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
November 1st 2009

It's starting to feel like dejavu again North America » United States » Illinois

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getting ready for halloween or preparing for an adventure?

I'd like to welcome my new subscribers who are receiving their first "travelblog". I promise in the future to have fewer words and a lot more photos. To all my friends in Latin America, feliz dia del muerto. Yesterday was Halloween which meant only one thing - Big bob’s annual Halloween party which is always a good time. Terry always does a great job of decorating the house and puts out a delicious spread. Speaking of a good time, today was Mark T’s annual Minnesota Vikings vs. Greenbay Packers party - (American Football). We’ll keep last names out of the blogs [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
August 5th 2009

"when you come to the fork in the road, take it" - Yogi Berra North America

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taking goods from Thailand to Burma

Well, I thought I should get a blog out to let those of you who don't know - I'm back in the states :( I think I "left" too soon but I was a bit concerned that I was going to lose my return flight. I went to Asia on a frequent flier ticket and my return ticket was from Sydney. I tried to change my ticket to Asia and for weeks I was told that no seats were available. I had a month before I would lose the ticket but decided to go to Bangkok. When I arrived in Bangkok [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
June 11th 2009

kyaing tong (kyainge tong, keng tong, chiang tung)- the best kept secret? Asia » Burma

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munk mai sai - alms (in the rain)

What's the "best" city in South East Asia to visit if you only have a few days? Well for me it has been Kwaing Tong ( also spelled (Chiang Tung and Keng Tong) for the following reasons: extremely friendly people (Shan), no or very few tourists so you still get a "real" experience, and great photo opportunities. Most travelers haven't heard of Chiang Tung so where is it? - Myanmar (ie Burma). I won't talk about politics or the military, just the great Shan people that I met. Since some travelers may be reading this to learn about Chiang Tung I'll [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
May 14th 2009

M n M - keep reading to find out why Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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Yesterday I decided to get out of town so I went to a little town nearby called Lamphun. I had a few opportunities for some good environmental people shots but all of them turned out soft (read - out... [more]

I thought I better get out a quick "blog" to let everyone know what I am up to especially since I am a bit far behind on my emails (I thought a blog would get me a bit more up to date). Yesterday reality set in. I will explain what I mean via the captions in the first few photos. So, you may be wondering what i am up to - I am also wondering. I left Vietnam at the end of March and traveled back to Thailand via Laos. Laos was a relaxing experience after Vietnam. No damn horns honking [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
March 24th 2009

time to move on ... Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa

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Well it is my last day in Sapa and I am trying to get a blog out. I have been spending the better part of the day trying to get it written, the photos uploaded (kept losing my internet signal) and stuffing all my belongings into my carry on size backpack. I’ll try to keep this short (with that said, I have uploaded quite a few photos). A lot has happened but I will write about something that happened recently (since I sent a mini blog out to fellow photogs so I can cut and paste). Here’s the story: ok, I [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
February 14th 2009

A wedding, a funeral and Tet Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa

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What do you do when your computer is running slow because you are moving around a lot of fotos? you write a travelblog. Well lots has happened since my last blog and I will try to keep this one short since many of you don't read the entire blog. I know this because everyone failed the quiz in the last blog as I had suspected they would. As usual I digressed. Well since my last blog I have experienced Tet (Chinese new years) H'mong style, attended a Lu minority wedding "reception" as well as a Black H'mong "wake". Not to mention [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
January 21st 2009

Sapa Asia

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showing a model what "happens" when i bring the camera up to my eye

For those of you who are receiving my travelblog for the first time, welcome. For the newcomers and regulars I hope you all had a happy new year and I hope 2009 will be a prosperous year for you. Personally, I think the economy and the stock markets are going to tank, but I digress. Before contiuing, I am having problems proofing this blog so I am going to wing-it and publish it anyway, sorry if there are any back links .... I came back to Hanoi recently to get a visa for Thailand and I will be taking the train [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
December 31st 2008

Ringing in a new year Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

I thought I better let some of you know what I have been up to. I was "living" in Thailand for 3 months, which was the maximum amount of time I could stay with a "tourist visa" so I had to leave the country. I could have gone to a Thai embassy and got a new visa but instead I decided to travel a little bit. I took the train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok on the 22nd of December and spent a few days in Bangkok and then I flew to Hanoi on the 28th of December. I am having [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
November 7th 2008

Thoughts from the road .... Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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the Burmese don't need to waste their money on expensive makeup, they make their own using a root (I think it is a root)

Hello everyone. I thought I should "create" a blog since a few of you may think that I have been abducted or that I was done in by dengue fever. First let me welcome the "newcomers" to my travelblog. For some of you we go all the way back to high school and for some of you I've had the pleasure of meeting recently. I will try to keep this short, but first let me apologize for not responding to "messages" left on my travelblog in the past. I haven't checked them in a while but I am doing great (I'm [View Full Entry]

By wheresdave
June 17th 2008

My third visit to the hopsital - dengue fever Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » 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]

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