http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs My (Hopefully) Year Long Vagabonding Trip To Southeast Asia (And Beyond?) Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:55:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone. I doubt any of my readers are still checking in since I seem to have abandoned my blog. I feel bad about it, and I'm sorry for abandoning you. Especially to those who don't know me personally who have followed the blog. I want to thank you guys for reading, and for the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/sorry-that-ive-abandoned-you.html It is a 15 minute walk between mine and June's apartments, and I've traversed the distance numerous times, sometimes in the middle of the night. One day June asked me, "Are you afraid (of walking the streets of Bangkok alone in the middle of the night)?" I said, "Only of the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/rabies.html I had a heck of a time trying to post this as there were problems with the site, and it took me days, but it looks like it will work now (part of it may have been somewhat my fault, but not really).  Okay, I know these pictures don't seem to have much to do ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/if-you-didnt-already-know-that-im-weird.html If you have traveled in Southeast Asia (SEA), or have done any research into it, you are probably aware of the reputation of Poipet, Cambodia, a border town with Thailand. If not, here's what Lonely Planet: Cambodia had to say: "Viva Poipet! Long the armpit of Cambodia, famous for nothing but ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/mirrors-on-the-ceiling.html Click on the images to see them bigger: I did no editing at all to this, the sky looked like that. That's why I took the picture. Again, I did no editing at all to this picture. My hand, foot and juggle-ball looked like that. That's why I took the picture. I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/eight-pictures.html Everybody sing along with me: It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. There has been occassion in my life to speak, and not sing, those words (although after I speak them I usually end up ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/sacred-flesh.html An interesting thing about Malaysia is that, unlike most, if not all, other Asian countries, they don't have their own script. They use our alphabet. The official language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malay, but there are a lot of Chinese living here so you see some Chinese script as well. But ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/we-all-look-alike.html In case you were wondering, I'm still alive, and here are the pictures to prove it. Well, they don't prove I'm alive, unless I've turned into a monkey. Sorry for those of you who have been following my blog. I've been doing a lot of nothing lately, just staying in Bangkok with ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/banana-transactions.html I've been trying to write and post this for 3 or 4 days now, and either the site or the internet I'm using keeps crashing on me before I can finish writing it. So I haven't abandoned you again. Hopefully I finally get to post it.  Well, looks like no one came up with the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/blindsided-in-the-face-with-a-supersoaker.html Sorry, I haven't written anything in a while. I'm still alive, and here are a couple of pictures to contemplate.     Put your curser over the pictures. Explaination to come later.     http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Markcs/49.html