David and our AK-47 Toting Friend

I Blame the Peanuts...

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October 28th 2006
Flashback: Setting the Scene... Scene: A City Street in Georgetown, on Penang Island, Malaysia. Jen and I are on a public bus headed for Kek Lok Si when the bus breaks down. The driver chokes a dying engine for a while then gives up. The passengers file off and wait for the next one. The incident is quickly forgotten about. Scene: The stretch of water between the east coast ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more