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We have bicycle toured in Central/South America, Asia, Australia, and Canada

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**General Travel Information For Southeast Asia**
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Travel Southeast Asia

Travel Thailand

Travel Bangkok, Thailand

**Travel in Cambodia and Angkor Wat**

**Travel Cambodia**

**Travel Angkor Wat**
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**Travel Vietnam**

**Travel Vietnam**
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Cycling, Budget Travel in China

China by Bike

China by Bike: Taiwan, Hong Kong China's East Coast (By Bike)
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Lonely Planet China

Rough Guides China

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Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook

Let's Go China

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ITMB China Map
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National Geographic Traveler China

Culture Shock China

Tibet Overland: A Route and Planning Guide for Mountain Bikers and Other Overlanders

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Travel China

Travel Hong Kong

Travel Great Wall

Asia shopping Books Maps DVD's Buying For Sale

Book, Video, and Software Store

Bicycling
- World Bicycle Travel Books and Videos
- Famous Bike Movies
- Bike Racing
- Cycling History and Bike Culture
- Bicycle Mechanics

Arizona
- General Information for Arizona
- Apache Indians
- Ghost Towns in Arizona
- The Lost Dutchman Mine
- Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking in Arizona
- Biking in Arizona
- Prescott Arizona

Mexico
- General Information About Mexico
- Mexico City Information
- Mexican Archaeological Sites and Ruins
- Maps of Mexico and Mexican States
- Movies
- Chiapas
- Copper Canyon and the Tarahumara Indians
- Learning Spanish
- Miscellaneous

Central America
- Guatemala
- El Salvador
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama

South America
- General Information
- Inca Archeological Sites, Ruins, and Culture
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Argentina

Southeast Asia / China
- General Information
- Thailand
- Cambodia and Angkor Wat
- Vietnam
- China
- Hong Kong
- Silk Road
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Indonesia

Languages
- Learning Spanish
- Learning English

Equipment
- Computer and Software
- Shortwave Radio
- Mp3
- Miscellaneous

Finances
- How to Save Money
- How to Invest
- Newspapers and Magazines

Future Destinations
- Central America
- South America
- Other

Miscellaneous
- Birding
- Books We Read For Pleasure
- DVDs that We Carry
- How to Make Movies
- Herbs, Massage and the Natural Healing Arts
- RV Repair and Service

INDEX #3: SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06

1North and Central America 3-30-02 to 4-17-03	2 South America 6-3-03 to 6-17-04	3 SE Asia / China 11-22-04 to 9-15-06	4 Australia 9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand 9-16-07 to 5-2-08	6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA 5-3-08 to present	Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX	Where are we now? BLOG and latest news

November 22 - December 15, 2004
Thailand
Bangkok, to Aranyaprathet, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
Thailand #1

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia

LETTER Thailand: Landing in a Whole New World.

Best Place to see Pictures
Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Bangkok, Thailand
- Royal Barge Museum
- Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand
- Wat Phra Kaew and Temple of the Emerald Buddha
- Pictures of Wat Pho
- Bangkok to Chanthaburi, Thailand.
- Island Ko Samet National Park
- Thailand's famous Thai Food
- Chanthaburi to Aranya Prathet and the Cambodian border.

December 16- January 16, 2004

Cambodia and Angkor Wat
Poipet to Tien Bien, Cambodia

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime.

Best Place to see Pictures
Cambodia Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Pictures of Poverty in Cambodia: Poipet to Siem Reap
- Picture from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Temples Bayon, Angkor Thom
- Ta Prom (Temple where Tomb Raider was filmed)
- Preah Khan, Neak Poan, Eastern Mebon, Banteay Kei, Ta Som, Pre Rup
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Tuol Sleng S.21 Museum of Genocidal Crime
- Killing Fields of Pol Pot Cambodia
- Phnom Penh to Tinh Bien

(January 16 - February 17 , 2005)

Vietnam #1.
Tinh Bien to Cau Ganh, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)

Best Place to see Pictures
South Vietnam Thumbnails

Full size Picture Pages

- Chau Doc to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
- Floating Market and Boat Trip Tour
- Vietnam War Remnants Museum
- Cuchi Tunnels, Saigon, Vietnam
- Cuchi Tunnels Cu Chi near Saigon, Vietnam
- Pictures from Dalat, Vietnam
- Bicycling from Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot
- Jun Village
- Buon Ma Thuot to Cau Ganh

(February 18. - April 2, 2005)
Vietnam #2.
Cau Ganh, to Lang Son, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam.

