carpperson

So we are back in the big city, Bangkok. We took to overnight train last night, and got in early this morning, ready to play some Ultimate Frisbee. For those who do not know, we are playing in the 2006 Bangkok Ultimate Hat Tournament this weekend. Two hundred players from around the world ready to play some friz under the burning sun. We are quite excited about it. The Alaskan winter doesn't have me in the best shape for such an event, but I'll do my best to represent. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures. I've been pretty bad about taking them lately. So, its the tournament this weekend and the beach for a week afterwords. I'm ready. The north of Thailand was great, we met a lot of people, saw a bit of what many ... read more

The pictures are indeed there, in the gallery. When you go to the opening page of my blog, there is the cute picture of me and my description and whatnot, then below it there is a like box with some info in it and one of the options is gallery. I just put a few selected pictures in there, given that it took forever just for those to upload. When I get back I'll post them all on snapfish. Or try this link: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/carpperson/Gallery/ Let me know if you only see one picture, something is up with this computer. There shodul be liek 5 or 6. We left Pai today and are now in Chiang Mai. We took a local bus back through the mountains, standing the whole way given there wasn't an inch of extra ... read more

I loaded some pictures into my gallery here. Check them out.... read more

Okay, so I haven't been so great at updating my blog. First of all, I have been incredibly surprised at how easy it is to travel around here. It's not like Europe where everyone speaks perfect English, and in a way this almost makes it easier. Both parties in a transaction kind of resort back to a more primal form of communication, stressing the most important information, and getting the job done quite efficiently. That said, quite a few people do speak English. Its definitely the default language, after Thai of course, of the crazy mix of people wandering around here. And the country seems quite safe. I feel safer here than in any city in the US, as far as crime goes anyway. The bus/transportation situation on the other hand is a different story. As ... read more

We made it. After a very long trip, we made it. We made it to out guesthouse at around 2 am last night, took a nap, and have been out on the town for most of today. I'm beat right now. So, I will write a better post hopefuly tomorrow. But for now I am going to sleep. Sleep off this thai food coma. ... read more

While talking with people lately about my upcoming travels I have entertained many questions about where I am going, what I will be doing, and the like, so I came up with this idea of a blog to keep everyone up my travels. It will also allow my mother to keep track of me, or at least have more information to help focus her worries and fears. I'm not exactly sure what form this blog will take. I imagine it having some simple narrative about where I am and what I am doing, as well as some pictures, and maybe, if you are lucky and I am ambitious, some insight and reflection on my part. We'll see. I can't promise that I'll have anything especially interesting or profound to say, or that I will be overly ... read more