Christmas Letter 2012: A Year In Review
December 20, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue
Since I’m not sending a paper Christmas letter this year, I thought I’d post it to the blog. For the folks who are used to getting an envelope in the […]
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Notes On An Overland Bus Trip from Laos to Cambodia: Or, My 38th Birthday
August 8, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Travelogue
Whoever said, “The joy is in the journey,” clearly has not traveled overland through Southeast Asia. My birthday breakfast was lovely, sitting on the dock above the Mekong on Don […]
On Finding “Travel Zen,” and other lessons in Buddhism
August 5, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue
Travel is one long lesson in patience, punctuated with epic highs, undergirded by the unavoidable lows. The “ferry” crossing the Mekong, at Champasak, is of questionable safety. “It occurs to […]
Riverboats & Ruins: Wat Phao, Champasak, Laos
August 5, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue
We love a good boat ride. The children were delighted to clamber aboard a riverboat and slip out into the fast moving current of the Mekong River at Paske. It […]
Living Like Kings: Champasak Palace, Paske, Laos
August 3, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue
Champasak Palace was built by Jao Boon Oum, the last king of Laos. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to see it finished, as he fled to France in 1975. It is […]
Bill Gates is a Communist Collaborator: Misadventures on the Vietnam-Laos Border
August 1, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue, Vietnam
It’s never good to start a day with the realization that two iPods have been stolen. One from each hotel room. It’s even less good to have that realization on […]
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