http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:16:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/la-chaussee-to-paris/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/bali-cremation-ceremony/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/impressions-of-vietnam-cambodia/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/political-caves/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/stone-jars-uxo%e2%80%99s/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/ufos-in-laos/ June 12, 2008 - Vientiane, Laos There comes a point where you just don’t feel like looking at another temple, eating at another so-so restaurant, staying at yet another mediocre guest house/hotel… I reached that point somewhere around the end of Nepal. 4 months down, 4 to go. Not exactly ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/08/13/vientiane-the-bright-lights-big-city-of-laos/ 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/05/25/birthday/ 16.495838 105.755769 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/05/25/khorat/ 14.96922 102.102402 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 ... http://www.madeleinegrant.com/travel/2008/05/25/thailand-trains/ 13.757327 100.502008