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)

Best Place to see Pictures
North Vietnam Thumbnail Pictures.

Full size Picture Pages

- Cau Ganh to Hoi An
- Hoi An, Vietnam
- China Beach to Hue.
- Marble Mountain
- The Citadel in Hue
- Impoverished Highland Market Can Cau.
- Poverty Village of Bac Ha.
Hanoi water puppet

(April 3 - May 21, 2003)
Guangxi, China
Pingxiang to CongJiang, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Finally in China!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Three Years and Still Going

Best Place to see Pictures
Best Thumbnail Pictures of Guangxi, China

Full size Picture Pages

- Pingxiang to Nanning, China
- Nanning, Guangxi to Liuzhou
- China's Karst Topography Landscape.
- Liuzhou to Yangshou, Guangxi, China
- Zhuo Yue English College in Yangshuo, China
- Li River bamboo boat trip in Yangshou..
- Ancient Chinese Stone Village of Fuli.
- Impressions light, dance, and music.
- Mountain biking through Yu Long Valley.
- Guilin to Congjiang Guangxi, China
- Reed Flute Cave Guilin China.
- Ping'an Guangxi, China.
- Dragon's Backbone and Rice Terraces.

May 22 - June 27, 2005

Guizhou and Hunan, China
Congjiang to Zhangjiajie National Park China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Guizhou, China

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Made in China: Free Birds in a Caged World!

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures of Guizhou, China.

Full size Picture Pages

- Congjiang to Kaili, Guizhou, China
- Kaili Guizhou - Wulingyuan National Park, Hunan.
- Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie) National Park, Hunan.

(June 28 - July 15, 2005)

Beijing, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Beijing, China daily Blog and Journal

Best Place to see Pictures
Best and favorite pictures from Beijing, China

Full size Picture Pages

- Pictures from Beijing, China
- Pictures of Forbidden City, China
- Summer Palace
- Great Wall from Jinshanling Simatai, China.
- Badaling Section of the Great Wall of China

(July 16 - Sept. 3, 2005)

Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China.
Beijing to Xian, Shaanxi, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog)

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.!

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures from Inner Mongolia, China.

Full size Picture Pages

- Beijing to Jining, Inner Mongolia.
- Grasslands of Jining, to Wuchuan (near) Hohhot
- Hohhot to Bautou, Inner Mongolia, China
- Wudang Lamasary
- Bautou to Yulin, Shanxi, China with Photos from Genghis Khan's Mausoleum.
- Yulin to Yanan, Shaanxi, China
- Chairman Mao's Headquarters and Residence in Yanan, China.
- Yanan to Xian, Shaanxi, China.
- Terracotta Warriors #1
- Terracotta Warriors #2.

(Sept. 4 - Oct. 29, 2005)

Sichuan, China
Chengdu, to Zongdian, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Sichuan Blog

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Into Occupied Territory: Tibet!

Best Place to see Pictures
Sichuan Thumbnail Photos

Full size Picture Pages

- Giant Panda Breeding Center #1
- Red Panda in Chengdu, Sichuan, China #2
- Chengdu to Kangding.
- Kangding, Sichuan, located in Southwestern China.
- Mugecuo Lake near Kangding, Sichuan, China.
- Kangding to Xinduqiao
- Xinduqiao to Tibetan Home Stay.
- Tibetan Home Stay to 4718 meter (15,475 feet)
- to Litang, Sichuan, China.
- Litang Lamasary Tibetan Buddhist Monk Monastery
- Litang to Sumdo, Tibet
- Sumdo to Xiangcheng
- Xiangcheng to Derong, Tibet.
- Derong, Sichuan Province to Tibetan Shangri-La, (Zongdian)

(Oct. 30 - Dec. 24, 2005)

Yunnan, China
Zongdian to Mohan, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Yunnan daily blog - journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Out of China: slipping past the watchful eye of censorship.

Best Place to see Pictures
Yunnan thumbnail photos

Full size Picture Pages

- Shangri-La, - Lijiang - Dali, China.
- Dali to Jingdong, Yunnan
- Jingdong to Puer
- Puer to Jinghong, Yunnan, China
- Xishuangbanna Tropical Flowers and Plants Garden.
- Mengla to Mohan, Yunnan, China (border with Laos))

December.25, 2005 - January 23, 2006

Laos
Boten to Vientiane

Cindie's Daily Journals
Laos daily blog journal

Click here for our first downloadable video called
"LAOS: VIDEO POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD.

