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Location: Singapore
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Cambodia, Laos, Thailand - 9900 km, 7 Weeks
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand - 9900 km, 7 Weeks
Here are some photos and tips from my seven-week 9900 km counterclockwise ride from Singapore around Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos during February and April 2012. During March the bike was laid up in Bangkok for clutch repair.
The bike is a mature BMW 1998 R1100R with 140,000 km on the odometer. It brought me to Thailand half a dozen times but this was my longest single trip on it. (Vancouver-Newfoundland at 18,000 km and Vancouver-Guatemala at 16,000 km in the 1980s on an R75 went much farther but in less time).
This trip I set goals to (1) finish each day's riding by early afternoon and (2) rest one day after at most every two riding days. In this way I avoided riding in the sweltering heat of the tropical afternoon; I could eat lunch in a clean restaurant most days (I never got sick, except at a Chiang Mai sushi bar where I overdosed on soy sauce MSG); and if anything went wrong I would have hours of daylight in which to resolve the problem. I averaged 400 km per riding day, about half that of previous trips, and 200 km per total trip day, about one-third that of previous trips. There was time for scuba diving and a visit to Ankor Wat with my wife who flew up from Singapore.
The Itinerary
The journey (in hotel nights per city) was:
1 Hat Yai (JB Hotel 07.01328,100.47644)
2 Koh Samui (Palm Island Hotel 09.53523,100.06902)
2 Hua Hin (Veranda Lodge 12.56018,99.96274)
1 Pattaya (Pattaya Center Hotel 12.93173,100.87968
1 Koh Kong (Dugout Hotel 11.61014,102.98288)
3 Sihanoukville (Coolabah Hotel 10.609087,103.522571)
4 Phnom Penh (Billabong Hotel 11.56612,104.92054)
6 Siem Reap (Hanumanalaya Residence 13.374629,103.8623)
1 Surin (Majestic Hotel 14.88974,103.49707)
2 Khon Kaen (Pullman Hotel 16.429453,102.830347)
1 Nakhon Phanom (Riverview Hotel 17.382545,104.793933
1 Bueng Kan (The One Hotel 18.35849,103.64796)
3 Bangkok (Mac Boutique 13.74182,100.55319)
1 Udon Thani (Grand Royal Hotel 17.410076,102.790017)
2 Vientiane (Sengtawan Riverside 17.967023,102.59343)
1 Vang Vieng (Riverside Bungalows 18.920902,102.444913)
1 Phonsavan (Nice Guest House 19.45021,103.21890)
2 Luang Prabang (Hotel de Lyon 19.87967,102.14267)
1 Luang Namtha (Zuela Guesthouse 21.00285,101.40903)
1 Chiang Rai (Starbright Hotel 19.90546, 99.83268)
5 Chiang Mai (Dusit D2 18.78635,99.00002)
1 Phitsanulok (Pailyn Hotel 16.818488,100.261885)
1 Kanchanaburi (Royal River Kwai 14.055749,99.457321)
1 Hua Hin (Veranda Lodge 12.56018,99.96274)
1 Surat Thani (The One Hotel 9.14073,99.333253
1 Hat Yai (JB Hotel 07.01328,100.47644)
47 Hotel Nights
26 Riding Days
The Route
Counterclockwise (not including Malaysia):
The Bangkok-Bueng Kan leg (south in a pickup truck then north on the bike) was the unexpected result of the clutch failure.
Koh Samui
For Singaporean riders, most rides to Thailand begin and end with the one-day 900km dawn-to-dusk North-South Expressway run between the cities of Singapore and Hat Yai through the length of peninsular Malaysia - as boring as spending a day on Interstate 5 or 95 in the USA but without much speed enforcement. It is a toll road but two-wheelers go free and fuel is subsidized - it's nirvana for superbike riders except for the heavy traffic. The speed limit is 120 km/h but it doesn't matter how fast you go, you will be passed by someone faster while you keep your eyes peeled for (rare but present) wheel-shattering detritus lying on the road ahead. The black BMWs hurtling by at over 200 km/h with their headlights flashing are almost as scary as the made-in-Malaysia Proton Wajas rattling past at 160 with no lights at all - and the smoking trucks you swerve around that are only making 60. The ride is so intense I do it in five evenly-spaced stops (Pagoh, Dengkil, Tapah, Semmangul, and Gurun) with lots of water in and out and a light snack at each stop but no meal, to avoid after-lunch drowsiness.
The first night was in Hat Yai, as usual, with a satisfying and inexpensive dinner at the Swan Pub (7.004515, 100.472479). The JB Hotel is a cheap and tired hotel but with secured parking and a safe but walkable 1.5km distance from the preferred terrorist bombing targets downtown. Beautiful downtown Hat Yai, as seen from the hotel:
In the morning it is another half a day's ride to the Koh Samui ferry terminal at Don Sak (9.32800,99.7433) where a relaxing 90 minute voyage into the Gulf of Thailand awaits:
Marlboro Monk:
The tourist and diving facilities on Samui are good:
And so is the diving - there nothing like a day on the boat to relax after a day on the bike:
Hua Hin
After Samui, a visit to Hua Hin to see an 72-years young expat I met by chance in Starbucks. Look at the three-bedroom house $250,000 buys a Thai wife (foreigners cannot own houses) in a gated Hua Hin community:
That's him and his Thai wife at the barbeque.
The nearby Veranda hotel where I stayed is not bad either - that's the sea on the other side of the hotel:
Crossing Bangkok
Motorcycles are not permitted on Thai toll roads, nor are they allowed to ride in the inside lane on an expressway. The latter rule is rarely enforced, but the former certainly is: during my first trip to Thailand I was turned away at the Bangkok expressway tollbooth, to the cacophony of much angry honking as I tried to go backwards, trapped in a sea of bumper-to-bumper cars.
