Slow Boat up the Mekong

All six of us - Me, Pam, Adrian, Urs, Reto, and Mike - are currently on the two day "slow boat" to Thailand UP the Mekong River instead of down. Two days, thirty people, four life jackets..... Actually, we haven't...

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Where in the world is Luang Prabang?

I am still in Luang Prabang, Laos (I've been here since heading down south from China over a week ago). It is a beautiful, quaint, charming, little town by the Mekong River that has a ton of Buddhist temples and...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

We just spent two full days on multiple bus rides in order to get down to Luang Prabang, Laos. It was quite an amazing feat, actually... long, hot, sweaty, hungry... but once we set our mind to it, there was...

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The Vomit Express

Pam and I took a train to the border of Vietnam the evening of Feb. 10. We arrived in Lao Cai at 7:00 in the morning and easily got a taxi to the Chinese border. After the obligatory cup of...

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The Vietnam War

I am not quite ready to begin this entry about all that I saw in Vietnam regarding the war. What I saw saddened me, surprised me, made me sick to my stomach, and awed at the barbarism of human nature....

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Birthday Abroad

Well, I must say that I had one of the coolest birthdays ever! Pam, Urs, Adrian and I arrived back into Hanoi around 4:00 PM from our Ha Long Bay trip. We settled back into our hotel, took a brief...

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Update

Okay, so it has been a month since my last entry. I do apologize. Sometimes the incentive (coupled with how good or bad internet access is in a particular place) makes it difficult to write. Pamela and I entered Vietnam...

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