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Date: 28th January 2010
Nice trip!
I am going to follow like your canal trip, then mango sticky rice...
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
Nice trip!
I am going to follow like your canal trip, then mango sticky rice...
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
Date: 10th June 2008
buddhist caves
confused about buddhist caves in a muslim land? lets just say, the buddha did his thing about 2500 years ago, the christ spread love about 2000 yrs ago, and mohammed did his bit to reform the semitic monotheistic tradition about 1500 yrs ago.
From Blog: Grapes of Turpan
buddhist caves
confused about buddhist caves in a muslim land? lets just say, the buddha did his thing about 2500 years ago, the christ spread love about 2000 yrs ago, and mohammed did his bit to reform the semitic monotheistic tradition about 1500 yrs ago.
From Blog: Grapes of Turpan
Date: 27th December 2007
mr.
tks, I like your pictures/photos and info. greetings from holland happy 2008 I whant go to lijiang very soon.!! orhan
From Blog: Running from the Clouds
mr.
tks, I like your pictures/photos and info. greetings from holland happy 2008 I whant go to lijiang very soon.!! orhan
From Blog: Running from the Clouds
Date: 21st November 2007
YAY! Can't wait to see you! I can't believe you're coming home already, time sure flies!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
YAY! Can't wait to see you! I can't believe you're coming home already, time sure flies!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 21st November 2007
Welcome Home
Great Travelblog! I feel like I made the Journey with you. MMM and I talked lots about your blog, which also lead me to understand a bit more about your generation. Thanks!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Welcome Home
Great Travelblog! I feel like I made the Journey with you. MMM and I talked lots about your blog, which also lead me to understand a bit more about your generation. Thanks!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 21st November 2007
I miss productivity.
Traveling is fulfilling, but not "productive" and income producing! :) I miss productivity and paychecks.
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
I miss productivity.
Traveling is fulfilling, but not "productive" and income producing! :) I miss productivity and paychecks.
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 20th November 2007
i never thought you'd say you miss going to work! i cant wait to see you on this side of the pacific ocean!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
i never thought you'd say you miss going to work! i cant wait to see you on this side of the pacific ocean!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 20th November 2007
aw nuts! oh well. it will probably sit in the oakland post office for a few weeks while i'm away!
From Blog: Still in one piece
aw nuts! oh well. it will probably sit in the oakland post office for a few weeks while i'm away!
From Blog: Still in one piece
Date: 19th November 2007
woo hoo!
yay! Cindy's coming back!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
woo hoo!
yay! Cindy's coming back!
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 19th November 2007
Great report.... A+
It's interesting to do cultural exchange comparisions while traveling. Your observations were all interesting and your writing was supperb. Sometimes being American ain't all bad.... But then again......
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Great report.... A+
It's interesting to do cultural exchange comparisions while traveling. Your observations were all interesting and your writing was supperb. Sometimes being American ain't all bad.... But then again......
From Blog: My All Time Favorite Destination
Date: 16th November 2007
sorry to hear about your book. you don't need it anymore. :)
From Blog: Still in one piece
sorry to hear about your book. you don't need it anymore. :)
From Blog: Still in one piece
Date: 12th November 2007
1200 Baht, or $40 USD
Not bad for two days - includes all food and activities and shelter.
From Blog: Bites, Sweat and Tribes: Trekking in Chiang Mai
1200 Baht, or $40 USD
Not bad for two days - includes all food and activities and shelter.
From Blog: Bites, Sweat and Tribes: Trekking in Chiang Mai
Date: 9th November 2007
what was the cost of the trek??? sounds exhausting and fun! did the elephants smell bad?
From Blog: Bites, Sweat and Tribes: Trekking in Chiang Mai
what was the cost of the trek??? sounds exhausting and fun! did the elephants smell bad?
From Blog: Bites, Sweat and Tribes: Trekking in Chiang Mai
Date: 6th November 2007
mmmmmm.....can't wait for the dinner you're going to cook us....
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
mmmmmm.....can't wait for the dinner you're going to cook us....
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
Date: 5th November 2007
menus
thxgiving at cf's w/ papaya salad and tom yum soup!!! yeah!!!!! you can use my mortar /pestle.
