wat champhu next to the pagoda inn
tough decisions
valiant attempts to photograph the porn ping tower on this map
chiang mai old city wall
best meat ever
it's on the menu somewhere
an elephant walks into a bar...
everyone loves the king
1 rebounding please
i think it was a political crime
on the road to chiang kong
mekong in the morning -- from chiang kong
somehow it doesn't sink
lao immigration
people who loot artifacts, eat endangered animals, and buy children for sex probably aren't persuaded much by posters
leaving houay xai
on the slow boat to louang prabang
pak beng, a bustling metropolis
louang prabang
wine bar next to an art gallery -- yes, laos is a very scary place
lao royal palace -- where the royal family lived until the commies killed them in 1975. (100 points if you can tell me what else happened that year.)
they were the kingdom of a million elephants and the white parasol. (i'm sure it sounds much more imposing in lao.)
I think he's also on the money
mekong
that chomsi
nam khan river -- view from phu si
I thought they weren't supposed to eat after 11 a.m. and that they could only eat what we fed them. So not true.
robes hanging outside a monk dorm. this one looks more like a monk frat.
in Lao, these are different letters
yes, i'm a nerd
definitely looking for porn
i think they may be advertising too heavily for this conference
just a few wings before lunch
snake whiskey
drink alcoholl snake. cobra.
dried "river moss"
laap (or larp or koi)
grilled mekong river fish
tatmor -- where we ate the previous night
it's easy to be stealthy about things under all those robes
Christmas Eve dinner -- wild boar provencal (amazing)
I mess with my camera while waiting for the monks
collecting the days alms
no one wants to be the monk novice whose mom bought him the wrong robe
these guys woke up 20 minutes late. if i had been a buddhist monk novice, this would have been my troop.
everything is pie, ultimately
in siem reap
pre rup
the chicken was great
angkor wat is a thing of unspeakable beauty and majesty
plans to see the ruins by zeppelin are in the works
the bayon
i think i dated her
phimeanakas
terrace of the elephants
prasats suor prat
my driver, chhoun
all of the ruins sound like this
tonle sap
i had my own boat
floating villages
MONKEY BATH!
freshdirect
it's impossible to not give money to a scam with firepower like this
view from the hill next to the lake
preah khan
