asiaminor's VirtualTourist Home Page

hi all travelers

i like traveling and sharing my experiences with the other travelers as well as reading about the other travelers stories and learning from their experiences

I will try to keep my travel pages updated and also add more locations as much as I travel

Because of I am away from home for more than a year on this trip and the pictures from my previous trips are in my computer at my previous home in Ankara Turkey (currently I am living in MianYang China) I am not able to build pages for all the places that I have been , even for my hometown Ankara as I don't want to use any pictures on the web which i didn't take

All the tips on my pages are for budget travelers so they might not help the ones who are looking for mid or up range trips
i hope my travel pages give you a little help on your travels

Enjoy Your Trip

China is the most populated and the 4th largest country in the world.
It is an amazing country with very industrialized cities modern metropolises and beautiful landscapes.
I would recommend to the first time travelers to carry a Chinese-English phrase book with them while traveling to China as most of the Chinese people don't speak any other foreign language.It might not be easy to take a taxi from the airport to your hotel if you can't tell or show the name of the destination in Chinese.
On my travel pages you can find more information about Xiamen and gulangyu island , Shenzhen , Chengdu and Mianyang

Hong Kong is one of the most interesting place I have ever been.I even don't know whether i should describe it as a country or a province of China.When we realize that It is home for a wide variety of different nationalities and Chinese people from the mainland need a permission to enter , it looks more like an independent country.By the way it is lot more liberalized than China.It is not the best place for backpackers as the prices are high when you compare with the other Asian countries but is worth to visit and spend a week or maybe 2 in this beautiful place
on my travel pages you can find some information especially about Kowloon.
I've tried to give some tips about budget living in Hong Kong as well as some information about the city itself.I didn't write anything about the famous places like Disneyland or Ocean Park so the ones who need some information on those may not find what they need on my page

Thailand is a very well known travel destination.It is one of the countries that everyone should visit at least once.On my travel pages you can find detailed information about northern Thailand(Chiang Mai) and some about Bangkok.I did not make any southern Thailand pages because all the information about the touristy resorts of the country can easily be found on the related websites.
My tips , especially for Chiang Mai , contains some information that are not mentioned on the neither websites nor in the guide books but based on more personal experiences.

Malaysia is an other popular tourist destination that attracts some 15 million foreigners every year.It offers a wide variety of tourisms like beaches all around the country , trekking especially on the Cameron Highlands , Diving in Borneo snorkeling on the Parthenian Islands , cultural visits to Alor Setar or Selangor Shopping in KL and so on...
As I've mentioned before I don't have any photos of those places with me so I could only build a page about Langkawi Island
You can find some budget travel tips about Langkawi Island on my Langkawi page.

Laos is the least developed county I've ever been.
As the rising number of the tourists are interested in the country in the recent years it is developing more on the tourism industry than anything else.however %95 of the country is still untouched but it is possible to observe the rapid changes within 4 years so apperantly it is best time to visit the country before it is converted to an other spoilt touristy place.At the north of the country Luang Prabang is the main traveler destination and on the way to south Vangvien is worth to see and then comes the capital Vientaine and the 4000 islands.
As i have only Vientaine photos with me thats the only travel page I could build for now which is certainly the most boring city in Laos.

I am still on the way and wish to meet you somewhere in the world

I wish good , safe and enjoyable trips to all VT travelers.

ENJOY YOUR TRIPS