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Singapore Travels
Singapore June 6 – 8, 2006 After a much better journey than our previous train ride, we arrived in Singapore around 1 pm (although our projected arrival time had been 10am). We’d heard such good things about how organized and convenient Singapore was that we were surprised to find ourselves virtually stranded at the train …
Thailand Travels
Thailand May 5-10 & 18-19, 2006 Bangkok Chiang Mai Ko Tao Island
Cambodia Travels
Cambodia April 30 – May 5, 2006 Phnom Penh Angkor The Road to Thailand Cambodia was so hot and humid that I could barely drink enough water to keep up with my sweat. It’s like it was raining, but the rain was coming from inside of me instead of the outside. The humidity of an …
Chinese Bathhouse
BIRTHDAY SUIT January 2006 My favorite line in E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room With a View, is when Freddy greets his new neighbor, Emerson, by saying, “How d’ye do? Come and have a bathe.” Another character present chuckles over the absurdity of such a greeting, but nevertheless, they all go traipsing off to a nearby …
Central American Travel Photos
Central American Travels July 2007 Panama Costa Rica Zac and I have had more than our fair share of travels in foreign countries, but this trip seemed different. It was the first time that it really felt like a vacation in the traditional sense—an escape from the humdrum routine of life as working adults (if …
Panama Travels
Panama July 2007 Panama City Boquete Bocas Del Torro
Costa Rica Travels
Costa Rica July 2007 San Jose Monte Verde La Fortuna (Arenal) Playa Hermosa Alajuela (epilogue)
XINGHAI SQUARE
XINGHAI SQUARE AND BEACH Xinghai Square is the “largest square in Asia” Beer Festival Click here for photos from the beer festival held in Xinghai Square
Boat to Luang Prabang
Laos: Boat to Luang Prabang on the Mekong River May 10-11, 2006 We spent the night in Chiang Khong, on the Thai side of the river, and early the next morning, took a little motorized wooden ferry over the river and crossed into Laos. From there, we took a river boat down the Mekong River …
Vang Vieng
Laos: Vang Vieng May 13-15, 2006 We arrived at Vang Vieng in the afternoon, and as we were eating lunch, we noticed some rockets and explosions in the distance. After eating, we headed upstream to see what was going on. What we found was a local festival. There were all these villagers, with canisters of …