Introduction in Russian
Alex Mumzhiu: "Молодость, наша
безвозвратно улетевшая молодость, всё золото мира не сможет
тебя вернуть!", - сколько раз мы слышали и читали подобные
сентенции! Вернуться в молодость трудно, но не невозможно!
Достижения современной науки и техники позволили герою этого
рассказа съездить в свою молодость на два месяца и даже вернуться
обратно. Ниже будет приведено подробное описание, воспользоваться
которым может каждый желающий повторить этот эксперимент....
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20 January 2000 
Alex Mumzhiu: I arrived in the
city of Bangkok Jan 19 2000. I noticed that from the time
of my last visit in 1994 the assortment of consumer products
sold by street vendors considerably improved. Previously it
was only grasshoppers, now you can buy a big black bugs....
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24 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Road from Thailand
to Angkor Wat is 100 mi. 8 hours butt torturing. These who
selected this route are real hard core backpackers. They look,
feel and smell like tourists from our student years.... full
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27 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am 3-d Russian speaking tourist at Angkor Wat, according to two Russian
speaking employee selling tickets. In reality Angkor Wat is easily to reach.
From Bangkok only one day and $9. There are no apples and
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28 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I already left Thailand.
I started my trip around Indo-China peninsula from Bangkok
with my American/English/Japanese friend Howard Wrathal Jan
on 19th, 2000. In Bangkok we observed wide variety of local
food: bugs, larvae, grasshoppers.... full
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29 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Phnom Penh is considered
to be the Paris of South East Asia. They really have something
from the Paris here: French planning of the streets and good
coffee, also menu in restaurant in French, however there are
no forks, chopsticks only. But this Paris require a lot of
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30 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: My friend Howard
Wrathal was born in England, works for United Airlines as
a stuard, married a Japanese women and lives in Narita. I
know him from 1994, when we did scuba diving together in Thailand.
He is very good travel partner because as a stuard he knows
how to treat people.... full
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31 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: For lunch went to
best local restaurant and order Morning Star salad. It looked
like parsley, I hope it was not drug or something like this,
and I don't have to report it if I decide to run for public
office. As I said marihuana leaves sold at vegetable market....
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31 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: This morning I flipped
channels (mostly movies on Chinese) and I noticed one local
movie in English. I decided it is local because it was very
political incorrect and it was a lot of local animals there.
Later there was melody "Flinston mister Flinston...." full
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31 January 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I would recommend
everybody who will stop here in Phnom Phen this remarkable
restaurant - Ponlok on the bank of Mekong river. Food is wonderful,
choice is incredible. The thick, slightly soiled menu book
contain 200 items with color pictures of all dishes. Price
$2-3-5. Also, they treat you like a royalty.... full
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1 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Dear readers of
my notes, you made my day today. I received eleven emails,
which I attribute not only to my unique way of spelling words
but also to snow storm in your part of the globe. And because
most of my readers are not interested in making more babies
(this is what most Americans do when the weather is so bad)
they decided to sent me letters.... full
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5 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am in Saigon now.
It took me 10 hours and $8 to get here from Phnom Phen. I
do not understand how they can keep price so low. The damage
to minivan from hitting road with bottom of the car should
considerably exceed $80 they collected from 10 passengers.
When you get to Vietnam from Cambodia it is like to Western
Europe from Cheliabinskaia Oblast. (Russia).... full
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8 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I moved to backpackers
ghetto, and feel very comfortable here. There are more then
a dozen of Internet cafes here, hotels, restaurants and travel
agencies specializing on backpackers. I took two day trip
to Mekong delta. Mekong is serving as a garbage dump.... full
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12 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am in Nga Trang.
Right from the train I rushed to the diving shop and went
to scuba trip. On the same boot I met orientologist from the
Moscow, Illia and his beautiful oriental wife Irina. I completely
understand why he selected his profession.... full
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14 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: An interesting guy
I met yesterday at local restaurant. He looked like 150% Italian,
but Italians do not travel. They think there is nothing in
the world more interesting then Italy. And he was very tall
not like most Italians. We both struggle with do-it-yourself
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17 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: As I wrote before,
these world travelers are really socially concerned people.
Once, I was lectured for giving money to begging children,
because these children who get money by the begging will never
work in their life. So these world travelers play with children,
instead of giving them money...... full
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18 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I went yesterday to the Champa's holy site called My Son. I already
wrote you about Champa. Some of my emails get lost, so I will repeat.
My Son is considered to be the ancient Champa's Kingdom counterpart to the
grand cities of SE Asia's other India-influenced civilizations....
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19 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: One of my subscribers
(who is not a backpacker) was so exited about my trip that
he decided to repeated it. I should warn him and other potential
copycats that in order to have as much fun as I have, a several
conditions have to be met. Let me describe them.... full
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21 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I met two long term bicyclists in FaiFoo. On the first picture below
on the left, one in the blue shirt is Phil from England, who is traveling
non-stop for 3.5 years.
On the right there is Thomas from Germany, who just started
4 months ago. You *should know* the guy in the middle....
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21 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Some more pictures:
On first picture is another bar scene to tease you. Girls around me are Azel
and Linda, you have seen them before. Guy next to Azel is
Markos.... full
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23 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am back from Halong
Bay trip. 3000 islands vertically extending from Tonkin Bay
are magnificent, but weather was bad. Hanoi remind me Leningrad
in November 7-8 in the old days when city was covered with
red banners and it was rainy and cold.... full
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25 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Today I went on
a trip to the Perfume Pagoda, a famous Buddhist temple (Chinese
influenced, unlike Champa, which is Indian influenced). There
was a thick crowd of worshipers, who did not respect the temple
in our western way, they ate, drank, and smoked in the temple.
They threw garbage on the floor too. However they probably
do not consider this wrong.... full
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25 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Some more pictures
1. On first picture there is a Vietnamize BBQ. One who saw
the book "critter cusine" can recognize this picture.... full
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26-27 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: Vietnamese cultural
features: While I was on a train I could not find a place
to throw away the orange peel and asked conductor. She showed
on the floor, there was no garbage can on the train. When
people in my rail car finished breakfast (it was included
in ticket price) they throw away plastic caps.... full
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28 February 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: One of my friends
and subscribers suggested me to stop my association with backpackers
and move to more decent living environment. I'm hearing these
not for first time. My grandmother 40 years ago told me: "Alex,
you have to stop carrying backpack like a gopnik (bum)....
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1-3 March 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am in Vientiane
- the capitol of People Democratic Republic Laos. It is like
returning to the lost empire. I flied from Vietnam on "spisannom"
(removed from inventory) soviet airplane. In the hotel bathroom,
the water is heated by soviet vodonagrevatel (water heater)....
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3-5 March 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: If somebody asked
me which country on SE Asia to go, if he has time just for
one country, I would say Laos. Laos, according to Lonely Planet,
is least developed and the only not overpopulated spot in
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9 March 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: My trip is coming
to end. And by the end, I had couple of pleasant and adventurer
episodes. In Vang Vieng I met two bicyclists from four, I
described you before. Jeff, an Australian guy traveling for
2.5 years. Jeff has unusual face, because his grand grand
father was Chinese. He looks like very tuff guy.... full
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13 March 2000
Alex Mumzhiu: I am in Bangkok now.
At the last day in Luang Probang, I was invited to wedding
party of brother of guesthouse (where I stay) owner. There
was a lot of ethnical stuff there. I was tying the rope on
the bribe hand, which should bring joy and happiness to new
family and also guarantee from divorce.... full
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