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January 30, 2005VIETNAMHello everyone! It's Sunday afternoon (January 30th) in Siem Reap, Cambodia and the temperature is a balmy 85 degrees. It's actually quite cooler today than it was the past three days when temperatures got into the upper 90's. The humidity...Read this update January 26, 2005VIENTIANEThis will be my final Laos entry for the blog. After a couple of days in Vang Viene it was time to leave that place and head south to the capital of Laos, Vientiane. Vientiane is located in central Laos...Read this update January 25, 2005VANG VIENETonight is January 25th and I am still in Saigon. I have decided to leave Vietnam for now and head to Cambodia and tour around the Angkor Wat temples near Siem Reap. Angkor Wat is one of the most unique...Read this update January 23, 2005LUANG PRABANG #2Today is Sunday. January 23rd and I am writing this entry from the tropical and beautiful Saigon (officially it's called Ho Chi Minh City by the communist government of Vietnam but it's Saigon to everyone else). I love Saigon, especially...Read this update January 20, 2005LUANG PRABANG #1Today is Thursday, January 20, 2005 and I am in Hanoi, Vietnam. Tomorrow, after five days in Hanoi, I'm heading south to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City if you are a Vietnamese government official, Saigon for everyone else). It's a...Read this update January 18, 2005UpdateIt's Tuesday morning, January 18th and I am now in Hanoi, Vietnam. When I first got here on Sunday night I said to myself (since no one else would understand me) "Wow, I'm in Vietnam! I never thought I'd be...Read this update January 14, 2005SABAAI-DII LAOSSabaai-dii means hello and is a standard Lao greeting and is pronounced "saba-dee" and is often said by Lao's in a sing-song type lilt stretched out and sounding like "saaabaa-deee". It is the first Lao word that most foreigners learn...Read this update January 11, 2005SLOW BOATThe slow boat to Luang Prabang. This trip is part of backpacker legend and the subject of many stories, rumors and good and bad times. On the Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree site and on Bootsnall.com (amongst many more, I'm sure)...Read this update January 08, 2005ONWARD TO LAOSIt's Sunday morning in Laos and I am still in Luang Prabang. What a great relaxing place this is. So laid back, so beautiful and right on the edge of some great wilderness and jungles. It can be so comfortable...Read this update January 07, 2005TOILETSBefore I start this entry I want to begin a new policy with this blog. As some readers are sharing this blog with children (btw I think that's way cool) some things discussed in these pages are probably not appropriate...Read this update January 06, 2005EXOTIC OR ORDINARY?Today I am writing from Luang Prabang in Central Laos after a 3-day trip from Chiang Mai, Thailand using bus and river transportation. Of particular interest was the 2-day "slow-boat" down the mighty Mekong River from Huay Xai to Luang...Read this update January 01, 2005CHIANG MAII have been in Chiang Mai since Monday, December 27th and have really enjoyed the change of pace from Bangkok. It isn't as exciting or as wild as Bangkok but it certainly has a charm of its own. Chiang Mai...Read this update |
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