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Bargain Prices on Elephant Torture in Chiang Mai

Oct 5, 2013 by Daniel McBane 18 Comments

Elephant riding in Chiang Mai Thailand

Most visitors to Thailand have a good-sized list of things they want to experience in the country and riding an elephant is usually one of them, but if they knew the treatment those elephants are forced to endure, most would probably make a new list. The problem isn’t the riding itself, though. Unless, you top […]

Filed Under: Thailand Tagged With: animals, Chiang Mai, Thailand, transportation

Survive New Delhi Station and the Rest of India is Easy

Sep 21, 2013 by Daniel McBane 14 Comments

walkway over trains at new delhi station

New Delhi railway station serves as a great introduction to India in that it combines much of what is annoying about the country into one location. Every visitor to India will have stories of annoying touts and scams and some people will have nothing but. In actuality, only a small part of the country provides […]

Filed Under: India Tagged With: annoying people, Delhi, India, scams, transportation

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: Choose the Correct Chairlift or Suffer

Aug 31, 2013 by Daniel McBane 6 Comments

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain near Lijiang, Yunnan

When you imagine spending a day in the mountains, you don’t generally picture yourself second-hand smoking hundreds of cigarettes amidst thousands of people in a large, dimly lit room, but that’s pretty much what a day on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Xueshan in Chinese) near Lijiang in China‘s Yunnan province looks like for […]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: annoying people, China, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Lijiang, transportation, Yunnan

Bagan by Horse Cart: The Best of Three Bad Options

Aug 10, 2013 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Horse cart approaching a temple in Bagan

When most people think of Myanmar, they imagine a hazy, flat plain with hundreds of reddish-brown stupas poking up above the patchy tree cover. The area they are picturing is called Bagan. It lies in Myanmar’s dusty central plains on the banks of the Irrawaddy River and is characterized by not hundreds, but thousands—over 2200, […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: annoying people, Bagan, Myanmar, scams, transportation

Leaving Danba Difficult Thanks to Minivan Drivers

May 25, 2013 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Couple Strolling Danba
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Visiting Danba in Sichuan, China

Following our measly breakfast, it was time to head back to Danba. After our experience with the drunk driver the previous day, we were naturally not all that excited at the prospect of hiring another van to take us back to town. We asked our hosts if they could help us find a sober ride, but [read more…]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: annoying people, China, Danba, transportation

Hiring a Tibetan Driver and Somehow Surviving the Experience

May 11, 2013 by Daniel McBane 6 Comments

Tibetan House Danba China
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Visiting Danba in Sichuan, China

After exploring the villages of Zhonglu and Suopo, it was time for lunch. If you remember, our driver felt we should have stopped for lunch much sooner and was none too pleased when 10 am rolled around and we still hadn’t eaten, but he was in a much better mood now that we were finally [read more…]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, Danba, homestay, locals, Sichuan, Tibet, transportation

Exploring the Tibetan Villages of Zhonglu and Suopo

May 4, 2013 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Zhonglu Village Danba
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Visiting Danba in Sichuan, China

Last week, I wrote about our first afternoon and evening in Danba, which were spent getting a hotel room, arranging a car and driver for the next morning, eating an average meal, and buying fresh fruit and a giant bag of peanuts to supplement that meal. I created quite a little mountain of [read more…]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, culture, Danba, hiking, Sichuan, Tibet, transportation, villages

Danba in Western Sichuan: A Tibetan City I was Actually Allowed to Visit

Apr 27, 2013 by Daniel McBane 14 Comments

River in Danba China
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Visiting Danba in Sichuan, China

Traveling around the Tibetan areas of China is best done without much of a plan, as government policy on travel in those regions can change from day to day. It can be quite annoying, to be honest, and I certainly felt that annoyance on my most recent [read more…]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: bad food, China, Danba, Sichuan, Tibet, transportation

Oh What a Fun Shenzhen Visa Run!

Apr 6, 2013 by Daniel McBane 12 Comments

Shenzhen Visa Run Map

Chinese visa policy changes on a seemingly weekly basis, but one aspect that remains constant is the frustration—frustration with the bureaucracy, frustration with the inefficiency, but mostly frustration that a country as large as China only allows visitors to stay long enough to see about one percent of it. I felt that frustration again on […]

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, transportation, visa

Hanging off the Side of Mandalay’s Crowded Public Transport

Apr 3, 2013 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Public Transport Myanmar

You’ll find a lot of options for getting around in Myanmar, but only the most expensive offer any comfort. Most are crowded at best, like the pickup truck above on the streets of Mandalay, and downright painful at worst. I was stupid lucky enough to try just about all of them during my time in […]

Filed Under: Funny Photos, Myanmar Tagged With: culture, funny image, Mandalay, Myanmar, transportation

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As the more astute among you may have guessed, my name is Daniel McBane. I've been traveling and working overseas for almost ten years now and have finally decided to document some of the strange, crazy or just plain funny encounters and observations from my travels. I've also added a travel guide section, figuring I should reward my four readers by providing at least something of use. Read more on my about page.

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