May 2008
11 posts
listening to vinyl by Bruce Springsteen in the intermittent sun this fine morning in Ottawa.
in Hong Kong, awesomely foggy.
“prehistorians have speculated that alcohol intoxication may have been one of the...”
– A FEW TOO MANYor Is there any hope for the hung over? The New Yorker on Hangovers and Their Cures
cooking Lao fish Laab in Savannakhet (yes, went tubing too)
EARTHQUAKE [I’m Okay] 7.5 on Richter Scale, felt in Bangkok and Hanoi as well as Kunming.
we all spent yesterday being devoured by flesh-eating fish and being buried in hot sand. (recovering from the wedding at a spa, moretofo …
spent the whole morning trying to hitch a ride on a cargo boat up the Mekong after learning that my vessel was delayed. Still on time.
now chilling out riverside with mango sticky rice. watching boat traffic cruise by. discussing Burma with with seamen and customs officials.
no doubt remains that the wet season is now upon us.
still being overwhelmed by civilization, and the indecency of it all. Excellent pain au chocolat, however.
train to Chiang Mai. then continuing North to Chiang Saen, from there a boat via Laos and Myanmar. ETA = on time, quite possibly early.