Not a backpacker in sight !!

My cheap Tiger Air flight landed in Clark, Philippines yesterday. I kind of knew what to expect, but thought it would be better than arriving in Manila at midnight.  Well, Angeles/Clark is just as bad as I thought it would be.  It's full of Sex Workers and their older male customers.  It used to be the main US Air Force Base in the Philippines.  Apparently at it's peak, there were 100,000 sex workers here.  Now there are only 10,000.

The only tourists I've seen are older men with very young Filippino girls on their arms.   Not a backpacker in sight.

I fly to the islands and beaches in the Visayas tonight.  It has some of the best diving, snorkeling and beaches in the world.  Can't wait to get out of here.  This place is creeping me out.

Great Thai food and massages, and some new photos from Dave

The tour of Asia continues.  I think I was getting a little burnt out with all the travelling in India and Burma, but I'm now recovering on the beaches in Thailand.  Hey, someone has to do it.

I flew from Burma to Thailand on Feb. 5, and enjoyed some great Thai Food and Thai Massages in Bangkok.  Originally I planned on just a quick stopover in Thailand, since I've been here before.  But, I was moving my flight dates anyways, so decide on adding 3 weeks in Thailand.  

I met up with Stefan by chance in Bangkok.  We had traveled together for a few days in Burma, and get along really well, so we decided to head to Ko Chang, which is a nice island only 5 hours by bus and boat from Bangkok.  I plan on spending about 12 days on this island before flying to the Philippines for a month.  Yesterday we rented Motorbikes and toured the coastline of this mountainous, jungle clad island.  We also rented a kayak for a couple days, and paddled through the Mangrove forests on the remote east coast..  I think it might be hard to leave this paradise.

I've posted a new album on Bangkok and the beaches and jungles of Ko Chang Island

Photos posted at:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UfMBTquWwvTZ8UYy9

Burma
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xEG58unnuPyD3YHP6

Kuala Lumpur
https://photos.app.goo.gl/r2cUPm48S4UxD9zaA