Best Place to see Pictures
Laos Thumbnail pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Boten to Oudomxia, Laos.
- Laos Wood Carving Factory
- Oudomaxi - Luang Pabong
- Luang Phrabang, Laos: Monks, Wats, and a boat tour on the Mekong River.
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #1
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #2
- Vientiane, Laos

January 23 - March 12, 2006

Northeast Thailand
Nong Khai, Thailand to Bangkok

Cindie's Daily Journals
Northeast Thailand Blog and Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Four Years DownTheRoad!

Best Place to see Pictures
Northeast Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Nong Khai to Dan Si
- Dan Si to Lop Buri
- The Ancient Ruins and Historic Temples of Ayuthaya
- Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

(March 13 - April 18, 2006)

Southern Thailand
Hua Hin to Satun, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's latest daily journal for South Thailand. Now with over 4 years of entries!

5 minute Thailand Video
http://downtheroad.org/video/Files_Video/2Thailand_DownTheRoad.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures from South Thailand.

Full size Picture Pages

- Hua Hin to Ranong
- Ranong to Krabi
- Boat Tour of Ao Phang Nga Bay
- Ko Lanta Beach to Satun Tropical Thailand

(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)

Malaysia #1
Langkawi, Malaysia to Parit Buntar

Cindie's Daily Journals Malaysia

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please

Best Place to see Thumbnail Pictures of Malaysia

Full size Picture Pages

- Langkawi to Nebong Tebal
- Underwater World Aquarium Langkawi
- Bird Paradise, Langkawi, Malaysia.
- Malaysian Home Stay and Cyclist Guest House.
- Traditional Tamil Indian Wedding
- Malaysian Home Cooking and Traditional Food
- Hand Made Pottery Factory
- Chinese Fishing Village and Party.
- Toddy Plantation Farm and Palm Oil Production.
- Malaysian Chinese Temple of Heaven and Hell.
- Malaysian Indian Hindu Temple and Religious Ceremony

(May to August, 2006)
Malaysia #2

Tanah Rata to Taiping, Malaysia

Cindie's Daily Journals

Video: Malaysian David's Cyclist Home Stay (5:35 min)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/3Malaysian_Cyclists_Home_Stay.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures of Malaysia #2

Full size Picture Pages

- Cameron Highlands Trails and National Park
- Butterfly Garden
- Boh Tea and Sungai Palas Tea Plantation and farm
- Mardi Research Center, Tanah Rata
- Tanah Rata, Cameroon Highlands, Malaysia
- Indian Fire Walking Ceremony at the Hindu Temple
- Our 8th Wedding Anniversary the Cultural Indian Way
- Chinese Cultural Opera and Traditional Arts Celebration
- Malaysian Indian Religion
- Malaysian Guesthouse and Homestay #2

(July - Sept. 15, 2006)
Malaysia #3 and Singapore.
Taiping, Malaysia to Singapore

Cindie's Daily Journals for Malaysia

Best Place to see Pictures
Malaysia #3 and Singapore

Full size Picture Pages

- Penang hill Chinese Temple
- Taiping to Melaka, Malaysia.
- Taman Alam Kuala Selangor Natural Park
- Melaka, Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
- Cheng Hoon Teng Temple and Chinese Hill (Bukit China) Cemetery
- Melaka, Malaysia to Singapore

1North and Central America 3-30-02 to 4-17-03	2 South America 6-3-03 to 6-17-04	3 SE Asia / China 11-22-04 to 9-15-06	4 Australia 9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand 9-16-07 to 5-2-08	6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA 5-3-08 to present	Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX	Where are we now? BLOG and latest news

Our 1st book
The Road That Has No End

How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.

Our 2nd book
Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.

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We have used several brands of bicycle panniers and highly recommend Ortlieb. See Why we switched to Ortlieb waterproof Panniers?

Tents and ground cloths
Sleeping Bags
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Cycle Touring Racks: Why chromoly steel is best.

Heavy Duty Travel Tested
Sealed Cartridge Hubs.

Take a look at the strongest hubs built specifically for touring

Touring Bicycles

How to Buy a Used or New Custom Touring Bicycle and existing Bike Upgrade Guide.

