Year: 2004

  • Near Luang Prabang

    For the last couple of days I’ve been taking small side trips out of Luang Prabang. As much as the city is a major tourist destination, it’s easy to get an idea of what real life is like here by going only a short distance away. I hired a small boat pilot to take me […]

  • The Mekong River and Luang Prabang

    Traveling from Chang Khong Thailand to Luang Prabang is a river trip on the Mekong. There are two choices: a leisurely journey of two days spent enjoying the quiet serenity of the Mekong River and wishing there was a bathroom onboard the “slow boat” or six hours spent on a “fast boat” enjoying the very […]

  • Oh, That Earthquake

    Because of the twelve hour time difference and the fact that I’ve was in the middle of nowhere all of yesterday, I’m just getting info about this now. It looks like a mess down there. It’s noon-thirty Monday here and I guess this hit yesterday morning. I’ll make a few phone calls, but it’s after […]

  • What Earthquake?

    I’m alright. I’m sorry I didn’t get the word out sooner, but I’m just getting an idea of the scope of this earthquake this morning. I saw something on restaurant TV last night, but it was in Lao. Some French people were telling me about it this morning. It looks like I might not be […]

  • Bangkok to Chang Mai

    This is just a very brief update. I’ll expand it later. I’m in Chang Mai in the north of Thailand. It’s the second largest city in the country. I got here at 6 am yesterday on an overnight bus. The trains were full. It is more relaxed than Bangkok and small enough to walk around, […]

  • Last Day in Bangkok

    I’m leaving Bangkok tonight. The second class train tickets were sold out so I’m taking a VIP bus. Hopefully I’ll be able to sleep. I think I’m on Thailand time now even though last night I fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 1 am. Today I went to the National Museum. An Englishwoman […]

  • Bangkok: Part One

    Well I made it. That was a long series of flights. The flight from Atlanta to Tokyo was not so much a journey as a temporary lifestyle. I watched four complete movies and some TV, ate three and a half meals, read and slept. I’m staying at a place called the Sawasdee Bangkok Inn. It’s […]

  • SE Asia Trip Intro

    I’m traveling solo headed to Southeast Asia on the 19th of December, flying into Bangkok. I’m planning on traveling to Chang Mai and Krabi in Thailand, as well as Luang Prabang in Laos, Hanoi in Vietnam, and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. I may be going to Phnom Penh, Cambodia as well. About the only things […]