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Trip: SE Asia and Beyond

There are [96] stories from my trip: SE Asia and Beyond

Not a virgin anymore:)

USA | Thursday, 18 Sep 2008 | Views [435]

Well, I did my first "border run" into Laos. The adventure has been simple considering it involved an overnight train, tuk tuk, bus, tuk tuk, lines, heat money papers and then the next 2 days isits to the embassy. I am grateful that I met ... Read more >

A quiet place in Bangkok and other side notes

USA | Tuesday, 16 Sep 2008 | Views [329]

It can be found...after you take the ferry to the last stop - south - and s ky train and then the subaway and walk a few blocks you can find, amongst all the chaos...Lumpini Park (sp?). I spent some time there yesterday reading and walking around. I ... Read more >

Bangkok - One Last Time

USA | Tuesday, 16 Sep 2008 | Views [293]

Well, I now feel like I am part of the little neighborhood where I stay...people say "Hello Jennifer" when I go buy. My last few days I have gone beyond the comforts of my favorite resteraunts and have eaten all sorts of exotic things from ... Read more >

PICTURES

USA | Monday, 15 Sep 2008 | Views [217]

Try this link to seemy pics so far...I think it works http://photobucket.com/loveandjoy_photos?albumview=slideshow

Random Perks

USA | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Views [212]

Seeing a Monkey!!!! Red Dragon Flies Beautiful Butterfly landing on my head at the retreat...telling me everything is going to be ok Spending hours with a Thai family waiting for a bus Having a Market Taste Test Riding on the Motorbike with my ... Read more >

10 Days of Silence - LOTS to say!

USA | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [477] | Comments [2]

Well I have made to the other side of the retreat and I have to say it was such an amzing experience....yesterday I walked down a highway with 2 women i met - one who was 20 and traveling for 8 months and 1 who was 61 and lives in a hut on an island.... Read more >

From Island to Jungle

USA | Sunday, 31 Aug 2008 | Views [297] | Comments [4]

After taking a 13 hour train ride and then a boat I ended up it Kho Samui, which i decided about 10 minutes before the train stopped! I had a nice little bungelow on the beach and relaxed for a few days in preperation for the 10 day retreat. On my train ... Read more >

1 week in

THAILAND | Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [436]

Here I am in a bungelow on the beach reflecting on one week...which seems like a month. I have met so many great people, seen all sorts of stuff, have spent lots of time alone and have traveled in all sorts of ways...train, bus, boat, tukt tukt, etc.... Read more >

Harder Moments

USA | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Views [264] | Comments [2]

All though I try to focus on the positive....but keepiong it real there has also been harder moments. A much smaller list:) - Poverty - Room w/o a view - Shower and toilet in a cement cellar w/ no natural lighting - Lack of sleep - Kho San Road ... Read more >

BANGKOK's top 40

THAILAND | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Views [448] | Comments [1]

in no particluar order.... - cruise down the Mae Nam - LJ Style - Food at Shanti Lodge - Temporary traveler community/neighborhood created. - Friend from Bali! - Stumbling upon a Buddhist ceremony - Grooving around the city in an ipod bubble ... Read more >

Thais vs. Americans

THAILAND | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Views [409]

A few things I have noticed so far: - WE hgonk our horn a lot more - WE talk on cellphones way more - THEIR children have more toys and cry less - WE are more stressed - THEY walk slower - THEY love their king - THEIR dogs roam free and bark less ... Read more >

Bangkok...wow

USA | Monday, 25 Aug 2008 | Views [492] | Comments [2]

Well I have to say my favorite part so far is taking the boat along the kanal to the different temples. The cool wet breeze is a benefit too! Bangkok is filled with temples, shrines, alters, and Buddahs everywhere. Even in the middle of down town with ... Read more >

Flying is the easy part:)

USA | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [257]

The 23 hour travels was pretty smooth. Out of Denver i met someone who was on his way to Combodia so we got to work and figure out the airports together....and In Taiwan I met another couple from LA (who's mom lives in Nederland, CO)and we enjoyed all ... Read more >