Navigating across Bangkok is a problem. The Garmin Southeast Asia GPS map does not know where motorcycles can and cannot go, and setting it to "Avoid Toll Roads" will not lead it to the Phra Pradaeng motorcycle ferry; neither will Google Maps route there (at time of writing). Here is one way to cross Bangkok on a motorcycle between Highway 35 from Hua Hin on the west and Highway 3 to Pattaya on the east, discovered through trial and error:
West side:
A) 13.68055,100.47108: Hwy 35 (Rama II Rd) to Hwy 303 (Suk Sawat Rd)
B) 13.65897,100.51898: Junction Hwy 303 to Hwy 3104 (Nakhon Kuan Rd)
C) 13.65713,100.53403: Motorcycle Ferry West Bank
East side:
A) 13.65639,100.53906: Motorcycle Ferry East Bank
B) 13.64265,100.59425: Junction Hwy 3113 (Phuchao Saming Phray) to Hwy 3
C) 13.52378,100.64507: Hwy 3 (Sukhumvit Rd)
And what it looks like on the ground, crossing the Chao Phraya river by ferry, surrounded by scooters and mangoes, halfway between Hua Hin and Pattaya:
Meanwhile the cars are sailing by up there on those modern bridges in the background ....
There was no safe in the Pattaya hotel room so I went to stash some spare cash and cards under the huge, heavy old CRT-type TV before going out for a walk, but under the TV set I found a small and dusty plastic packet of creamy-white powder! In less than a second I flushed the mystery drug down the toilet.
Highway to Koh Kong
The border at Khlong Yai, Thai side:
And the border at the Cambodia side (Cham Yeam), with a much longer line up:
I had to ride from the Cambodia side back to the Thai side and back again because the border crossing where I entered Thailand (Sadao) provides only one computer-generated form, the Customs Declaration form, while the Immigration at the Cambodia side at the Khlong Yai border expects two other documents, the TM2 Information of Conveyance and the TM3 Passenger List, with Thai stamps on them. It was easy to get these from the Thai officials at Khlong Yai when exiting the Thai side, but I didn't know I would need them so I had cross back to Thailand back to get them ... under the hot sun. Although Cambodia Immigration wanted these forms, Cambodia Customs didn't care! The Cambodia customs official asked me for the papers for the bike. I showed my original Singapore document to him. He asked me for a photocopy. I said I didn't have one. He said not to worry about it in that case, and to have a pleasant trip! So I entered Cambodia without any motorcycle import papers of any kind, and had no problems leaving the country without papers either. Total border crossing time was about an hour.
Highway from Khlong Yai to Koh Kong:
Koh Kong
The Dugout Hotel in Koh Kong:
I asked the owner (an Aussie) why the hotel is called the Dugout. He said originally there were two partners who owned the hotel. One of them was named Doug. He was so difficult to deal with that when the second partner bought him out, he renamed the hotel the Dugout because at last Doug was out!
Notional safety in the Dugout Hotel:
Water-cooled tuk-tuk. Note the white plastic water tank in front of trailer:
The town must be spoiled for choice from satellite channels:
The only impressive building in town is the Koh Kong Tax Branch building:
Cambodia has wonderful people but a serious littering problem:
Koh Kong town, my first taste of Cambodia:
Highway to Sihanoukville
Slow down going around blind curves:
Traders buy retail petrol at stations like these and sell it in small quantities at high markups (often out of booze bottles) along the way:
Enjoy the ride:
Beggars with missing arms and legs (blown off by UXO) are common in Cambodia:
Clinic wide open to the sidewalk - good ventilation, but imagine lying there on display:
This character was very friendly to passers-by:
Tire repair shop - where to go if you need air, since petrol stations rarely have a functioning air supply:
Padded panties!
Diving in Sihanoukville:
Around Sihanoukville, which I found a agreeable town for a visit:
Police Post:
Highway from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh
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Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh traffic:
Close-up of water-cooled Honda:
Most of the tuktuks are pulled by these Honda Dreams, to which a water tank and an intravenous drip are added. About two drops per second drip onto the cylinder head to cool it. I have yet to see this ingenious engine-saving device in any other country:
You can buy nearly anything on the sidewalks of Phnom Penh:
National Museum:
Eye and lung protection - but pity the spine:
Wat Ounalom:
Yum - snout!
Russian Market:
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum:
The Killing Fields at Choeung Ek:
Happiness Pizza:
The diner below looks like he had too much happy in his pizza:
Around Phnom Penh:
Highway from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Mostly good road, but continual random hazards:
School's out:
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat:
Ta Phrom:
Banteay Srey:
Banteay Samre:
Preah Khan:
Siem Reap
But just outside the tourist area:
Highway from Siem Reap to O Smach
The speed limit seems a little low for the driving conditions:
The bike was an attention-getter:
One man asked me what the bike cost. When I told him about US$5,000, he exclaimed, "You can by a tuk-tuk for that!"
O Smach order crossing back to Thailand. Almost no traffic on this route. Efficient, quick, and friendly on both sides. Total border crossing time about 20 minutes. Cambodia side:
Thailand side:
The King's choice: Canon G9. These photos were taken with the same camera (G11):
The elephants' graveyard for expats:
I love you so much, teeruk:
Highway from Surin to Khon Kaen
It would be tempting to roll on the throttle, but you can't see what lies beyond the dips:
Hazards like this:
Khon Kaen
The Pullman, formerly the Sofitel. My hotels cost from $10 to $150, this one being at the higher end.
A bar in Khon Kaen next to the shopping mall. What a great concept!
Khon Kaen is also a popular expat retirement destination:
Nakhon Phanom
Nakhon Phanom seemed a clean and cheerful place, with some good hotels along the Mekong River, not to mention many joggers:
Breakdown at Bueng Kan
The clutch broke, fortunately on the Thai side of the Mekong, just 4 km before the ferry and 1 km from the town of Bueng Kan. I coasted to a stop on the highway:
At first I thought it was the clutch cable, and I had a spare cable with me. Then I saw this piece lying on the ground:
At first I thought it would be an easy part to replace; I'd just have to wait in Bueng Kan while I had the part FedExed to me, then I'd install it myself.
So I rode the clutchless bike (not easy!) to a brand new hotel in Bueng Kan and checked in:
From my room I did some internet research to determine the part number, and called the dealers in Singapore and Bangkok. I learned that the part was not available in Thailand or Singapore and would take 7-10 days to arrive at a dealer. The dealer in Bangkok said that this was only the second time in fifteen years that they had ordered this part.
It also turned out that replacement of the part requires the swingarm and shaft drive to be pulled back several inches, which requires a workshop, a large socket wrench, a heat gun, and a torque wrench; I walked around the town and could not find these in Bueng Kan. The part is obscured by the drive train and ordinary tools cannot even reach it. Prior to 1994, replacement of this part (nearly identical on all boxers for over thirty years) could be done with the tools in the tool kit in five minutes; after 2000 the part was eliminated when BMW introduced a hydraulic clutch. Just my luck that this is a 1998 bike!
