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Date: 3rd April 2011
Food
Hey dude you forgot to tell everyone about the farang restaurant situated about half way to the tiger zoo on the road from Sriracha to the tiger zoo it has an amazingly extensive English menu and the food is excellent.
From Blog: Life in Sriracha: Vignettes
Food
Hey dude you forgot to tell everyone about the farang restaurant situated about half way to the tiger zoo on the road from Sriracha to the tiger zoo it has an amazingly extensive English menu and the food is excellent.
From Blog: Life in Sriracha: Vignettes
Date: 16th December 2010
Still Hurts
I used to drink my way through the holidays so I wouldn't have to remember tomorrow. I was his platoon leader for the majority of our deployment and your brother was one of the best soldiers that anyone could ever ask for. No matter how hard it got or how helpless/hopeless we felt, he always had a smile on his face with the craziest antics. I don't know when any of this is supposed to get any easier but there are tons of people remembering him along with you today, his Army family, and WE WILL NEVER FORGET. RIP Specialist of the Army Nathan Nakis
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Still Hurts
I used to drink my way through the holidays so I wouldn't have to remember tomorrow. I was his platoon leader for the majority of our deployment and your brother was one of the best soldiers that anyone could ever ask for. No matter how hard it got or how helpless/hopeless we felt, he always had a smile on his face with the craziest antics. I don't know when any of this is supposed to get any easier but there are tons of people remembering him along with you today, his Army family, and WE WILL NEVER FORGET. RIP Specialist of the Army Nathan Nakis
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 29th November 2010
Mshomoroni
We aren't there now, but we lived just past Mshomoroni on Calvary Hill.
From Blog: One Month in Kenya
Mshomoroni
We aren't there now, but we lived just past Mshomoroni on Calvary Hill.
From Blog: One Month in Kenya
I married a Kenyan who lives in M'roni
I just stumbled across your site, and I am a white Canadian who met and married a Kenyan last yr. And am moving to where he lives-Mshomoroni. Where, there do you guys live?
From Blog: One Month in Kenya
Date: 31st August 2010
best bathroom in the world
all world
From Blog: The Best Bathroom in the World
best bathroom in the world
all world
From Blog: The Best Bathroom in the World
beautiful!!!!!!!!!
wow! its a nice picture..
From Blog: Pictures From the Spiritual Center of Laos
Date: 29th April 2010
Hello
Hello! i have loved your blogs and have read them since you first set up your travel blog, you are a really good writer!!
From Blog: Voted Off The Island?
Hello
Hello! i have loved your blogs and have read them since you first set up your travel blog, you are a really good writer!!
From Blog: Voted Off The Island?
Date: 29th April 2010
Explanatory Note
This blog entry was originally posted in March of 2007. It was much longer, and with beautiful full-color digital photographs. Then someone hacked my site and removed it a few months later. I have recovered as much as possible and I'm trying to recover the whole thing. I would love your help if you have a copy of the text or the photos somewhere, or if you know how to find recover this sort of thing on the internet. Thanks!
From Blog: Voted Off The Island?
Explanatory Note
This blog entry was originally posted in March of 2007. It was much longer, and with beautiful full-color digital photographs. Then someone hacked my site and removed it a few months later. I have recovered as much as possible and I'm trying to recover the whole thing. I would love your help if you have a copy of the text or the photos somewhere, or if you know how to find recover this sort of thing on the internet. Thanks!
From Blog: Voted Off The Island?
Date: 21st April 2010
Every 'ism' is evil
Yes, even judgmentalism We should probably all put the political crap away and just get on with being a happy family. :)
From Blog: A Political Manifesto
Every 'ism' is evil
Yes, even judgmentalism We should probably all put the political crap away and just get on with being a happy family. :)
From Blog: A Political Manifesto
Date: 21st April 2010
Well...
I didn't lie. There were plenty of tourists and drivers working for the Dark Side, that's why I split town and headed to the provinces. I loved Cambodia, though, and I was definitely charmed. Sorry if I betrayed PP in a bad light.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Well...
