being in a city, whether it be Bangkok, […]
The new definition of a road.
August 1, 2007 – 9:45 pm
NH is basically the same denotation as the I for interstate in the US. Here in Cambodia a NH or National Highway is not exactly the same as our definition of an interstate. These roads can vary from the first road that we drove on here from Poi Pet to a pretty well taken care […]
