Archive for May, 2008
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Birthday
May 23rd, 2008 - Savannakhet, Laos
It is the evening of my 25th birthday, though oddly enough in Laos time I was actually born on the 24th of May… Maybe that means I can celebrate tomorrow as well!
We took a bus across the newly built bridge from Thailand today, which means that my passport was stamped […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Khorat
May 22nd, 2008 - Khorat, Thailand
We haven’t been up to much in Khorat. I haven’t been feeling well, and I’m also contemplating putting together a film piece in time to apply for the Vancouver film festival. For the most part I’ve been laying around in the room, checking out footage, while Evy’s been […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Thailand Trains
May 18th, 2008 - Train ride to Khorat
The whole concept of bbq chicken thighs takes on a whole new meaning when they are no longer discreetly separated from their respective feet. Somehow the clawed appendages – fried and neatly skewered on shish kabob sticks – were particularly unappealing to us on the train ride […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Panasonic
May 16th, 2008 - Bangkok, Thailand
I had to spend a day at the Panasonic headquarters in Bangkok today, located in the equivalent of Langley or maybe White Rock. My videocamera’s playback function collapsed on Tarutao island, and after buying a mini-screwdriver set and attempting to take it apart, I realized (perhaps fortunately early on!) […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Bangkok
May 15th, 2008 - Bangkok, Thailand
I’ve kind of enjoyed Bangkok, for all people complain about its dirtiness. We’re staying in an ultra-touristy backpacker section of town, but it’s conveniently located near a local Muay Thai boxing school. We went to 3 classes at the centre there, and it was awesome. I may […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Ko Tarutao
May 11th, 2008 - Ko Tarutao, Tarutao National Park
The island of Tarutao is the island upon which they shot Survivor Thailand, and it would have been the embodiment of paradise if it hadn’t been for the weather. Monsoon season arrived early here this year. It rained and it stormed and it generally lacked […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Thailand Arrival
May 5th, 2008 - Tarutao Island, Thailand
Evy and I were agreed that post the Nepal trek we would want at least a couple of days, preferably a week, in which to simply relax. I didn’t really care where we went, so long as I could sleep in, lie on the beach, and hopefully have […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Singapore Stop-over
May 2nd, 2008 - Singapore, Singapore
Being in Singapore feels a little like being in limbo. It’s weird to no longer be in India. It’s weird to be at the same place we flew into 3 months ago – jet lagged from Vancouver. It’s weird to be exposed to a lifestyle that’s almost […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Delhi Stop-over
April 30th - Delhi, India
We’re back at Lucie’s in Delhi, which is pretty sweet. Her boyfriend’s here at the moment, which is cool, but he leaves in a couple of days as well so everyone has that feeling of imminent departure.
It’s hot here. 41º hot. It is rather difficult to sleep sans […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Nepal, in a very large nutshell
Annapurna Circuit Trek
‘Fast Facts’
What: A trek around the Annapurna Mountain Range in the Himalayas, Nepal
When: April 8th-25th, 2008
Who: Mad, Ev, Guide (Govinda) and Porter (Nabin) – it was supposed to be a larger group but no one else signed up for the same timeslot so we lucked out
How long: approximately 220 km in 16 days
How […]