The nearest airport to Bueng Kan is in Udon Thani, 200km distant. So the safest and cheapest solution was to hire a truck (S$800) to take the bike and me to Bangkok, leave the bike there, and fly home (S$70) until it was ready. The staff at the hotel found a truck for me for the following morning, and were very helpful. The drive to Bangkok took twelve hours, and by evening my driver was popping pills to stay alert. My GPS, with the Bangkok BMW dealer's coordinates pre-loaded, was essential to guide the driver once we reached the periphery of Bangkok as she did not know Bangkok at all. My driver, who is 60, drove skillfully, and spoke only Thai and Isaan/Lao:
The front seat was not very comfortable:
Lunch with my driver and her son on the way - duck tongues! They are eaten like escargot - just pull the beak open, drag out the tongue with great force, and chew it like a block of rubber. I didn't try one! I ate rice:
This three-wheeled motorcycle is ridden while looking out the hole in the front. Note the driver grooming himself in the rear-view mirror:
Udon Thani
The bike repair took less than two weeks and I resumed the ride from Bangkok a month later, staying overnight in Bangkok and Udon Thani. The hotel is on the right:
Bueng Kan/Pakxan
The Thai side of the Mekong. Based on previous experience (my fuel pump burned out near Chiang Mai a few years ago and I had to leave the bike behind for a month) I assumed that I'd have to pay a penalty for failing to export the bike within the required time frame, but the customs man didn't care and I was through the Thai side of the border quickly. Like at O Smach, there was hardly any traffic at this crossing (18.395384,103.615775) and the staff were efficient and friendly:
The ferry to Pakxan:
It took some clutch smoking to ride the bike from the muddy downward slope up and onto the ferry ramp, as you can see from the truck doing it. The R1100R has only a 17 inch front wheel; it would have been much easier on a BMW GS model with its 19 inch front wheel:
Pakxan border crossing, Lao side:
Even though I already had a visa (from Singapore) I had to wait one hour while the staff ate lunch before I could be processed. Then the woman worked hard to generate the import paper for the motorcycle. Total border crossing time, including waiting for the ferry: About four hours:
Meanwhile her colleagues did nothing; in the room next door the man is playing a computer game and the other woman is watching TV:
Highway From Pakxan to Vientiane
My hotel (Sengtawan Riverside) on the left, with underground parking:
The People's Security Museum, into which people are not permitted, perhaps for security reasons. It is closed to the public:
One of countless wats in Vientiane:
Nothing moves quickly in Laos:
The lively night market:
Everyone is a millionaire in Laos:
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I'm not a foodie (three clean "nourishment intervals" a day are all I need), but I enjoyed the food in this Frenchman's (the man on the left below) Alsace restaurant:
This was the first course of a three-course meal costing just a few dollars:
Highway from Vientiane to Vang Vieng
Note the Tiger Beer advertisement sponsoring the highway sign:
Watch out for the dips where the pavement ends, sometimes every few hundred meters. Just when you think the going is good, you have to hit the brakes:
Lao are a generally cheerful and friendly folk:
Vang Vieng
Vang Vieng is so given to tourism it's as though a resort corporation bought the town, added hippie theme park decoration, vendor kiosks, bars, and restaurants all offering the same low-end products and services; evicted all the villagers; and hired them all back as shopkeepers, waitresses, and masseuses to serve all the backpackers. I'll be back!
Beerlao seems to have a monopoly on signage:
Appetizers on the menu:
Highway from Vang Vieng to Phonsavan
Morning rush hour:
The road to the viewpoint:
The viewpoint at 1500m. At last, cool temperature!
These ladies thought I must be a dashing hero for riding alone from Singapore on a motorcycle. They took turns taking their photo next to me. I felt like Goofy at Disneyland, or Brian in "The Life of Brian."
But these children were less than impressed:
That's the road down there:
With some of it stuck here:
The Nice Hotel, with motorcycle parked behind the gate:
The rooms are nice enough for one night:
Plain of Jars, outside:
... and inside:
Highway from Phonsavan to Luang Prabang
Highway 7 and parts of Highway 13 are at least as good a ride as the Mae Hong Son loop in north Thailand, and more scenic:
This shot was taken at 19.533507,103.096435
Every home has its satellite dish:
This was the only rain during the seven weeks, about 15 minutes of it:
Flat tire, quickly patched with the "Stop & Go" tire plugger:
Luang Prabang
Public market:
Nearly a week to go to Songkran, and already the water madness is starting:
A classic Citroen and Mercedes in a classic town:
Highway from Luang Prabang to Luang Namtha
The 70 km from Muang Xai to Ban Ai One was mostly a rocky dirt road because most of the pavement had washed away. It took several hours to cover that distance in first and second gear. After Ban Ai One, the pavement was absolutely perfect - even with a nicely painted dotted line, the first I'd seen in days.
Pigs were common and dangerous (if hit) road hazards:
But even the pigs wouldn't touch these red-hot chillies:
I turned around at the Chinese border:
An all-too-common scene:
All the "road kill" I saw on the trip was in Laos. I found Lao drivers courteous and unaggressive, but they must have a drinking or fatigue problem to go off road so often.
Luang Namtha
The Zuela Guesthouse was good value and otherwise clean...
... but the sheet was yellow on one side and white on the other and those wrinkles were there before I sat on the bed.
Boys practicing their aim for Songkran:
This Unimog was on a journey!
Luang Namtha to Houei Xai
I'm going to miss these highways:
Houei Xai
Waiting for the ferry. Thailand is on the other side of the Mekong:
Climb the stairs to the Temple of Customs to do the paperwork ... that really is customs up there.
The rear wheels of the truck dropped into the gap between the road and the ferry gate, causing bags of cement to slide off the back of the truck. Another half hour sitting under the hot sun as this was resolved. The truck barely made it off the ferry. Total border crossing time, including waiting for the ferry: four and a half hours:
Chiang Mai
Highway near Chiang Mai:
Doi Suthep, looking down on Chiang Mai:
It was Songkran (Thai New Year) - time to park the bike for safety's sake:
After a night in Chiang Rai and five in Chiang Mai getting my tire replaced and waiting for Songkran to end, I continued south.
