SAME HERE PROBLEM WITH PHOTOS ... HA NOW YA ALL GOTTA WAIT TO VIEW A GLIMPSE (AND HOPEFULLY INHALE) LUANG PRABANG THROUGH MY PICTURES ... THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE A TOWN I GOT A 'COUP DE FOUDRE' FOR ... Alrighty enough bullshit about spirituality (even if the title may read different :-) ... It was time for mi to get myself to Luang Prabang as i had given myself an advanced Bday present ... 5 nights/ 6 days in the jungle learning and living with elephants ... Hopped a swaengtawn (i finally looked up the word for the benched open minivan, however no clue how to pronounce it) to Chiang Khong, the thai bordertown which connects via longboat crossing the Mekong with the the Lao bordertown XIay Pay ... Most of the way was ... read more

NOTE: SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH UPLOAD PICTURES ON THIS ONE ... SO I'LL DO THAT WHEN GOT ACCESS AGAIN (M OFF TO NORTH OF LAOS NOW ...) Every town, every village has its own center and i continuously look for places to stay just conveniently far enough to be out of the crowd, so Gin's Place it was ... owned by Gin, a thai lawyer who loves american westerns and is more of a poet and artist when you meet him than someone who you would expect to practice law ... and run by Lucy, his business oriented wife. But more about them later ... i ended up only 8km from the center of the Golden Triangle, which is a little island in the shape of an old ax in the middle of the Mekong where Birma ... read more

NOTE: ALL PICTURES ARE MIXED UP SO MY 'EDITED' PICTURE STORY DOES NOT EXIST IN NEXT FEW BLOGS ... M LEAVING LUANG PRABANG TODAY AND WILL NOT BE ONLINE FOR A WHILE (HAD TROUBLE ALSO HERE IN LP, HOWEVER THAT DOESN'T MEAN YA CAN'T ENJOY THEM ... Not only is Chiang Saen is one of the oldest towns of Thailand with a rich royal and religious history it's also less than 10km away from SopRuak, which is a tourist trap for those who want to be at the center of the Golden Triangle ... and the rest of the text fell away ... oh well, just the mixed up pictures then ... enjoy... read more

Aah the little pleasures of life ... in this far away village i have found the best bananabread i've ever tasted in mi life ... so have of course become a regular customer at the this heavenly local bakery (after losing 20 kilos i decided i can spoil myself a little bit). Here i met an advanced bycicle tourguide from england who was in search of some new routes ... i had seen him struggling up the mountain the day before and told him i was very much impressed, however that he was crazy ... a laughter accompanied by nodding of his head 'i've biked all over the world, the Andes, the Himalayas however this is the first place i have ever needed to dismount my bike and push it ... well i did at dirt ... read more

Patience and a healthy body r needed to move from one place to the next. I'm still having trouble with both. The fuse i didn't have anymore has grown back nowadays to a very very short one...m really working on getting it extended and thus being by myself again without a social life feels tremendously good. As for my body, the pressure during my two flights to Chiang Mai made my bruised ribs feel like they were being punched like a boxingbag ... a thai one no less with kicks and all... as i have a tendecy to not wanna mingle nor wanna be in touristy areas i had booked at the Pingthara, a little riverhotel a few km outside the center of Chiang Mai ... i was picked up from the airport by the sister ... read more

Koh Phangan is known for its spiritual intent / content, and of course for the wonderful aqua sports etc, however what i think it's practically most known for is THE full moon party ... every month to be held at the most southeastern point of the island Haad Rin (where i was staying in my little oasis on the northwestern part of the island oasis on the northwestern part of the island Haad Tian) ... thousands of party animals flock to the island days before the full moon which i really noticed on the roads ... way more mopeds and way more accidents which reminded mi once again howsmart i had been to have rented my jeep ... wsmart i had been to have rented my jeep ... i first hooked up with Marion and Liza ... read more