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Oh, what a lovely lovely day. Adam, wherever you are, bless your heart for insisting I stop at Vang Vieng. Although it’s totally overrun with …

Whew! 7 bus hours and 15 slow boat hours later, here I am in Luang Prabang, Lao. The bus from Chang Mai to Chang Khong …

I’m about to leave Chang Mai for Laos, and I’m finding it difficult, perhaps for the first time ever, to leave the guest house I’ve …

The good news: Chang Mai is still lovely, and I’ve made some new friends here. I’ve also learned to make curry paste from scratch, as …

Chang Mai is, so far, everything I had really hoped this leg of the journey would be. Nestled in the green-clad mountains of the North, …

It’s been a while since my last post, I know. Especially since internet access runs, oh, about $1 an hour here. Anyway, my excuse is …

I haven’t written anything in a few days, mostly because I’ve been trying to verbalize my thoughts for myself. I’ve done a good deal of …

To continue in the vein of losing the most irritating possible things, this time it’s my soap. Along with my soap dish. Left in the …

OK, so everybody’s got a different idea of what the right precautions are to avoid general gastrointestinal distress around here. I am proud to say …

Fortified by a breakfast of banana pancakes (which are just as good as everyone says) and a lunch of street-cooked pad thai, I just might …