The temperature between Chiang Mai and Phitsanulok was nearly 40 degrees C (104 F). I stopped every hour, drank a liter of water, and poured more water into my mesh riding suit to get a few minutes of coolness.
Highway From Phitsanulok to Kanchanaburi
The Garmin Southeast Asia map thinks this is a secondary highway:
I thought I'd try a shortcut through Phutoei National Park:
But the road turned to a traffic-free track which got narrower and darker while the gumbo got deeper. 40 km more of this at 5 km/h with only a couple of liters of water on hand did not seem like a smart idea:
So I turned around and went the (slightly) longer way.
That's better!
The River Kwai:
The (replacement) bridge over the river Kwai:
The war cemetery, where 7,000 POWs rest, mostly Australian, Dutch, and British.
The resort - $50 off-season:
Surat Thani to Hat Yai
Rubber plantation just south of Surat Thani:
All-purpose adjustment tools - some of them would be illegal to import to Singapore:
And after a night in Hat Yai, the dawn-to-dusk freeway slog back to Singapore, snacking like a horse:
Other than clutch failure and a flat tire, I encountered no problems. The fuel reserve light never came on, the bike didn't fall over, and neither did I. I was never stopped by police nor marked for bribes at border crossings.
I used the Garmin map for Thailand and the GT Rider map for Laos. For Cambodia I plotted routes at home on Google Maps and converted the routes to Garmin tracks (GPX files), which could then be followed using my Garmin Oregon. This worked well but next time I will use Open Street Maps together with the Garmin Southeast Asia map-the entire OSM routable world map fits in a GPS (18GB); its coverage for South East Asia is generally good.
Before leaving home I used websites like Agoda to identify two hotels in each town where I might want to stay and I loaded their coordinates as waypoints in my GPS, with backup copies in an Excel spreadsheet and on paper. I did not book ahead except when I was heading to a big city. When it was time to call it a day, I navigated to one of my preselected waypoints and checked it out. I was never disappointed. I could sometimes get a discount from the internet rate because the hotel saved the booking commission. I covered the bike each night and parked it in front of the hotel door or in the hotel's secured area and never had a problem with tampering.
I loaded in the GPS the coordinates of the BMW dealers:
Chiang Mai BMW- Barcelona Auto 18.80589,99.01639
Bangkok BMW - BKK Motorcycle 13.702374,100.516866
Phuket BMW - Barcelona Auto 7.903163,98.388357
And major clinics and hospitals in the area from public sources, just in case I should need to go there on my own:
Sihanoukville - CT Clinic 10.627288,103.522464
Phnom Penh - International SOS 11.55969,104.924964
Phnom Penh - Royal Rattanak Hospital 11.573646,104.896949
Phnom Penh - Calmette Hospital 11.581298,104.91578
Siem Reap - Khmer-China Clinic 13.35716,103.853838
Siem Reap - Royal Angkor Hospital 13.381614,103.826487
Bangkok - BNH Hospital 13.724966,100.535041
Bangkok - Bumrungrad 13.74642,100.552368
Udon Thani - AEK Udon Hospital 17.398489,102.80327
Udon Thani - Wattana Hospital 17.421536,102.783714
Vientiane - Australian Embassy 17.934923,102.617621
Vientiane - CMAF Centre Medical 17.958985,102.619359
Vientiane - Alliance Medical 17.970304,102.574625
Luang Prabang - International Clinic 19.88663333, 102.13455
I made this cheat sheet of biker phrases in English, Malay, Thai/Lao, Khmer, and Chinese but I never used it. I keep it with my vehicle papers for future trips.
If there are any retirees out there with time on their hands who would like to join me next time (February 2014?) for another such ride, or meet up in Singapore or along the way for a Chang or a coffee, please let me know. See you on the road!
Joined: Nov 2013
Location: Singapore
Oddometer: 112
For riders on their way to Laos, the following may be useful. I just received the latest Laos GPS map from Laos GPS Map (www.laosgpsmap.com), on a protected microSD card. Two years ago I purchased the GT Rider Laos GPS Map v.5 (http://www.gt-rider.com/maps-of-thai.../gps-maps-laos), also on a protected microSD card; this is still their current version.
Using Garmin Basecamp I compared these two $50 maps with each other and with the free downloadable Open Street Map (garmin.openstreetmap.nl). Here are sample printscreens of the same spot in central Vientiane from each of the three maps.
LaosGPSMap 2014 (dated December 2013):
GT Rider Map v. 5 2011 (dated November 2011):
Open Street Map (dated May 2013):
The quality of each is apparent, and is even more apparent outside of the cities when creating routes, but each of the maps has things that the other two don't have, and the OSM map is surprisingly good, for free.
Back in S. Korea
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Western NC
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I'm not a retiree, but I could be interested to go with you in the future. I've ridden a lot of Thailand and Cambodia, and would love to visit Laos and Vietnam.
My TAT trip in 2014: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=998193
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Oddometer: 330
Great photos and report. I have been to some of these places and it brought back good memories. Thank you.
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Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Love your photo's they really capture the essence of the local people. Thank you for the report, really enjoyed it.
Jungle Explorer
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Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Oregon
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SE Asia is an interesting place. Your pics are amazing and thanks for posting
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Joined: Sep 2012
Location: UK for now.
Oddometer: 1,516
You can see the heat in the pics. Fantastic scenery and people. Thanks for this RR - anymore to come?
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Joined: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
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You did a nice job of capturing the essence of SE Asia. Thanks for posting! Wish I had the time to travel along in Feb. Too little time off..
Joined: Nov 2013
Location: Singapore
Oddometer: 112
I'm looking to ride back in mid-February for four to six weeks, if anyone is interested in pairing up (probably for part of it) please PM me.
Joined: Nov 2009
Oddometer: 3
greetings from Singapore!
apart from your awesome pictures, i really liked the multi-language phrases. Appreciate your effort and don't mind if i use them!
ride safe!
Mucha distancia
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Rockford Wa
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Spent a long time looking at the pics...Amazing
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Joined: Dec 2010
Location: Hanging on in a garden by the sea
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Many thanks, Falang.
Appreciate your methodology, which I hardly would be able to cope.
Your photos say it all; pertinent, real and well spoted.
The aditional information is to keep, you never know...
The simplicity is a must.
