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Mandalay – Streets
Middle of the night, all is mostly quiet. A few nights ago I was awakened around 1 am by the distant, persistent sounds of festival music. Last night it was dogs barking, street dogs for there is virtually no other … Continue reading
From Mandalay
Hello my travel along friends. Just a quick note from Mandalay to let you know that all is well. I have been filling every day easily – more than filling them actually. I will be here three more days
dead dog lying by the side of the road
From Mandalay, Myanmar Jan 27, 2011 A few times here I have seen a dog lying dead by the side of the street. Tonight it was a man.
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Farewell Bangkok
A few more images from Thailand, as I ready myself to fly on to Burma. Thewet Market (primarily vegetables, meat and fish) is on the right of the canal (khlong). The Thewet Flower Market is on the left. Thewet Market … Continue reading
Neighborhoods
My guesthouse is in such an interesting neighborhood.The busy main street, runs north-south, and is a half block away. It teems with all manner of traffic, dominated by the madcap buses of Bangkok.
Bangkok – old and new
To get my Myanmar visa I’d had to go to a part of Bangkok which was new to me. Since we would need to return to the embassy later that afternoon to pick our passports, Justin and I jumped back … Continue reading
Evolution of the Plan – Myanmar
I’d headed for Southeast Asia with a vague sort of a plan in mind. I have been fascinated with the idea of seeing Burma. Because it has been an impossible destination, because friends who have gone before have been so … Continue reading
24 hours
I had thought that these initial few days in Bangkok would be a wasted down-time, but it is quickly taking on another form entirely. It is different if you are traveling for just a few weeks with a frenetic schedule … Continue reading
back in Bangkok
I am back, a year later. Much has changed in me, but nothing much has changed in Bangkok. A few political demonstrations later, a few needless deaths, nothing has changed.
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Transiting through Japan
2011, start of a two month trip to southeast Asia. This is a smoking area in the Frankfurt, Germany airport. Yes, I am in Germany instead of Japan. Certainly not the most direct way to go from San Francisco to … Continue reading
Looking back – history ancient, and recent
As I consider the options for this year’s journey, I revisit the memories of the year prior. What were my goals? Did I attain them? What goals are at the head of this year’s list? Last year, the priorities were … Continue reading
Southeast Asia
beckons, seduces. Thailand. Continuing on from last year when the Thai portion was: Bangkok – one week at the start, a half week at the end Ayutthaya – minivan day trip Aranya Prathet – minivan to the Cambodian border And … Continue reading
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Hanoi
Feb 24 2010, Hanoi I have emerged, now, from the mountains, and from the backwaters and forests of northern Vietnam, to the lowland of the Red River and thence to the South China Sea. This stage of the journey starts … Continue reading
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The road is open, sort of – Muong Ngoi to Dien Bien Phu
When last I left you (and the internet), I was in Nong Khiaw, Laos on the Nam Ou, north of Luang Prabang. Nong Khiaw (Key-oh) is a small town now accessible by road, hence a crossroads for a variety of relatively … Continue reading
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