Ah a poem Right on, right on,
a great poet thee thinks to be,
perhaps for all the world to see,
but pressure is great,
to fall from grace...
or to soar to heights of mind and space.
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Nam, but I don't like to talk about it you articulate, in this blog - a crystalline way, of exactly how I felt after living in China for 17 months, HIs dudeness is right. \'The grass is always greener...\' I returned to the UK when I got to this point you write about here, I worked in an interesting job in London for a year and GOT BORED, left and worked in Salzburg for a month then went back to China for a while. I\'m in the UK now, have the things I yearned for when away but still look to travel and move around again. It never stops - this wondering/ wandering/ yearning/ wanting / missing/ getting - not wanting anymore.
The Quiet Englishman Just to test your literary knowledge. Which novelist ? How about a trip to Cuba? Not Hemingway but your travels are somewhat similar. Have you read any Somerset Maugham?
Haha don't worry Tim I wasn't offended, just stirring up shit, mate. :D
I just like to point it out every now and then, being the nitpicking Yuropean that I am, especially when people from the US (Usonians?) refer to themselves, and only to themselves, as 'Americans'. I don't think they realize that it really offends Latin Americans, hence the prevalent gringo-hating in those countries (and for myriads other reasons, of course).
Keep the good blogs comin', I'll be readin'! :)
Cheers,
Jens
Americans - a naughty mistake Firstly sorry Jens and anyone else who was peeved by my term Americans, no offence or internation incident was intended. It would in this case refer to anyone from canada and the USA.
Pretty cool blog. I've had my fair share of gripes about Laos, but there are certainly some positive memories as well. It's great to see all those pictures of locals and travellers you took along the way. Too bad you didn't specify on all those Americans. Where were they from? El Salvador? Paraguay? French Guiana? Trinidad? Maybe Canada?
Cheers,
Jens
What's this? A positive blog!? Cheat! And here I was expecting another cynical blog and what do you do! Well, it was nicely written anyway. Though I don't see what the Laotian is complaining about, he got laid right and no string attached either. What more could he want ;)
Serves you right you obnoxious English knigget :) Ah, you exalt the temporary world of the traveller now, but wait till you are on the road again, after a while you will dream and exalt the semi-permanent world of the expat again. And as for the permanent world, when you return to that you will look back in quiet regret at the days that you were still on the road. The grass is always greener on the other side!
As you know I have been in a similar state as you as far as frame of mind is concerned, except that I am in that temporary world of the traveller. I became grey and non-interested for a while though at the moment I am feeling better again, just as you.
I hope to see you soon so we can both drown our sorrows with a glass or bottle of beer Lao!
Please Chill I first wrote a list of all the games I had seen and/or played in my travels. It was so long that I felt I had to cut it down, and it was also somewhat restricted by my photo library. The natural seam in the list was games played by locals and games played on the road by travellers.
So if it was a western game then it was cut. But do not despair I will write a sequel of the games that have got me through the all the hours waiting for buses, trains, rainy days and revolutions.
What about wizzard? Nice blog! But indeed you definitely have to write a second one. The most important game, of all games played in Kyrgyzstan, is missing. I agree that it originates from Germany, but we've certainly played it more often than any other card game. We missed you when we played Wizard in Budapest! (And maybe especially Maik, cause the battle between the sexes was definitely won by the women [this time])
Hope we'll play again one day
Good trip!
In Sulawesi we played a version of Ludo that used playing cards instead of dice to dictate the moves. It is played by four players, two in partnership against the other two. Value of the card denotes number moved, unless the card is a power card. Only kings, aces or a joker can move a piece into play. 4's can move the piece that number backwards, jacks can swap any of your teams piece with any other on the board. Moves can be split amongst any of your own pieces on the board and an exact number is needed to gain home, otherwise the piece must pass by and start another lap.
The game is very devious, and incredibly adictive. It involves much less luck than traditional Ludo, making taking an oponents piece so much more satisfying. Gams are often incredibly close, with many players holding what seems at the time a very strong possition. It also converts to an excellent drinking game, as I'm sure His Dudeness will be glad to hear. Each time one of your pieces is taken a shot must be drunk!
woohoo! New entry!! Good to know you're still kicking around Bad News Bear ;) and looks like you're going to beat me at Chinese chess now...damn! Not that I ever really learnt how to play it =P
Great Blog! I've played about 4 of the 7 - have you spotted the "air-hockey" board game in Cambodia yet? can't remember the name but square lacquered board with pockets...
And you haven't even started on the drinking games!! All is fun and well with your intelectual and power games, but the real man's game is of course the drinking game. And I will not believe you haven't done any, so next blog, all about these games.
I'm not so sure Buddhism is a something I considered but wasn't fully convinced by. My experiences with Buddhism is that it is parallel to Christianity in many ways. That the original teachings of Christ or Buddha are that of forgiveness, acceptance and inward thought, however the established Church(not all of them) and the established Temple(not all of them) generally talk of doctrine, ritual and imposition of a certain way. If Buddhism were the reason, why is this not present in China, India and Nepal where Buddhism is also strong albeit a variation of SE Asian Buddhism.
My entries vary between being theme based about travelling in general or mimicing a style of writing for a recent adventure. Sometimes I just summarise my feelings or thought about a country. Its a bit eclectic, don't expect Dickens.
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Ah a poem
Right on, right on, a great poet thee thinks to be, perhaps for all the world to see, but pressure is great, to fall from grace... or to soar to heights of mind and space.