http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin Daily musings and in depth comparisons Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:23:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had no idea what Dalat was before I got there. I had never heard of it before I realized I had bought a ticket to it in my hop on hop off bus tour. Dalat is a town north of Saigon in the mountains. Lets just say the bus ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/baacktracking-vietnam-dalat.html So after cruising through Cambodia, I entered Vietnam, straight to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City....sounds a lot cooler if you call it Saigon). Saigon was pretty tight. I have a friend who just moved down there so I wasn't such a tourist there. We actually didn't do much besides go ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/backtracking-vietnam-saigon.html So I know its been a while and I probably should post more about my trip (which I will soon) but first things first. So there's a giant snowstorm ripping through China now. And by giant I mean sometimes it snows a little bit and the ground gets wet, and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/winter-in-shanghai.html Despite the difficulties I wrote about getting into Cambodia, the marvels to be had at my first stop made the exhausting journey a mere distant memory. I arrived in Siam Reap, the gateway to Angkor Wat, completely unprepared to be awestruck in the way which I was. I admit, before ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/angkor-wow.html If guidebooks and internet message forums are your travel bible, you've certainly read the commandment: Thou shalt not travel overland between Bangkok and Siem Reap. I've never been a religious man however and such decided to take the mythical journey from Bangkok to Siem Reap. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/the-journey.html Greetings all. I appologize for being MIA this past little while. Actually I'm really not that sorry about it. I had plenty to do putting my Shanghai life on hold and preparing for my trip to South East Asia. For the most part I am kind of switching the focus ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/bangkok-surviving-day-1.html Teaching adults English can sometimes be very trying. In my company, the classes are small, and the text books suck. As a result the students often vote for a 'free talk'. This would be fine if free talk actually meant have a group conversation. Instead free talk translates to have ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/english-corner.html I like food. This is a fact. I usually spend half my day thinking about what I will eat next. Not in an I'm obsessed with food I weigh 300lbs kinda way, more in a this student is really boring how can I amuse myself, oh yah, what will I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/mmm-good.html So, I as I've mentioned I am heading to South East Asia. I was considering going through China to Vietnam. The usual route involves a multiple day train trip straight into Vietnam. I was thinking of being creative. Since I have been meaning to check out Hong Kong and Macau ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/the-hawaii-of-the-east.html Now, I'm no computer wizard. This is for sure. I mean I can run around the internet with the best of them. I can fix little problem son windows. Virus check, configure, make this thing move faster. But I can not fix big problems. I can not take things apart ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sharkfin/fixing.html