I didn't lie. There were plenty of tourists and drivers working for the Dark Side, that's why I split town and headed to the provinces. I loved Cambodia, though, and I was definitely charmed. Sorry if I betrayed PP in a bad light.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Date: 21st April 2010
I don't really like being on the internet, so I'll have to say no. Thanks for the invite, though!
From Blog: Pictures From the World's Largest Religious Structure, Plus!
I don't really like being on the internet, so I'll have to say no. Thanks for the invite, though!
From Blog: Pictures From the World's Largest Religious Structure, Plus!
Date: 3rd March 2010
Cambodia 2006
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your blog about Cambodia. I just finished reading First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung and wanted to see some pictures of Phnom Penh and came across your blog. You made me feel like I was there...thank you! I really appreciated how you sought out to meet the locals and non-tourist Cambodia. P.S. I know Nathan would be very proud of you.
Cambodia 2006
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your blog about Cambodia. I just finished reading First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung and wanted to see some pictures of Phnom Penh and came across your blog. You made me feel like I was there...thank you! I really appreciated how you sought out to meet the locals and non-tourist Cambodia. P.S. I know Nathan would be very proud of you.
Date: 19th January 2010
Nathan
I know it has been about 7 years since he passed but it feels like it just happend yesterday... he was a good friend... like a brother to me.. he was one of the kindest people you could have ever met. he would go out of his way to help you when you needed it. i would give anything to have him back.. Im sorry arty and ellenor that ur son had passed so soon.. just know that we are all here for you when u need us. Love Katie
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Nathan
I know it has been about 7 years since he passed but it feels like it just happend yesterday... he was a good friend... like a brother to me.. he was one of the kindest people you could have ever met. he would go out of his way to help you when you needed it. i would give anything to have him back.. Im sorry arty and ellenor that ur son had passed so soon.. just know that we are all here for you when u need us. Love Katie
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 6th January 2010
Thanks for the article.
Interestesting article. It was a fabulous read :). Just wondering, aer you interested in moderating on my forum? The URL is http://OurIslamic.com If you are, please send me an email at admin@ourislamic.com.
From Blog: Pictures From the World's Largest Religious Structure, Plus!
Thanks for the article.
Interestesting article. It was a fabulous read :). Just wondering, aer you interested in moderating on my forum? The URL is http://OurIslamic.com If you are, please send me an email at admin@ourislamic.com.
From Blog: Pictures From the World's Largest Religious Structure, Plus!
Date: 26th September 2009
I did not know you or your brother, but was searching online for memorial tattoos for my cousin who has recently passed and came across your blog. I am truly so sorry for your loss. I hope that your happy memories with your brother bring you comfort.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
I did not know you or your brother, but was searching online for memorial tattoos for my cousin who has recently passed and came across your blog. I am truly so sorry for your loss. I hope that your happy memories with your brother bring you comfort.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 28th August 2009
Well, I wrote about what I saw going on at the time. I was only in PP for a couple days and that is what happened to me. I don't worry about pleasing everybody, just being honest pleases me.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Well, I wrote about what I saw going on at the time. I was only in PP for a couple days and that is what happened to me. I don't worry about pleasing everybody, just being honest pleases me.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Date: 10th July 2009
hi, im in ireland,i just want to know if your in europe.am an acrobat.from kenya, thanks
From Blog: One Month in Kenya
hi, im in ireland,i just want to know if your in europe.am an acrobat.from kenya, thanks
From Blog: One Month in Kenya
Date: 22nd January 2009
Our brothers, our heros
Nic, I remember when I found out that you and your family had lost Nathan in the war and how sad I was for you. Now, 6 years later, my baby brother Jake is over there fighting the very same war!! It is so very sad, not to mention scary. I loved your writing and wish you the best in your fight to accept what has happened. ....Sarah Johnson (Scronce)
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Our brothers, our heros
Nic, I remember when I found out that you and your family had lost Nathan in the war and how sad I was for you. Now, 6 years later, my baby brother Jake is over there fighting the very same war!! It is so very sad, not to mention scary. I loved your writing and wish you the best in your fight to accept what has happened. ....Sarah Johnson (Scronce)
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 17th December 2008
Never Forgotten
