Archive for July, 2008
Incoming!
Phew... a computer that actually lets me blog. It's been a rarity lately. Anyway, as the title suggests, I'm coming home! When I went to the airport in Bangkok and asked about bumping my return flight up by a couple of days, the agent offered me Monday or nothing. So, I took Monday. It's been a great trip, but all the stuff I have to get done when...
Back in Bangkok
Hi friends! So, some time has passed since my last post. Lemme see... what happened? Oh yeah, I got really sick. Jen and I both ended up getting sick a couple of days after we got to Luang Prabang. My assumption is that some water from the evil Mekong got in our mouths during the aforementioned boat ride from hell and the parasites started...
Photos!
Going back in time... Here is Jen hijacking a tuk-tuk outside of a temple in Chiang Mai. Here is where we went snorkeling off of Ko Samui (Ang Thong National Marine Park). This is from Maenam Beach on Ko Samui...paradise!...
Sabaidee from Laos!
This is a long one, because I don't want to miss sharing one bit... The title of this post might as well read "Hello from Laos, or I'm just happy to be alive!" Seriously, Jen and I unknowingly took our lives into our own hands (or rather some non-English speaking boat driver's hands) yesterday in order to get into Laos. All because it's a big...
Transit Humor
Jen: Uh-oh, look at that broken down tuk-tuk. Me: That must suck-suck. (I crack myself up.)...
Hi from Chiang Mai
We're in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand now. We got last minute plane tickets here yesterday after stopping in at a travel agent's office and using her non-English speaking 10 year old daughter to mediate the purchase over the phone with her mom, who was in another location and also only spoke marginal English. It was a pretty funny...
