Helaine and I are a couple of weeks into our 4 month trip through Asia. It has been pretty incredible so far. I saw Everest for the first time a few days ago as we were flying out of Bhutan, and we spent this morning boating down the Mekong River in Luang Prubang, Laos. I haven't had as much time for the blog as I thought thus far, but I wanted to drop in a couple of excerpts from my journal with a few photos. BANGKOK 4/12/08 Our first Asian greeting involved a bungee cord. Helaine and I arrived in Bangkok around midnight on Wednesday, April 9th. We were exhausted from the long flight, including a 5 hour stopover in Seoul, Korea. Our sole goal was to get to the hotel as soon as possible. When
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