Koh Phangan,the party islands

Yes I have fallen in the ultimate tourist trap, a ferry to the islands.

Don't get me wrong this is beyond the definition of paradise with waterfalls and beautiful beaches everywhere, however there are a lot of things that I don't agree here with like the way the tourists push the drug trade since not too many Thai people do drugs, prostitution, animal abuse to Tigers, Bears and Elephants (however a lot of them get literally get fucked by their own disrespectful actions by getting wasted and then hiring the 3 prettiest "ladyboys" that their beer goggles and their wallet can afford them).
I
thought I came here to study and learn about the peoples of Southeast Asia, but the party cultures of the white people here suggest the need for a serious study.. I might start it at the half moon party tomorrow and leave it for somebody else to continue it the day after. Maybe someday I'll start the "wikistudy".

Quote of the day

"Oh, I don't like Asian women, they are ugly, have lots of problems, STD's, and don't like to do MDMA..."

Anonymous Swedish tourist who has been here a month and still doesn't know where the fuck he is at.

The happiest days of my life

are just ahead and I just know it. It is madness and no I am not talking about the sex shows although I have heard they're pretty amusing.
Thai people are very friendly, the prices are ridiculously cheap and this land has got to be one of the most pleasant countries of the world .
Sorry to tell you but I don't think you'll ever see me again unless you come visit...

Bangkok

A city of undefined millions and hub of capitalism. Even though I was only a little past a week in Cambodia I am experiencing culture shock from leaving a third world country. However it seems like certain prices here are cheaper such as food and drink. I just finished a great Pad Thai with shrimp and fresh papaya juice for 5 dollars at a hotel where my room cost me 6 USD. In Bangkok, many travelers talk to each other, I have met a couple and so far I have gotten many great ideas...

Go to exotic Chiang Mai in the North or to the exotic Koh Islands in the south?

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Partying in Bangkok with Mr. Yugoslavia who was later escorted out of the club unconscious and by the limbs due to too much Tequila. Man, he really needed a mint

The road to Siem Reap

It is a long and winding road, 500 kilometers, about 300 hundred miles, still not renovated since the war ended although there is a project in place to do that...

Leaving my homeland

Yes, this place already feels like home, from the amazing food to the natural way of life, I do not want to leave, but I know it is my destiny to keep you all entertained so I must head to Bangkok, Thailand by bus, hopefully another capital of good food and good people, oh and drunkenness...

I can not wait for the Cambodia -Thailand Border, I have heard the nailbiting stories ...

Knyom Srolang Kampuchea! ( I love Cambodia)

This place is beyond words. I apologize to you because my camara was broken due to excess sand in the beaches of Colima, then I fixed it here in Cambodia for very little. I have about a gig of pictures and video but the internet connections here are very slow, so I will have to wait until Bangkok to upload.

Yesterday I went to the ruins at Angkor Wat, you will not want to miss it.

Quote of the trip to Angkor.

"They should just build Angkor Vegas so that way we don't have to leave home..."

Anonymous, yes you guessed it American tourist...

Forget Paris/ Holiday in Cambodia

This has got to be the most amazingly surreal country I have ever been in. This country of 13 million still considers itself a unified kingdom, a country and a culture after thousands of years. To make a brute analogy it is like landing in the capital of the Roman Empire in 2008. These people take everything Khmer as a matter of self identity and for good reason.
Khmer food, Khmer language, Khmer music and Khmer people are like nothing you can encounter outside of Kampuchea.

I know it sounds premature but leaving here will be an extremely hard desicion...

Meet Misteh Oun, cool like the "aircon" systems he repairs by day, as his brothers say, "he drink too much but he bery hansom"

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My favorite Cambodian Ms. Chieh-Ihn

A post from the future

Thats right, I am now in Taipei Airport where all prices are in NT, everyone speaks English and eats overpriced ham and cheese croissants like they are about to run out. Oh yeah, and the toilets are lets say, a tad bit smaller.. Its funny how people will be 15 hours from when you read this.

On to Phnom Penh...

Portland

Just handed in my apartment, ready for the journey of a lifetime. Itinerary goes Seattle Taipei, Pnomh Penh and from there whatever the budget allows for.

Aiming for Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pai, Vientiane. We'll see if it happens.

Hold on to your socks...

My cousin Olmo

Liberal journalist committed to his ideals, etching out a living from covering cultural and political events in Colima, softspoken, hard worker, good son to his mother, goes running every day, unintentional player, natural born poet, loves and lives good food, good beer and family almost as much as life because as in his own words "Besides from the good times, when we die, what are we really left with?".



Shrimp,Octopus & Clam, if you don't dig it you just don't deserve it...

Any regular Friday

When I grow up I want to be like him...