What years on the road have taught us.

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Bicycling - World Bicycle Travel Books and Videos - Famous Bike Movies - Bike Racing - Cycling History and Bike Culture - Bicycle Mechanics

Arizona - General Information for Arizona - Apache Indians - Ghost Towns in Arizona - The Lost Dutchman Mine - Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking in Arizona - Biking in Arizona - Prescott Arizona

Mexico - General Information About Mexico - Mexico City Information - Mexican Archaeological Sites and Ruins - Maps of Mexico and Mexican States - Movies - Chiapas - Copper Canyon and the Tarahumara Indians - Learning Spanish - Miscellaneous

Central America - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama

South America - General Information - Inca Archeological Sites, Ruins, and Culture - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina

Languages - Learning Spanish - Learning English

Equipment - Computer and Software - Shortwave Radio - Mp3 - Miscellaneous

Finances - How to Save Money - How to Invest - Newspapers and Magazines

Future Destinations - Central America - South America - Other

Miscellaneous - Birding - Books We Read For Pleasure - DVDs that We Carry - How to Make Movies - Herbs, Massage and the Natural Healing Arts - RV Repair and Service

Cindie's Daily Journals Thailand #1

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime.

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal

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Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam.

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Cindie's Daily Journals Finally in China!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Three Years and Still Going

Cindie's Daily Journals Guizhou, China

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Made in China: Free Birds in a Caged World!

Cindie's Daily Journals Beijing, China daily Blog and Journal

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog)

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.!

Sichuan, China Chengdu, to Zongdian, China

Cindie's Daily Journals Sichuan Blog

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Into Occupied Territory: Tibet!

(Oct. 30 - Dec. 24, 2005)

Yunnan, China Zongdian to Mohan, China

Cindie's Daily Journals Yunnan daily blog - journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Out of China: slipping past the watchful eye of censorship.

Cindie's Daily Journals Laos daily blog journal

Cindie's Daily Journals Northeast Thailand Blog and Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Four Years DownTheRoad!

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's latest daily journal for South Thailand. Now with over 4 years of entries!

(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)

Cindie's Daily Journals Malaysia

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List) Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please

Cindie's Daily Journals

Cindie's Daily Journals for Malaysia

Bicycling
- World Bicycle Travel Books and Videos
- Famous Bike Movies
- Bike Racing
- Cycling History and Bike Culture
- Bicycle Mechanics

Arizona
- General Information for Arizona
- Apache Indians
- Ghost Towns in Arizona
- The Lost Dutchman Mine
- Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking in Arizona
- Biking in Arizona
- Prescott Arizona

Mexico
- General Information About Mexico
- Mexico City Information
- Mexican Archaeological Sites and Ruins
- Maps of Mexico and Mexican States
- Movies
- Chiapas
- Copper Canyon and the Tarahumara Indians
- Learning Spanish
- Miscellaneous

Central America
- Guatemala
- El Salvador
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama

South America
- General Information
- Inca Archeological Sites, Ruins, and Culture
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Argentina

Languages
- Learning Spanish
- Learning English

Equipment
- Computer and Software
- Shortwave Radio
- Mp3
- Miscellaneous

Finances
- How to Save Money
- How to Invest
- Newspapers and Magazines

Future Destinations
- Central America
- South America
- Other

Miscellaneous
- Birding
- Books We Read For Pleasure
- DVDs that We Carry
- How to Make Movies
- Herbs, Massage and the Natural Healing Arts
- RV Repair and Service

Cindie's Daily Journals
Thailand #1

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime.

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam.

Cindie's Daily Journals
Finally in China!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Three Years and Still Going

Cindie's Daily Journals
Guizhou, China

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Made in China: Free Birds in a Caged World!

Cindie's Daily Journals
Beijing, China daily Blog and Journal

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog)

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.!

Sichuan, China
Chengdu, to Zongdian, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Sichuan Blog

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Into Occupied Territory: Tibet!

Yunnan, China
Zongdian to Mohan, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Yunnan daily blog - journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Out of China: slipping past the watchful eye of censorship.

Cindie's Daily Journals
Laos daily blog journal

Cindie's Daily Journals
Northeast Thailand Blog and Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Four Years DownTheRoad!

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's latest daily journal for South Thailand. Now with over 4 years of entries!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join List)
Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please