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Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Beervanastan, Duwamps Pacific NorWet
Oddometer: 1,613
Thanks for posting this . . . . .
Many excellent pix of one of my favorite corners of the world . . . . .
Good luck on your next journey & post up again . . . . . . .
Thanks again for sharing; you've captured some really nice candid photos of real life in SE Asia; Brings back memories !
Have fun ! . . . . . . .
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World of Titan: Inauguration of new showroom by Minister of State for Human Resources Daggubati Purandeswari, 4 pm, Gajuwaka.
Vizag Film Society: Five-day Iranian Film Festival, screening of films 'God is near' and 'Taste of cherry', 5.15 onwards.
Vintage Visakha: Talk on poetry and geriatric health by Kutikuppala Surya Rao, Hotel Daspalla, 6.30 p.m.
The Great India.Org: Dedication of patriotic portal by Minister of State for Human Resources Daggubati Purandeswari, Camp Office, M.V.P. Colony, 12 p.m.
IIAM: 7th death anniversary function of S. Alwar Das at IIAM campus, M.V.P. Colony, 10 a.m.
Sahridaya Sahiti: 'Sweeya rachana patanam', State Information Centre, 6.30 p.m.
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On Wednesday morning, Utahn Lexi Walker, 11, was featured on "Good Morning America" during a live sing-along of "Let It Go" in Times Square.
Several covers of the popular song from "Frozen" were featured along with live video feeds from groups around the world. The segment began with a live shot of Broadway star and Tony Award-winning artist Idina Menzel, the voice of Elsa, who kicked off the song with the cast of "If/Then."
The video then cut to Times Square where Lexi, along with two other soloists, joined in and were backed by the New York City Children's Chorus.
Throughout the song, multiple participants were shown including a children's group at Walt Disney World, a gospel choir from Little Rock, Ark., and a group at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building in Burbank, Calif.
Friends and family cheered Lexi on, and her school district gave her a shout-out on Twitter.
... And here she is, front and center, on "GMA." Way to go, Lexi Walker, our rising Canyons star. #getherautographnow http://t.co/pHLvo28rsO— Canyons District (@canyonsdistrict) February 26, 2014
Earlier this month, Lexi was featured in a "Let It Go" cover with Alex Boyé that has been viewed more than 19 million times on YouTube.
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Fiat boss eyes Chrysler merger in 2014
ROME—Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne said Sunday that he expected the merger of the Italian car giant and its US partner Chrysler will take place in 2014.
"We will succeed in doing it," he said in an interview with the editor of the Repubblica newspaper. "We and VEBA (the United Auto Workers pension fund—a Chrysler shareholder) have different opinions on the value of Chrysler but we will resolve the problem in 2014."
Marchionne, who heads both companies, had said on January 30 that the ties between the two automakers were "irreversible" and would merge "as soon as I can afford it" but did not put date on the merger.
Asked on Sunday if Fiat would keep its Turin headquarters, Marchionne said: "We are a big group present throughout the world, it will depend on access to financial markets and the choices of the Agnelli family" who founded Fiat.
He had "not thought" about the future name of the new entity, he said.
The deal will ultimately give Fiat a 65-percent stake in Chrysler and full ownership by 2015.
Boosted by increased sales at Chrysler, the Italian giant on Wednesday reported a profitable 2012, announcing a fourth-quarter net profit that rose to 388 million euros ($525 million) from 265 million euros the year before.
The company said it was aiming for profits of between 1.2 and 1.5 billion euros this year.
Fiat took a 20 percent stake in Chrysler in 2009 as the third-largest US automaker emerged from a government-financed restructuring under bankruptcy protection.
It has since steadily expanded its stake by purchasing shares owned by the US government and the VEBA fund.
The Fiat boss again reiterated the group's new change in strategy toward a luxury market and rejected rumors that Fiat would sell Alfa Romeo to Germany's top auto giant Volkswagen.
"I have already said 200,000 times that Alfa Romeo is not for sale and definitely not to them," adding he had trouble even pronouncing the German carmaker's name.
"We are the ones who will present the (world's) most costly car at Geneva, the new Ferrari," he said referring to next month's Geneva Motor Show. "We make it in Italy with Italian workers. What do I need to learn from Germans?" he asked defiantly.
Fiat would manufacture its luxury cars at the company's historical factory at Mirafiori, Marchionne said, and at its plant in Grugliasco, which now houses the Maserati Quattroruote production line.
Dispelling fears last year that Fiat would be forced to shut plants in Italy, he said the group was committed to keeping production in the country.
He also pledged to bring workers in Italian factories who were forced to go part-time back into full employment before a three to four-year deadline previously given.
