Sekong (Xekong)
After saying goodbye to Jackie and Ofir, Matt and I headed inland to Sekong where we met up with Debi again and encountered a series of strange things like a …
Tat Lo Falls
While waiting for Debi to get back from Thailand, we made a quick trip out the Tat Lo Falls for Valentine’s Day. I wrote about it in an entry that …
Hin Bun River Trip
After the trip to Konglor Cave we hired a boat for a seven hour journey back down to the Mekong. Alternately beautiful and grueling, Jacqui and I got a little …
Konglor Cave, Laos
Konglor Cave is in central Laos, it’s tough to get to, primitive when you arrive and still the best place in Laos. For full details be sure to check out …
Bin Ha Nin
A small village by the side of the road. The jumping off point for the trip to Konglor Cave, We elected to spend an extra day exploring the surrounding area. …
Laos - Vang Vieng
Ofir and I took the boat down the Luang Prabang again, headed for Vang Vieng when he ran into a friend from his time traveling in India. That friend was …
Laos - Gibbon Experience
I met up with Ofir and Robin on the boat to Luang Prabang and when we stopped in Pak Beng for the night the three of us went to dinner …
Laos - Luang Prabang and around
I was planning to go into Laos make a quick trip to Luang Prabang and come back with a renewed Thai visa. As it turned out I spent two months …
Thailand - Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Inthanon is the highest point and Thailand. It’s about a two hour motorbike ride from Chang Mai, but well worth the effort. From the base at 800m to the …
Thailand Mae Sa Botantical Gardens
The Mae Sa Valley is about half an hour by motorbike from Chang Mai and about halfway up the valley is a massive botanical garden curated by the Queen of …
Thailand Chang Mai
Chang Mai is in northern Thailand somewhat near the Burmese border. It has something like 300 wats, but Wat Umong is by far the best. Umong is set back in …
Bangkok Misc
The Baiyoke Sky Hotel, is, as it proudly proclaims to anyone who will listen, the tallest hotel in the world—not building mind you, I believe that honor goes to the …
Thailand Bangkok Wat Pho
Wat Pho is home of the reclining Buddha. Its also the largest and oldest wat in Bangkok. The Reclining Buddha is forty-six metres long and fifteen metres high — huge …
Thailand- Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew, better known as the temple of the emerald Buddha and a part of the larger Grand Palace, is generally considered the most important temple in Thailand.
Nepal - Sarangkot
Sarangkot is one of the foothills above Pokhara from which there are fantastic views of the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. It was too late in the season to actually …
Pokhara, Nepal
From Kathmandu I took a four hour bus ride up to Pokhara a small lake town at the base of the Annapurna Range. Pokhara was one of the most beautiful …
Swayambhunath / Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Swayambhunath — I have no idea how you pronounce that, which is why everyone refers to it as the monkey temple since a fairly large group of monkeys has been …
Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
Durbar Square (durbar means palace) is a collection of various pagodas, temples and the old palace of the King of Nepal. The palace itself no longer houses the King, but …