wheresdave - dave donohue

Thanks for taking the time to read my TravelBlog. Originally from the Chicago area i received my BS from northern Illinois University and after graduating I started my "career" at Abbott Laboratories. While there I earned my MBA from DePaul, Univiersity. Then I dropped out of the corporate world in 1992 when I moved to Minnesota. Next, I dropped out of the rat race in 1997 and I've been traveling since. For the first few years I only traveled in the US, working one summer in Yellowstone national park and I spent two summers in Alaska. I also had the great fortune to be a rafting guide for a couple of summers out in Southern Utah as well as traveling the southwest of the U.S.. I Went to Europe for 5 months in 2003, then to Central America in 2004 for 4 month. I went to South America in 2005 for 6 months and realized that I probably wasn't going to live in my house in Ely, Minnesota so I sold it along with my car and all my worldly possessions and decided to go around the world, so in April of 2006 I went back to South America for a little over a year. I will be continuing on this "around the world" when I take off for South East Asia in August 2007. I enjoy photography, especially taking pictures of people. Check my photos out at fotosbydavid.com.

Cheers,

Dave

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness” Mark Twain

“Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages" David Barry

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By wheresdave
June 17th 2008

My third visit to the hopsital - dengue fever

Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Mai

I have received a few emails lately from friends wondering if I was still alive. The answer is barely. Last Monday night all of a sudden I started to feel like shite and by the time I woke up Tuesday morning I knew something wasn't right. I had all the symptoms of malaria or dengue fever so I made my way over to the malaria clinic and they told me you can't get malaria in the city but you can sure get dengue. They didn't test for dengue so I made my way next door to Ram hospital to get tested [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
March 28th 2008

Cambodia and beyond

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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It has been a few months since my last travelblog (actually 63 days) so I thought I would let all of you know I am still alive and let you know what is going on. I left Vietnam a few months ago and cruised through Cambodia. I spent several days visiting the ruins of Angkor in late January. Since then I returned to Thailand, put down my camera and picked up my pen. I have been back in Chiang Mai, Thailand for, ypes - almost two months trying to finish a project (website) that I started almost 5 years ago. Now [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
January 22nd 2008

Leaving Vietnam

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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As Always I hope all is well. Well I can't believe that I have been in Vietnam for 2 months! Actually I have left Vietnam and I am in Cambodia - Phenam phen to be exact. I am leaving tomorrow for the South so i Thought I would get a quick blog off. I will keep the text short but one observation of Phenam Phen is that there are a lot more cars to motobikes than anywhere else in Asia. Not just cars, but Lexus'. I have seen so many lexus LX470's which are 70,000+ cars. Most of these cars have [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
December 18th 2007

trip to black dzao and lu villages

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lai Chau

the bike

While taking the train back to Hanoi I decided to go back to Sapa and visit some of the minority villages in the "area". After spending a few days in Hanoi getting caught up with my photos ... i took the night train back to Sapa. I ran into Sa who I met earlier and knowing that she acted as a guide I asked her if she would be my guide on a 3 day trip to some of the villages surrounding Sapa. Sa knew someone who rented motobikes and for $8 a day I rented a Russian 2 stroke bike [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
December 8th 2007

Sapa & bac ha

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Sapa

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HAPPY NEW YEAR I left Hanoi a few days ago and I am currently in Hue, Vietnam (near the old DMZ). Christmas saw the continuation of a seemingly never ending "technical" meltdown when my external Hard drive "failed" and then to top it off I accidentally deleted some original photos off my Laptop. I have been trying to rebuild my lightroom photo database and make back-up copies on DVDs. I had many DVDs that would not burn (i guess they were bad) and now I just discovered that some of the DVDs that I thought burned properly and worked for a [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
December 1st 2007

Hanoi & halong bay

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Halong Bay

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I JUST HAD TO TAKE HER PHOTO

Happy holidays to all of you If you are receiving a blog for the first time from me - Welcome! Currently I am back in Hanoi trying to get caught up with my photos (as well as my blogs). Hopefully I will be back on the road tomorrow (Christmas day) heading south and eventually to Cambodia, then maybe back to thailand and after that I am really not sure. Time is just flying by. I can't believe that New Years is just around the corner and that i have been in Vietnam for a month. And why I have been here [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
November 23rd 2007

laos - hill tribes : akha, khamu, thai dam

Asia » Laos » North » Phongsali

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As always i hope you and yours are doing well. this is the 4th and final blog on laos titled hill tribes. currently i am in northern Vietnam on a 3 day motorcycle trek. today is day one and if tomorrow and the next day are the same as today i should have a few great photos to share. Anyway, onto the hill tribes The first hill tribe trek that i took left from muang ngoi on the nam Ou river. First, let me mention that they are called hill tribes because they live on the "tops" of hills. We walked [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
November 18th 2007

travel on the nam ou river

Asia » Laos » East » Muang Kwa

captain
captain of one of the boats that i took

As always I hope all is well with you and yours. For those of you who are receiving my travelblog for the first time - welcome wow time is really flying and i am rally far behind in my blogs. i can't believe it is "the holiday season" already (well not here in asia). Before I tell you about life on the Nam Ou river in laos I wanted to let you know how things are going here in Vietnam. I came overland from Laos to Hanoi about two weeks ago. I spent several days in Hanoi getting caught up ... [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
October 29th 2007

laos part II - luang prapang

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

temple

Hope you are all doing well. As I warned you last week, here is part II of the "laos blog". After taking a boat down the Mekong for two days i spent as few days in laung prabang. Luang prabang is probably the number one tourist destination in Laos. it is a scenic spot set at the confluence of two rivers. There are quite a few European package tourists there and as a result there are higher end hotels and restaurants in luang prabang which is a contrast to the rest of the country. one of the highlights of luang prabang [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
October 26th 2007

laos - a trip down the mekong

Asia » Laos » West » Ban Houayxay

mekong

As always, I hope all is well with you and yours. hmm, it seems like i disappeared for a while, well I am back (until I disappear again)! I am currently in Vietnam, Hanoi to be exact, where I will be for a few days resting and catching up on things before I head North towards the Chinese border. I just spent a month traveling in Laos, mostly in the North and mostly by boat. i also did several "treks" to hill tribe villages. I will try to "piece" together a few different blogs to tell you about the experience. Hopefully, [View Full Entry]

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