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We used to have a lot of things that we don't have any more. I wonder why they just up and disappeared.Think about it. Take rolling stores, for instance. We used to have rolling stores in the South. It was usually a small bus, or maybe a large van - my memory is a little cloudy on the issue - but it would come around our neighborhood every so often and folks could buy whatever there was to buy: Bobbie pins, hair brushes, pie pans, socks - all manner of odds and ends. My Uncle Butch sold Watkins salve out of his. Rolling stores were very convenient because they saved your mama a trip to the dime store. Come to think of it, I don't think we have dime stores anymore, either. I am not sure about Bobbie pins. I don't think we have punch boards, either. In fact, I wonder how many folks even remember punch boards or know what they were. You'd find them on the counter, from time to time, of country stores. In the pre-lottery days they were about the only shot a respectable citizen had at gambling. You paid a quarter and punched out a number - or pulled a tab - and if there was a prize behind your number, you won the prize. Sometimes there was a sign on the punch board indicating that the proceeds went to charity, but my daddy always insisted that the only charities the punch boards ever benefitted were the proprietors of the store. Anyway, I don't think we have them anymore. We also don't have shoe trees or nylon stockings worn with garter belts or insurance agents that come by to collect premiums on Saturday mornings. We also don't have quarter-a-gallon gasoline or penny candy. I suppose we can do pretty well without rolling stores or punch boards or garter belts - and goodness knows we don't need Saturday morning bill collectors - or shoe trees. But we've also said goodbye to something else that we really do miss, even more than we miss quarter-a-gallon gas. We don't seem to have common sense in society anymore. Common sense is rarer than Bobbie pins and Watkins salve. Take our legal system, for instance. I am speaking now of the Brian Nichols case. Thirty-one months ago, Brian Nichols, who was already standing trial for rape and false imprisonment, allegedly went on a rampage, overpowered the lone police officer assigned to guard him and allegedly killed four people: Judge Rowland Barnes, court reporter Julie Brandau, Deputy Sheriff Hoyt Teasley and U.S. customs agent David Wilhelm. We have to say allegedly in the newspaper to keep from getting sued, I think, but that is another prime example of the disappearance of common sense from society, because there were dozens of witnesses to the first three murders. And for the record, the police officer Nichols allegedly overpowered was a 51-year-old female who is 62 inches tall. (Nichols was 34 at the time, a former college football player in top physical condition.) The deputy had to remove Nichols' handcuffs so he could change out of his orange prison jumpsuit. Don't want the jury to be prejudiced against an alleged rapist, you know. See what I mean about common sense, or the lack thereof? He allegedly overpowered the deputy, took her gun, then allegedly overpowered another deputy, taking his gun, and entered Judge Barnes' courtroom. Nichols allegedly shot him in the back of the head, then turned the gun on Julie Brandau and killed her and Deputy Teasley as he left the courtroom. During the ensuing manhunt, which made world news, Nichols allegedly pistol-whipped an Atlanta news reporter, hijacked his car and killed David Wilhelm. After more than two years, Brian Nichols was finally brought to trial this week. After two years, the families of Barnes, Brandau, Teasley and Wilhelm would have an opportunity to see justice served. But now the trial is on hold again because the state has not provided enough funds for Nichols' defense. We the people have only provided $1.2 million for Nichols' defense so far, and everybody knows that's nowhere near enough money. One point two million dollars. Let that roll around in your head a while. For the defense of a man who allegedly killed three people in front of a courtroom full of spectators. Earlier this week, a state judge ordered the Public Defender's Council to pony up another half-million or so - so that Nichols' lead attorney can be paid $175 an hour - nearly twice the normal $95 an hour the state pays. Now the presiding judge has recused himself and, once again, justice has ground to a halt while we try to get up some more money for Brian Nichols' defense. In the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, our Founding Fathers assured that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial ... and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense." I bet they didn't think it would ever come to this. Of course, back then we still had common sense, didn't we? Reckon when it just up and disappeared? Darrell Huckaby is an author and teacher in Rockdale County. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Orthodox Jews truly are the descendents of the Pharisees of Yeshua's time. As a Christian, I now understand why Yeshua spoke so harshly to them! Why not accept the reform and conservative Jewish rabbis? I think it's time to set the differences aside and come together as one under YHWH. My mother always says that we as humans are so selfish we want to divide EVEN G-d.
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"The black and white days of text-based emails have had their day. Following the evolutionary path blazed by colored labels, we present, in all their technicolor glory, emoticons in your mail," says Darren Lewis from Google.
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The Blue Light program, began Nov. 23 and will continue through Jan. 2., has resulted in 69 arrests so far, Capt. Robert MacDonald said during a news conference Wednesday.
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Corpus Christi agencies will receive $1,074,010 in Housing and Urban Development grants, Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, announced Wednesday.
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These Julia Child parody videos use humor to show reverence to the unforgettable chef's utter dominance of pop culture. With successful ventures in every form of media imaginable, Child will always be at the forefront of modern cooking culture. The following spoofs pay respect to Child's signature demeanor, zest for cuisine and impeccable sense of humor.
1. The French Chef on "Saturday Night Live": This classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch from 1978 features Dan Aykroyd as Julia Child. The cooking show goes awry when the famous chef sustains a cut on the finger.
2. Julie & Julia, a Kitchen Scramble: This Punchy Players parody video features convincing impressions of Julie Andrews and Julia Child as they prepare, of all things, tofu scramble.
3. Julia Child on "Good Morning America": This parody video by YouTube user barbanna92 reworks a "Good Morning America" appearance Child did on Jan. 14, 1987, infusing the original with some creative edits that are sure to fool you at first.
4. Robin Williams on "Mork & Mindy": The inimitable Robin Williams tackles a zany parody of Julia Child for "Mork & Mindy." Skip ahead to 3:15 to get the laughs going:
5. Julia Child Burns Food: The final video in this list is from Julia Child herself. She burns a souffle and a plate of food for Phil Morrison, the host of 80s science program "Ring of Truth," to produce carbon. The panache with which Child shows off each burned dish is a perfect example of her likability and sense of humor.
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I have created a WordPress theme called " Venturia " and i really appreciate if you give me some advice about the theme before i re-submit, because a was rejected once. I really want to get this going and they don't give me some real explanation why i was rejected just some global copy paste message probably. I have posted thread at " Envato " support but i ain't got response for two days now.Here is my demo: http://www.simplexthemes.com/venturia
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has a very strong history of education and research. It is the UK's first Academic Health Sciences Centre and the largest NHS Trust in the UK with combined annual production of around 27,000 patient-specific chemotherapy IV doses. It is composed of the teaching hospitals Charing-Cross, St, Mary's, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, and Western Eye Hospital.
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Small Business Server 2011 Standard console may crash when you click on Shared Folders and Web Sites Tab. When the crash occurs, SBS Console will terminate and the user will see the following window.
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List of Boston Colleges and Universities with Masters Programs
Boston is home to over 40 colleges and universities offering graduate-level education. Compare four of the schools in this historic city to determine which one might be right for you.
School Ranking Overview
In Boston, Massachusetts, there is no shortage of school options for students wanting to earn a master's degree. Many colleges and universities - mainly private, not-for-profit institutions - offer graduate degree and certificate programs in the area. To help students find the school that fits their educational needs, this article offers a comparison of four schools; the top three of these are ranked in the following categories:
- Program Variety
- Tuition
- Graduation Rate
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio
Program Variety
Students who are ready to enter graduate school typically know what field of study they're seeking a degree in; however, they may still want to know that plenty of program options, including specializations within a subject, are available to pursue. The three schools below have the most program variety of the four compared.
1. Boston University
Located across two campuses, Boston University offers degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. This private Boston institution has the most educational variety with 425 undergraduate and graduate program options. Master's degrees are available in several disciplines, including business administration, healthcare administration, biomedical science, engineering, social work, criminal justice and computer science.
2. Northeastern University
Boston's Northeastern University ranks second among the compared schools in this category with its 209 programs that lead to bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates and certificates. The private school offers a large number of graduate education options, including master's-level programs in business and finance, information science, communications, engineering, biological sciences, pharmacy administration and education.
