Hello! I’m safe and sound, back in Bangkok. My flight to Phnom Penh, Cambodia leaves at 15:15. I’m crouched over a pubic interrnett kiosk, paying 10 baht/20 mins to use the crappy keyboard, no seat, and a very low keyboad height. 50 eet away there’s a proper internet cafe that charges an outrageous 300 baht ($10!) per [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kalaw’
What the hell….? #2
Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, tagged Bangkok, Kalaw, Myanmar, trekking on May 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What the hell have you been *doing*?
Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, tagged bamboo, Kalaw, Myanmar, Pathein, Pindaya, Pindaya caves, trekking, umbrellas on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that all my political blustering is done for the moment…
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OK. Myanmar! Believe it or not, there’s a country that exists in addition to the typhoon, absurd repressive government, and sham elections. And I’ve been visiting it!
Ages ago, the last time I blogged about my trip, I said that we took a bus north to [...]
Chillin’ in Bagan
Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, tagged Bagan, Inle Lake, Kalaw, longyi, Mandalay, Moustache Brothers, Myanmar, trishaw on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings all,
I’m in the most relaxed mood in a while today, for a few reasons. First, after a lovely but way too long 15-hour slow boat ride from Mandalay to Bagan, I got a decent night’s sleep last night. Second, I managed to change my flight so that I’m leaving this Saturday, on the 17th, [...]
