To traverse Asia sans air travel, covering 20,000 miles (on foot, by bike, by bus, by train, or via river transport) over six months. Apart from testing the team mentally and physically, the expedition aims to raise $75,000: enough money to carry out 3,000 life-changing surgeries across Asia through our partner, the Deseret International Foundation.
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23 September 2009 -
Tonle Sap
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21 September 2009 -
Angkor Part Two
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21 September 2009 -
Angkor
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18 September 2009 -
Killing Fields
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DAYS:
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MILES:
20,326 |
SURGERIES:
103
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26 SEPTEMBER, 2009
The End: Bangkok
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Within a few hours of crossing into Thailand my minibus was speeding through four-lane Bangkok traffic, heading for Cao San Road. Somewhere beneath downtown's skyscrapers I asked the driver to pull over. As I grabbed my bag out the back he argued that I'd only find expensive hotels in these parts, as if something in my appearance implied I wasn't a rich man. I thanked him, waved him on, then walked to the nearest BTS station. After a couple stops on Bangkok's sky train I noticed how nicely everyone was dressed, how clean everything was and how incredibly removed this side of Bangkok seemed from the rest of Southeast Asia, at least the one I'd come to know the past couple months.
Hopping off just before the river, I walked to where all the most elegant hotels run their free ferries. To the boatman's surprise, I boarded the Sheraton's.
The only passenger aboard, I stood at the stern, looking down into the black wake and then up at the Bangkok skyline as it floated by. We picked up speed and a breeze hit my slimy face. I felt my land-only passage through Asia had finally ended, somewhere back in the streets beyond the brightly-lit banks of the Chao Phya and its towering luxury hotels ..... Read more.
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Anthon Jackson, 25, is a regular contributor to Adventure Journey as both a writer and photographer. A world traveler, he has visited over 40 countries. He has a BA in Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic and no intention to settle down any time soon.
