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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
La Chaussee to Paris
La Chausee/La Rochelle/Paris, France - August 6, 2008
As Evy said, the day pretty much started going wrong from the moment we didn’t wake up.
We were supposed to catch a train to ‘La Rochelle’, a picturesque town on the East coast of France, at the ungodly hour of 6:31am this morning. It was our only […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Bali Cremation Ceremony
Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) - July 16, 2008
We’ve been spending the majority of our time in Bali relaxing. It’s been pretty great. Especially after our recent educational overload of Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia history. We decided however (both for our own mental health and cultural interest), that we should do something a little […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Impressions of Vietnam & Cambodia
Cambodia & Vietnam - July 6, 2008
– This man was old and trembling so that he could hardly walk. He looked like he wanted to cry. When I left him I heard two rifle shots.
Life, January 19, 1970 (Quote under picture at the Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam ,War Memorial Museum)
– “Guys were about […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Political Caves
June 19, 2008 - Vieng Xai, Laos
Today we visited the caves that were used as hideouts during the war by the leaders of the Pathet Lao (the Lao communist party, 5 of whose 7 leaders at the time have ended up serving terms as president of Lao since). The caves were pretty neat. […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Stone Jars & UXO’s
Phonsavan, Laos - June 17, 2008
We went to see the ‘Plain of Jars’ near Phonsavan, Laos, today. We’d spent a day or two in Luang Prabang, the UNESCO protected heritage village between Vang Vieng & coming here, but I actually found this more interesting. Luang Prabang was neat in the sense that we […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
UFO’s in Laos
Vang Vieng, Laos - June 13, 2008
I milked a goat today. Several, in fact. It was kind of interesting.
While I’ve been editing in Vientiane the past couple of days, Evy’s been staying at this organic farm just outside the backpacker town of Vang Vieng. I joined her here yesterday, and due to […]
