homecoming I see that your flight is arriving at 5:05 on sat. evening. We are looking forward to seeing you and will be waiting for you, ready to feed you some good old western food and a comfortable ride home from Dayton in a car.
Love,
Mom
A place called Miss Saigon opened in Amherst last semester that marketed itself on authentic vietnamese food. The health inspectors shut it down before I had a chance to make it there. Bring me some pho noodle soup to make up for it?
jiminy cricket Your travels sound awesome - I find it hilarious that you were dropping off eggs and dvd players to local villages. The coolest part is that you are taking just about every form of transportation to get places. I laugh every time I check your weather and see that the forecast has been T-Storms and high 90s everyday for the past 2-3 weeks. I thought you said you weren't going during monsoon season? You need to plant a tiny american flag on top of fancy pants mountain.
Bugs, ewwwwww Dude, centipedes freak me out, and now even more so knowing they can't be killed. Also I used to have a slingshot, you might like to know, and spent a whole summer trying to perfect my aim and range. It was impossible. I think one out of 20 times I would hit a can I set up from 15 feet away. Needless to say, I never killed, or struck, a bird. This place sounds so much like I would imagine it in an over-the-top cartoon. Hope you become resourceful enough to teach us all how to catch out insect lunch everyday.
What a life! Wow, sounds like Eden! Too bad you have to return to city life for a bit. Your grandparents visited Chang Mai and appreciated it. Will you be able to visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia? They said that was impressive too. Thanks for the updates.
Aunt Joan
yo bro
nice talking to you today! Good luck with the fansipan climb and chillin with the hmong when you head back to thailand. you're missing a crazy fireworks show this year in michigan with over 200 shots, but i guess traveling on the other side of the world is probably sweeter.
poops mcgoops That bungalow on the beach sounds pretty cool. Sounds like you are completely stress free other than getting travel arrangements together. Hope you're puttin on the sun tan lotion, I kinda forgot the other day and im peeling like a python on a desert kaboose right now. Totally blows because you go from lookin like the Fonz to lookin like Ron Howard. Anyhoo I thot you were guna climb that mountain called fancypants or somethin? I'm jealous you are gettin to hike at so many crazy places this summer. I kinda wanted to do some crazy hiking this summer but so far...nothin. Just painting and boozing. Gettin sick of it. Goin to Michigan though with Chris next week so Im very much so lookin forward to that. Oh and I duno if you heard but not only did MJ die. BILLY F%$#ING MAYS DIED! The OxyClean guy if you dont know. Crazy, I'm guna miss his infomercials. Welp until next time. Oh heres a joke for you: What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean?
wait for it..................................
Nothing, it just waved. BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH
Hank Hill Quote When Hank Hill meets his neighbor Kahn Souphanousinphone he says, "So are ya Chinese or Japanese?" Kahn responds by saying, "I'm am from Laos, you stupid redneck." So Hank then responds, "So then are ya Chinese or Japanese?"
Thought you would get a chuckle out of it.
-Puck
not a city boy We have returned from the Islands to the Mainland and have brought you great gifts. I thought you were such a city boy-surprised that you are not enjoying Bangkok and Hanoi more. I see that you have not spent much dong so far-be sure to think of cool things for all your family-how about a typical toy for little kids for your nieces and nephew. Enjoy Laos-I am headed to Elk Rapids on sunday the 28th-keep blogging when you can.
Love,
Mama San
The Ocharina of Time Every time I read this I feel like you are Link traveling about chopping small shrubberies to find rupees, bartering with strange women, and getting ready to fight the great GANANDORF! and his unusually large package. I bet the trek to Sapa was sweet and I would love to scale the great Fansipan mountain...sounds fancy. If it is anything like the Agrocrag I think I can defeat it. Keep the posts comin, always entertaining to find out what you are up to. I just wish there was a blog like this for crazy nipple man, I bet he has been all over the world, slain the dragon of antiok, raped the horses and rode off on the women.
Aloha Hope you are doing well. We are having our own adventures here in Hawaii. We climbed our own mountain-Diamondhead on Oahu. Quite a lot of vertical climbing to reach the top, with over 150 steps plus switchbacks as well. But we did it! Aren't you doing anything with Prof. Pack workwise? Or is it too mundane to tell us on your blog? Will check on you when we return next week to the mainland on the 24th. Enjoy Thailand. Any pretty local fabrics or trinkets would be fine. Love,
Mom
Brian, yes we do enjoy reading of your travels and adventures, especially when we cannot be there. Please continue to share your stories with us. Aunt Joan
Hey Brian, way cool that you are there and that I am now healed enough to be able to read and respond. Keep up the good work with the words and the pix are great. Enjoy the food, all kinds of it:)
Aunt Joan
I am jealous. See title. Oh yea, and good job on keeping us up to date on the scuttle-butt. Bring me back some scuttle, butt.
p.s. let me know if the coast looks anything like Telvanni towns, Skin-in-tree-shade's comment reminded me that the only place I could imagine the Telvanni live is Nam.
Do they have a Joe Randa street where they sell everything ever made with him on it, such as bobble heads, hats, posters, plaques, and the very rare and limited edition Joe Randa beanie baby? Also, I'm thinking that Vietnamese guy who wrote in your notebook actually was the incarnation of Ho Chi Minh and he was passing his spirit onto you, as he was told a foreigner with his birthday was ready to accept the burden.
How can you go across the world and have never had boil peanuts? You need to make your way down south there all over the place...but I agree there nasty. Your trip sounds amazing so far can't wait to hear some vietnamese music ha
The all time smash-hit holiday classic That bay your going on your vacation within a vacation looks incredible. I hope your tipping jar is appreciated by the locals. I'm sure the hanoi beers are nothing compared to Entire Butt.
On a side note, I can't believe Mom knows how to use "LOL".
Flying westward Well, tomorrow at this time we will be flying over the Pacific ocean just as you did two weeks ago. We will join you over on the other side of the world, but we will be only 6 hours ahead instead of 11 like you are. I promise to look for some Hawaiian type sandals as you requested, if not you may end up with a hula girl statue instead! LOL.
We will check on you when we can at the hotels-take are, stay safe and cool. Love you,
Mom
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I see that your flight is arriving at 5:05 on sat. evening. We are looking forward to seeing you and will be waiting for you, ready to feed you some good old western food and a comfortable ride home from Dayton in a car. Love, Mom