Country: Asia

notes from the train

Andrew, shortly after having a sex change and converting to Islam. Thanks Allah for second-class.

We got up this morning, gathered our things and gladly said goodbye to Koh Tao and its beaches, excited for the long journey back to Bangkok. Taxi to boat to bus to train to Bangkok! We got all the way…

introduction to crazy: the Aynap episode

The scenic walk toward insanity...

Despite my track record in the past few years I generally like to finish what I start. That’s why committing to volunteer (…it’s not volunteering when you pay to participate…) for one week at a permaculture community in Northern Thailand…

Doi Suthep, Thailand

Everybody loves Asian babies...even technology does. I refuse to take their photos but my camera climbed out of the bag and took this photo itself...that's why the baby looks confused.

Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand – 2012 After lounging around in Chiang Mai for a number of days and not really doing anything besides going to coffee shops and drinking lassies, my friend Lauren and I took a trip to…

Goodbye Thailand, Hello Malaysia

Nothing disturbing about this pic until you zoom in and see the assault rifle next to this sleeping guy's leg.

Goodbye Thailand, Hello Malaysia – 2012 We took an overnight train from Surat Thani to Sungai Kolok then walked across the Thai/Malaysian border and headed to Kota Bharu, en route to Perhentian Kecil, a small island off the east coast…

Tachileik Border Crossing

Tachileik, Myanmar – 2012 A frustrating mistake had me ending up taking a trip to Myanmar to refresh my legal status in Thailand. The experience turned out to be very positive. Who knows…maybe I even subconsciously made the horrifying mistake…

Independence Day

It’s a dreary Wednesday afternoon and it’s been raining heavily off and on since Shawna and I arrived in Tanah Rata, the biggest of all of the small towns that populate the Cameron Highlands. We came here to hike and…