It's hard to believe its been 5 years since Nates passing. I think about him everyday, and have the paper given to us by NAtes dad with the saying by my door in a frame. Everyday as I leave or come into my home, I read that and NEVER forget! I'm forever a changed man because of Nate.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Never Forgotten
It's hard to believe its been 5 years since Nates passing. I think about him everyday, and have the paper given to us by NAtes dad with the saying by my door in a frame. Everyday as I leave or come into my home, I read that and NEVER forget! I'm forever a changed man because of Nate.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 20th November 2008
I Disagree with Your Potrayal Of PP
While I did enjoy a few of your anecdotes regarding your time with the monks and the misbehaving monkeys, I think your portrayal of Phnom Penh is slanted. I was here for a good two weeks, and was asked very seldomly by drivers if I wanted to visit some of the darker sites of this town, of which there are many, and certainly none were "shocked or offended at my disinterest in hookers and guns and drugs." Come on, that's a stretch. Poverty is overwhelming here, but so is the spirit I believe was captured best with your encounter with the classical music ensemble. I thought that your claim that many travelers come here for guns or prostitutes (the dark side) was way off. Sure, there are plenty of deviants here, but let's not get carried away. Many, like you and I, are there to experience what much of the rest of the world (read: the West) has ignored, misrepresented, or just doesn't know much about. It is certainly a place of stark contrasts, but holds a certain charm as well, and tourism is, by and large, desperately needed here. I liked certain parts of this post, but as I said, I though it was too one-sided. Peace.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
I Disagree with Your Potrayal Of PP
While I did enjoy a few of your anecdotes regarding your time with the monks and the misbehaving monkeys, I think your portrayal of Phnom Penh is slanted. I was here for a good two weeks, and was asked very seldomly by drivers if I wanted to visit some of the darker sites of this town, of which there are many, and certainly none were "shocked or offended at my disinterest in hookers and guns and drugs." Come on, that's a stretch. Poverty is overwhelming here, but so is the spirit I believe was captured best with your encounter with the classical music ensemble. I thought that your claim that many travelers come here for guns or prostitutes (the dark side) was way off. Sure, there are plenty of deviants here, but let's not get carried away. Many, like you and I, are there to experience what much of the rest of the world (read: the West) has ignored, misrepresented, or just doesn't know much about. It is certainly a place of stark contrasts, but holds a certain charm as well, and tourism is, by and large, desperately needed here. I liked certain parts of this post, but as I said, I though it was too one-sided. Peace.
From Blog: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Date: 12th March 2008
socialism is evil
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/04/socialism.html
From Blog: A Political Manifesto
socialism is evil
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/04/socialism.html
From Blog: A Political Manifesto
Date: 16th December 2007
Remembering Nathan four years later
It has been four years now and I still remember the day we were all called for a batalion formation. Our hearts drop when we heard that nathan was killed. now four years later many of us that got to know nathan as our brother in arms are back in Iraq fighting the fight for everything that nathan believed in.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Remembering Nathan four years later
It has been four years now and I still remember the day we were all called for a batalion formation. Our hearts drop when we heard that nathan was killed. now four years later many of us that got to know nathan as our brother in arms are back in Iraq fighting the fight for everything that nathan believed in.
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Date: 26th November 2007
A hero taken too soon....
I was stationed with Nathan in Iraq, and was the one who came to your homes the day after you found out of his passing. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of Nathan. I have hanging up by my front door the saying your father gave too all of us. It is a constant reminder of a smiling soldier who was the epitome of all that a soldier was. I can only hope that time heals the wounds that his lose brought to your family, and his other family...the ones who fought beside him in Iraq. But I don't think it will...... I miss him!
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
A hero taken too soon....
I was stationed with Nathan in Iraq, and was the one who came to your homes the day after you found out of his passing. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of Nathan. I have hanging up by my front door the saying your father gave too all of us. It is a constant reminder of a smiling soldier who was the epitome of all that a soldier was. I can only hope that time heals the wounds that his lose brought to your family, and his other family...the ones who fought beside him in Iraq. But I don't think it will...... I miss him!
From Blog: Remembering Nathan
Nicholas John Nakis
Nicholas John Nakis
Food
Alan > I don't know if there was such a place back then. I never got any English food around there, it was all sticky rice and pad pak!
From Blog: Life in Sriracha: Vignettes