3. Suffolk University
Suffolk University, also located in the city limits of Boston, is another private institution offering master's degrees and other advanced programs. With 205 total program offerings, it takes the third spot for the most program options among the ranked schools. According to 2012-2013 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), grad students at Suffolk University earned the most master's degrees in fields like accounting, public administration, business, criminal justice and finance.
The cost of attending a graduate school can make or break a student's decision on whether to attend. Graduate programs do tend to cost more than undergraduate studies, and rates are generally higher among private institutions compared to public colleges. That said, the following three schools have the lowest tuition rates of the four compared, according to 2013-2014 NCES data.
1. Northeastern University
Northeastern University charged graduate students an average yearly tuition rate of $30,384 in 2013, which makes it the least expensive of the compared graduate schools. An additional $258 in fees was charged on average as well, bringing the total to $30,642.
2. Suffolk University
Suffolk University ranks second in this category with average graduate tuition and fees of $32,020 for 2013-2014; $40 of that figure is fees.
3. Harvard University
Harvard University, which is situated less than five miles from Boston in nearby Cambridge, takes the final spot among the ranked schools. The private institution, on average, charged a graduate tuition of $38,888 for 2013. The fees were an additional $958.
Graduation Rate
Many of the compared schools in this article are historical institutions that have a well-known reputation; however, it's wise to consider some hard facts when exploring education options. The three schools below have the highest graduation rates of the compared institutions, according to NCES data based on first-time students who began their postsecondary studies in the fall of 2007 and completed their degree within 150% of the normal program time. Although these stats refer only to undergrads, they still offer some insight about what kind of education quality can be expected at the schools.
1. Harvard University
With a graduation rate of 97% in 2013, Harvard University earns the top spot among the ranked schools in this category. In addition, 97% of full-time students who began a bachelor's degree program in 2012 returned to the school in 2013 (NCES). This is a solid indicator that students are satisfied with the education they're receiving at Harvard.
2. Boston University
Boston University ranks second with a high graduation rate of 84%. The NCES reports that 93% of undergrads who started working towards a bachelor's degree in 2012 came back to the school the following year. Clearly, most students have favorable views of their academic experience at the university.
3. Northeastern University
Coming in third place in this category, Northeastern University had an overall graduation rate of 83% in 2013. At 96%, it also has one of the highest retention rates for undergraduate students entering in 2012 and returning in 2013.
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
The student-to-faculty ratio is a useful stat to explore when comparing schools because it gives an idea of how easy - or how difficult - it may be to get one-on-one time with professors. The following universities have the lowest student-to-faculty ratios among those compared, according to fall 2013 data from the NCES.
1. Harvard University
Harvard University has a ratio of just seven students for every one faculty member, which is an indication that students likely get a solid amount of individualized attention. NCES figures from 2013 reveal that the institution employed 2,464 instructional professors in 2013; a little over 2,000 of them were full-time faculty. The campus was also home to roughly 2,000 graduate assistants that year.
2. Suffolk University
Suffolk University has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1, which ranks it second among the schools in this category. It should be rather easy for students to get personalized attention from professors or instructors. As of 2013, Suffolk University had 358 full-time and 422 part-time faculty members as well as 148 graduate assistants.
3. Boston University
Both Boston University and Northeastern University have student-to-faculty ratios of 13:1, but the former takes the third spot due to its larger student population of 32,411 (compared to Northeastern's student body of 20,053). Students at Boston University take classes instructed by 2,487 full-time and 1,191 part-time instructors. Nearly 2,500 graduate assistants are at the school as well.
Boston Universities: At a Glance
|School Name
|School Type
|Programs Offered
|Area Ranking
|Boston University
|Boston, MA
|Private not-for-profit
|Graduate certificates; bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
|#1 in Program Variety, #2 in Graduation Rate, #3 in Student-to-Faculty Ratio
|Harvard University
|Cambridge, MA
|Private not-for-profit
|Graduate certificates; associates, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
|#3 in Tuition, #1 in Graduation Rate, #1 in Student-to-Faculty Ratio
|Northeastern University
|Boston, MA
|Private not-for-profit
|Graduate certificates; associates, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
|#2 in Program Variety, #1 in Tuition, #3 in Graduation Rate
|Suffolk University
|Boston, MA
|Private not-for-profit
|Undergraduate and graduate certificates; associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
|#3 in Program Variety, #2 in Tuition, #2 in Student-to-Faculty Ratio
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A full-flavored yet finely structured Cabernet of great appeal: black berries, dried leaves and fine gravelly tannin, reflect an outstanding year.
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Wine & Spirits - "After selling Rosemount, Bob Oatley teamed up with Chris Hancock and Larry Cherubino to form this venture. Cherubino makes this wine from vines in the northern end of Margaret River, producing an elegant 2011, its flavors shading from black currant to red. It's fragrant with a deep herbal scent and dark-roast coffee dimension to the tannins. A remarkable value, this is a rich and ageworthy red with a natural ease. "
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Obama to offer his own debt reduction package
Now Democrats are waiting to see what Obama proposes to do with Medicare, the government health care program for older people.
In his talks with Boehner, Obama was willing to go along with gradually increasing the eligibility age for Medicare beneficiaries from 65 to 67. That idea has run into opposition from Democrats, and the White House was deciding whether or not to leave it in the president's new deficit plan.
"Potentially raising the retirement age for Medicare is something that deserves a lot of consideration," said Christina Romer, the former head of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. She said such an increase in the eligibility age is more conceivable with Obama's health care law because guaranteed private health insurance would be available to middle-class early retirees starting in 2014.
Still, an analysis by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that two-thirds of 65- and 66-year-olds would pay more for their new coverage than they would have under Medicare.
Raising the eligibility age is "bad policy and bad politics," said Nancy Altman, one of the leaders of Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of advocacy organizations.
"What the president proposes on Monday, especially if the Republicans were to embrace it, would be harder for Democrats in Congress to separate themselves from it," she said.
Overall, the president's proposal could help reduce long-term deficits by about $4 trillion.
Under a compromise in early August that averted a threatened government default, Congress agreed to cut nearly $1 trillion from some programs. The president's proposal would reduce deficits by an extra $2 trillion. On top of that, drawing down military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq is estimated to reduce projected deficits by $1 trillion over 10 years.