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
menus
thxgiving at cf's w/ papaya salad and tom yum soup!!! yeah!!!!! you can use my mortar /pestle.
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
Date: 5th November 2007
come make me mango sticky rice and yummy soup when you come back!
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
come make me mango sticky rice and yummy soup when you come back!
From Blog: And they followed me to Chiang Mai...
Date: 3rd November 2007
You go with me?
Glad you enjoyed BKK...one of my homes. In many cultures, especially the Thai culture, beauty is one avenue to money. This power takes many forms...unfortunately, in BKK, it is the power to make a lot of money (by selling sex) for otherwise poorly educated, unskilled poor women (often from the TH countryside). Women who are not 'suai mak' end up in massage shops, factories, or home working on the farm, etc., for very poor wages (100 to 200 baht/day maybe). The fact that many women in BKK are considered to be 'working' if they are with a male farang is just speculation. There are some areas though where, yes, it is a bit out of hand such as lower Sukumvit. But those folks don't bother anybody directly, right? Realistically, it is a very big city and many people just go about their lives, personal or public, without paying that much attention to what the other folks are doing. I am a midlde-aged American farang in BKK and I have a Thai girlfriend. Our lives are fairly normal. What other people think does not matter but it makes me uncomfortable when tourist sometimes stare at us when we go out . The main thing that's been hard to get used is how nice my GF is to me, much nicer than any American woman has ever been. Once again, thank you for a thoughtful blog entry. Where's the pictures...?
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
You go with me?
Glad you enjoyed BKK...one of my homes. In many cultures, especially the Thai culture, beauty is one avenue to money. This power takes many forms...unfortunately, in BKK, it is the power to make a lot of money (by selling sex) for otherwise poorly educated, unskilled poor women (often from the TH countryside). Women who are not 'suai mak' end up in massage shops, factories, or home working on the farm, etc., for very poor wages (100 to 200 baht/day maybe). The fact that many women in BKK are considered to be 'working' if they are with a male farang is just speculation. There are some areas though where, yes, it is a bit out of hand such as lower Sukumvit. But those folks don't bother anybody directly, right? Realistically, it is a very big city and many people just go about their lives, personal or public, without paying that much attention to what the other folks are doing. I am a midlde-aged American farang in BKK and I have a Thai girlfriend. Our lives are fairly normal. What other people think does not matter but it makes me uncomfortable when tourist sometimes stare at us when we go out . The main thing that's been hard to get used is how nice my GF is to me, much nicer than any American woman has ever been. Once again, thank you for a thoughtful blog entry. Where's the pictures...?
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
Date: 3rd November 2007
papaya
Papaya Salad that sounds fantastic. You probably can taste the kind ripes on papaya trees. We buy the kind it is still a little bit green because it molds easily.
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
papaya
Papaya Salad that sounds fantastic. You probably can taste the kind ripes on papaya trees. We buy the kind it is still a little bit green because it molds easily.
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
Date: 3rd November 2007
yummmm!
what's the mango sticky rice look like? the food sounds delicious!
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
yummmm!
what's the mango sticky rice look like? the food sounds delicious!
From Blog: Bangkok: Wats, Sticky Rice, Massages.
Date: 3rd November 2007
pics revisited
good boat pics. you should make postcards/screen savers out of those
From Blog: Dali: Take Two!
pics revisited
good boat pics. you should make postcards/screen savers out of those
From Blog: Dali: Take Two!
Date: 2nd November 2007
what's a batik look like? or did i miss something from before?
From Blog: Dali: Take Two!
what's a batik look like? or did i miss something from before?
From Blog: Dali: Take Two!
Date: 2nd November 2007
who knew you'd get to read an english dictionary while in china! :)
From Blog: Lijiang and Baisha
who knew you'd get to read an english dictionary while in china! :)
From Blog: Lijiang and Baisha
Greg
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Interesting list
Very interesting list. Collapse is an interesting read. Good sequel to the popular Pulitzer & Aventis Prize winning "Guns, Germs & Steel". I'm looking foreward to reading several of your books, especially One Billion Customers and Kellogg On China
From Blog: A Huge Stack to Finish