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August 17th 2007

Published: August 20th 2007

I arrived in Thailand on August 1st and took a bus straight to Petchaburi, an ancient temple town 2.5 hours from Bangkok and the most non-touristy place I have seen thus far in the Land of Smiles. This was an alteration on my original itinerary, because I was now to meet up with my friend Paul, also teaching English at a university in Taiwan, on August 5th in Bangkok. Having been to Bangkok 4 time... Read Full Entry

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downtown Luang Prabang

local graffiti

Hip hop comes to Luang Prabang

monks going for alms

temple wall

one of the smaller shrines in the holiest of holies in Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang

monk doing his chores

kayaking buddies

a break on the Nam Ou river, outside Luang Prabang

kayaks

and the mighty, silt-bottomed Nam Ou River. Touching the bottom of this river (which we swam in at break time), was like stepping into 10 inches of wet playdough quicksand

2 guys

check out the murals on the side of this temple. Some of them are grim, to say the least

spooky mural

Chiang Mai

sunset up north

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