Day: 435
I had a long bus ride today to get towards the northern Thai border to meet up with some friends in a couple of days in Chiang Mai. All I had heard was horror stories about the Lao local buses and how much longer they would take and how uncomfortable it all was.
Yet somehow [...]
Day: 434
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
Yeah, I think all the waiting was worth it.
I’m really happy with the first picture on this page, it easily has moved into my portfolio of my to 30 pictures.
Day: 433
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
I know I have been in Luang Prabang a day or two too long, but I have a reason. Tomorrow is a festival, with fireworks and giant flaming paper boats on the Mekong. Now how do you expect me to move on when I see the locals decorating the temples, lighting [...]
Day: 432
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
With our Presidential election mere days away and the fate of the free world in our hands, it is dawning on me quickly how important this vote is to the world. Every single person I meet immediately brings up the election and how the world is depending on America to [...]
Day: 431
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
Whats better than jumping off waterfalls into pools below?
When you jump, finding a young Lao child surfacing right where your feet will momentarily be…
Spreading your legs to do your best to avoid breaking his little neck, and making full Balls to Head contact…
OUCH.
(By the way, the pictures of monks below [...]
Day: 430
Gallery of Today’s Photos
While wandering about today I met Khao, a 19 year old monk who wanted to practice his English he was learning in school on me. Since my day lacked any sort of itinerary, I spent about an hour chatting with him about just about everything we could think of. Turns out [...]
Day: 429
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
After some sunrise pictures I caught a very uncrowded mini bus north to the Lao tourist hotspot of Luang Prabang today. I arrived and found a simple guest house, did a little walking about town and settled in with a book for a while after trying in vain to [...]
Day: 428
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
In an effort to revitalize my photography which I feel has been getting a little loose lately I have dedicated my pre-sunrise mornings to dragging my ass out of bed and seeing what I can get. I have been trying out this for a couple of days, but the first [...]
Day: 427
Gallery of Today’s Pictures
Today ended up being pretty mellow, I had booked a bus ride on a VIP bus (like $1 more than the regular) to head north into the small town of Vang Vieng. They were picking me up from my hostel in Vientiene at 9:30 and the bus was supposed to [...]
Day: 426
Easy view of pictures here
I set out with a mission this morning; try to get up and get some sunrise pictures. Unfortunately after a long day of travel yesterday, and a few beers last night my body didn’t agree with me. Instead I woke up just before 9, enjoyed free coffee and cake in [...]
