http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless So I start my trudge, pack aback... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:20:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cyclos, car horns, smells like piss and potatoes, pollution, people constantly staring, mom's nauseous again, bindis, turbans, saris, silk, hindu gods, shiva shambo!, taj mahal made from love, stop go stop go stop go go go, 'are you married?', vegetable samosas, dhal, channa masala, sweat, stank, chafing, pollution throat, insensce, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/the-essence-of-india-thus-far.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/a-photo-memorial-mu-koh-angthong-national-park.html In the golden light of the early morning I awake to the sound of lapping waves.  Not a minute later I quickly stop the beeping of my alarm clock and peer through the screen door of my tent.  Koh Phangan is silhouetted in the light, and for a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/chi-wit-deee-the-good-life.html Crystalline waters, silken white sands, hardly anybody around, coconuts, yoga, meditation, monkeys, and me.  This is where I'm holing up the next month to study and practice being happy and joyous.  I can't imagine it will be that much of a struggle.  :)  Coming soon: (6/28) Bye Thai, Hello India! http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/ang-thong-national-marine-park.html Yai is a thai word.  If you use the correct intonation it means "grandma" in the same way that I say "Oma."  It's familiar and lovely, and I'm fortunate to have a lady in my life that I can call Yai.  Yai is approximately 75 years old.  Her face explodes into ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/upon-which-i-feel-it-neccessary-to-partake-in-a-blind-date.html Oh all the money that ere I spent, I spent it in good company.  And all the harm that ere I've done, alas it was to none but me.  And all I've done, for want of wit, to memory now I can't recall.  So fill to me a parting glass, "Goodnight and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/spiderwebs-and-spirographs.html We did some affirmations for Valentines day.  Today is really special, something with the alignment of Jupiter and Mars and the moon in the house of Aquarious or something.  It's a good idea, you can try it too.  Here are mine. I am a loving, healthy, and totally balanced creature.  I am ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove.html These are my teachers, Marina and David, at Pyramid Yoga Center!  I've just barely arrived on the island of Koh Phangan and already I feel at home with my yoga family.  I'm living in a bungalow towards the bottom of the hills where Pyramid is situated, with a sweet Canadian girl and a million ants!  But ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/pyramid-yoga-center.html The Itinerary: 1/14/09 - Surin to Sangka (Thailand) =50k Sweet paved road, Mike glided ahead of me on his new TREK.  We were both uber excited about this adventure! 1/15/09 - Sangka to Anlong Veng (Cambodia) =60k Crazy hill up up up then down down down!  As soon as we entered Cambodia the road ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/cycling-kampuchea.html Just off the train, 4:30 a.m. Surin, Thailand.  Can't sleep, too excited to get going.  So what do I do?  Go.  Dropped my saddlebags at the nearest hotel, reserved a room for the evening, and through the moonlaced early morning I peddled my heart out.  Flew my way instinctually through town, drawing in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/aimless/back-in-the-saddle-first-day-on-the-road-to-cambodia.html