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Sihanoukville: By popular demand…

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Photos! From North Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. You can see them all over at my disorganized photo dump of a Flickr page, but for a taster/teaser/Sizzler/sampler, have a look here first. Generally speaking, we’ll work backward in time, starting with Angkor Wat….


A Wonder of the World.

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Vientiane: I ate goat meat

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

It’s true.

I was walking down the street in Vang Vieng, and went into this local sundry shop. There was a family outside, eating a communal dinner. I couldn’t find what I was looking for (shower soap), and said “khop jai (thank you)” on my way out. But they motioned me over — about six people. The owner of the shop, Vong, could speak a little English, but the others… not so much. Anyway, they start thrusting some beer in my hand — filling a small glass, and motioning me to drink. And what am I going to do, refuse?

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Luang Prabang: Laos is rad

Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Pai -> Chiang Mai -> Chiang Rai -> Houayxai -> Pakbeng -> Louang Prabang. This was my route over the past week or so. And now I’m in Laos — pronounced Lao, yo. Silent “s”. Laos is rad. It’s clearly much ... [Continue reading this entry]