Republicans have ridiculed the war savings as gimmicky, but House Republicans included them in their budget proposal this year and Boehner had agreed to count them in his talks with Obama.
In addition to the new minimum tax rate for millionaires, Obama's proposal will include revenue increases that Obama has identified to pay for his $447 billion jobs plan. Those include limiting deductions for wealthier taxpayers, closing corporate loopholes and eliminating tax subsidies to oil and gas companies. Boehner last week ruled out many of the tax increases Obama has proposed.
William Galston, a former economic adviser to President Bill Clinton, said it would have been better if Obama had presented his jobs plan and his deficit reduction proposal sooner and as one package.
"The president has generated a problem for himself by giving the appearance of not being forthcoming enough with regard to his own fiscal plan," Galston said. "He feels the need, as he should, to lean forward a bit more. It's a shame this didn't happen a whole lot earlier."
Senior administration officials say that in pushing for his jobs plan, Obama will highlight the need for long-term deficit reduction and the need to achieve it through spending cuts and tax revenue. In so doing, they will try to create sharp differences with Republicans that could serve him in the 2012 presidential campaign.


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Making a Classic Even More...uh....Classicer
Nostalgia is an odd thing. Sometimes it can deceive you, cloud your judgment and mistake trash for treasure. I used to love the TV show "Land of the Lost" as a kid. I saw it again recently, excited at first, but then I couldn't believe I ever enjoyed it. At all. It happens that way. But sometimes, nostalgia is dead-on balls accurate. About 10 years ago I played the original Final Fantasy Tactics for the original Playstation. At the time, I thought it was one of the best games I had ever played. It had a great story (if you could get past the horrendous translation) and awesome, deep strategy RPG gameplay (if you could get past the difficulty level). So when I heard they were remaking it for the PSP, I was both excited and a little anxious. Would it be as good as I remembered – or was I fooled in some way by "new-ness" or the fact that I loved FFVII so much?
FFT (I'm just going to call it that, I don't feel like constantly writing the long-ass PSP name) tells a story of succession, war and political intrigue. The plot is 33% of the fun, so I won't give away much. On a basic level, it gets into the difficulties inherent in a class system (lords and peasants), involves more than one back-stabbing turn of events, and ends up causing a whole lot of fighting. These are all good things for a gamer. One of the issues with the original version is the aforementioned terrible, terrible translation. It wasn't quite on the "All Your Base" level, but it was bad. They cleaned it up significantly for this remake, and the grand story is much easier to follow because of that. They also added in brand spanking new cinematic sequences in key points of the game. They have a nice hand-drawn look, and have some decent voice acting to boot. They help bring up the overall presentation.
Story stuff aside, FFT is a strategy RPG. If you've played anything like Tactics Ogre or Shining Force, you'll know what your getting into. You have a party of up to five characters that engage on strategic battles on various maps. Each map has different terrain and obstacles to work with, and you can use things like elevation and such to your advantage.
FFT sheds many of the limitations of classic RPGs through its job system (which you may have seen in other FF games, like FFV). Basically, each character is not limited to a single "class." You can switch around willy nilly and do what you feel like doing. All characters start out with at least the two base jobs, Squire (fighter) and Chemist (Healer/Magic). As you fight, you get the normal experience points to raise your level, but you also get job points. Job points (JP) are spent on new skills and abilities. A chemist, for instance, will use JP to purchase the ability to use better health potions, or special antidotes. As you level your various jobs, more jobs will become available to you. Hit a certain level as a Squire and the Archer job opens up. Hit a certain level with the Archer, and you can become a Thief. The unlocking jobs isn't always linear, either. To become a Ninja, you'll need to get to a certain level with 3 different jobs.
In addition to the different jobs, you can "equip" a sub-job as a secondary skill. Maybe you want the armor of a Knight but the special abilities of a Monk. You can do it. It really is far too much to explain fully within the context of a review, but you get the drift. There is a lot of depth there, and exploring the job system is very rewarding. It's also the kind of thing that gives you that "just one more battle" or "just one more turn" mentality. FFT is hard to put down, especially as you close in on the really cool skills (like dual wield) and jobs (like Samurai.)
The difficulty of the game is a bit of an odd bird. There are times it feels like battles are only BARELY winnable, and other times where you push over the content like a cardboard cutout. I think part of this has to do with your dedication to the game. FFT allows you to grind a bit if you like to beef up your levels and work on jobs. You can basically take on random battles over and over to level grind. Me being a former MMO junkie started doing just that about midway through the game. Once I got up to respectable levels, everything became a little too easy.
Of course, that's why I did it. I wanted to demolish the baddies, I wanted to embarrass them. And that I did. My guess is that if you played the game fairly straight up without seeking out grinding opportunities, it would get REALLY difficult in places. Still, whether I was getting beaten to a bloody pulp or flat out owning the later content, I had a blast every step of the way.
There are still some significant issues here, though. For starters, the game just kind of throws you into the fire and expects you to understand the various systems you have to deal with. Sure, it starts with an easy battle or two with some basic pointers, but before you know it you're fighting for your life. It's not a huge gripe, mind you – it just would have been nice to have a little more of a leg up on the complexities of the game.
The camera can also be a problem. The battlefields have a 3D isometric view, so it can be difficult to see all the nooks and crannies. And in a strategy RPG like this, you often WANT to see all the hidey holes. A top down option you could switch to would have alleviated this issue for me.
Lastly, it suffers from a problem that plagues many Square RPGs. Long damn magic/summon animations. I like the animations, they look great, but after awhile I just want to be able to skip by them and see how much damage I did quickly. Sadly, the game does not allow you to skip any of this, which turns out to be a real problem later when you start playing with the Arithmetician job.
In the end, there's a reason that Final Fantasy Tactics holds a special place in many gamers' hearts. It has an involving story full of intrigue with excessively deep and rewarding strategy RPG gameplay. Square did what you should do with a remake, keep the heart but make everything better. Sure, they missed a few pieces here and there, but no game is perfect. It made an excellent translation to the PSP, as the fairly short individual battles make for a great portable gaming experience. It also proved to me that sometimes a nostalgic memory is dead-on, and perhaps I'll have to try it again in another 10 years.


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Pronunciation: psicoastenia
Added on: 2011-02-23 Listened: 1 timesin: sostantivo
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