December 2006


Happy Holidays friends!After almost three months of traveling through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and now in Thailand, I reflect upon my sentiments about each country and some overarching contrasts and similarities.

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The Monk Mob SquadHere’s a link to some videos that I just put up:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=papiunc1

As of now, I only have two. The first one is of me at one of the tubing bars in Vang Vien swinging about like a drunken monkey that can’t quite find his footing. The second is of two kids play fighting aside a temple overlooking Luang Prabang and the Mekong river.

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Sunset, southern LaosThe life of a traveler isn’t as carefree and easy as most people think; difficult choices abound and few people really understand the critical notions of trade-offs and opportunity costs within the decision making process like that of the road-weary traveler. (more…)